Job Search Action Plan

job_search_action_plan.md

Kyle Heppenstall Module 4 Action Plan

Module 4 Goals

• Job offer by last day of module 4
• 3 interviews in module
• 1 coffee meeting per week
• 5 cold or warm outreach emails per week (associated with job application or not)

Strategy To Achieve Goals:

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

• Code drill practice 2 hours per week
• Keeping up with Module 3 personal project through Go Code Colorado
• Keep up with Module 4 curriculum and projects

Opportunities Research:

• Leverage network to find opportunities
• Researching companies I'm interested in
• Job boards

Cold Outreach/Network:

• Turing alumni
• Alumni from my college
• Contacts from other companies I've worked at in Colorado
• Contacts from climbing network
• Public emails I've found from companies I'm interested in

Timeline:

• Research companies and draft emails Sunday night
• Send emails each weekday morning
• Update resume and portfolio every Sunday

Module Tasks:

• 6 coffee meetings (hopefully)
• 3 interviews (hopefully)

Weekly Tasks:

• Research companies I'm interested in and find contacts (1 hr.)
• Cold outreach and applications to companies (3 hrs.)
• Update resume and portfolios (0.5 hrs)
• Code drill practice (1 hrs.)

What I Will Work on with Meg

• Setting an effectively weekly schedule / routine
• Strategies for transitioning from cold outreach to interviews
• Strategies to get more responses from cold outreach emails