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Jack Bevis: Module 4 Action Plan

This is your deliverable from the Job Search Strategies I session

Module 4 Goals

  • Have at least one job offer by the end of Mod 4
  • Acquire back-end development skills to supplement my front end skills

Strategy To Achieve Goals:

  • Prioritize company research / cold outreach during 2 week intermission
  • I need to be doing 1 cold outreach email per day during mod 4
  • try for 2 coffee dates a week
  • shoot for 2 - 3 interviews during mod 4

Coding (both including your module 4 curriculum and anything outside of it):

  • Gain the most out of mod 4 curriculum and projects
  • Continue to refactor and improve Get Out There, need back end and map feature. Improved testing/CSS
  • Hone data viz skills with libraries like D3 and Victory
  • With back end knowledge revisit GIS database structure and couple that with mapping libraries

Opportunities Research:

  • Add hiring alerts for companies I'm interested in working at
  • Continue to research additonal companies I want to work for

Cold Outreach/Network:

  • Reach out to July and other alums about job hunting strategies
  • Keep digging to find real contact info and do cold outreach

Personal Branding (A personal branding section is optional):

  • I have already been rejected for a GIS visualization job, so I need to refocus on some of my GIS skills, while also highlighting my coding skills
  • Write some blog posts about my experience transitioning into the coding world
  • Work on personal site as additional side project.

Timeline

  • During intermission week:
    • Research and identify 12 companies I'd like to work for
    • Refactor Weatherly, Movie Tracker, and Get Out There..push to heroku
    • Begin cold outreach to 12 companies
  • After intermission week:
    • Prioritize the job search
    • update portfolio with backend projects

Module Tasks:

  • cold outreach
  • coffee meet ups
  • refine portfolio

Weekly Tasks:

  • Research companies daily
  • Send cold outreach email daily
  • have completed 2-3 interviews by end of mod4

What I Will Work on with Meg

  • Resume layout and formatting
  • cover letters
  • interview prep
  • finding the best opportunities
  • networking
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