- Refine your career vision: What are the values that will drive your job search? What are your goals for your job search? What kind of role do you see yourself pursuing in your job search? Based on your latest version of your career vision, list the top 3-5 industries and companies you’ll pursue in your job search as of right now. Why did you pick these industries/companies? How do they relate to the values and goals you have for yourself in your job search?
- I am still set on having my future job be one that aligns with my values. My values have stayed consistant, I still want to work for a company that works with underrepresented groups, values the customer experience, works with disabled children. All of the companies below aid children and have programs for children of under represented groups.
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Disney
- kid link
- Build your resume:
- What will you emphasize in your resume that directly relates to your targeted industries?
- My love for helping children and making the web a safe more inclusive place for them
- Pick a template from those listed in the Templates section here
- Order your content in this way:
- Header (Name + Software Developer OR Back End Engineer OR Front End Engineer, etc.)
- Contact info
- Summary
- Skills
- Projects
- Experience
- Education * Check out other resources here including the Resume Checklist * Link to your resume or include a screenshot here:
- Upload your resume to CV Compiler by following these steps:
- Go to https://cvcompiler.com/students/turingschool
- Click on “Improve Your Student Resume”
- Authorize it with either LinkedIn or GitHub
- Fill out the fields with your Name and Email and the promo code Turing2005
- Upload your resume
- Based on the feedback you received from CV Compiler, what updates will you make to your resume?
- I made the typo and layout changes
- Set up your Turing Alumni Portfolio:
- Log in with the link you got in your email. Going forward, log in at alumni.turing.io/user
- Fill out all fields
- Select “publish” before saving (projects must also have “published” selected)
- Reflection questions:
- What do you want this portfolio to say about you?
- That I aam dedicated to helping under-represented groups
- How will you continue to add to this to portray your story and showcase the kind of work that demonstrates your brand?\
- Through projects and personal work
- Ian’s workshop this week is designed to help you break down your interest in specific industries even further by exploring their tech stacks to decide if you want to utilize any of their tools in upcoming projects. Make a copy of his template here and post a link to your copy here to show what research you’ve completed. You can also link this research to your Huntr board.
- I was sick with Covid and missed out on this workshop