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Since I'm doing quite a few phone calls re careers, let me share some of what I am telling folks:
1) have your "elevator pitch" ready (who you are, what you're looking for, what your substantive focus is.) Have a 2 sentence and a 2 minute version that you've practiced.
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1) have your "elevator pitch" ready (who you are, what you're looking for, what your substantive focus is.) Have a 2 sentence and a 2 minute version that you've practiced.
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2) Make your mark/pick your area of expertise: have some area of substantive focus that you can point to. This could be something you worked on or studied, or just an area of interest. Get some depth in it, to the point where you can teach an interviewer something interesting.
3) Establish & keep in touch with networks. This means professors, colleagues or whomever else is in your orbit. It can also be folks you reach out to because you read their work or etc. Give those relationships water & sun (maintain them; put calendar reminders in for yourself).
4) Reasonable minds disagree about the value of certifications. Can't hurt to get them if it's not too expensive. But you can also demonstrate knowledge for free, via writing articles, publishing work on github, etc.
5) Don't crowd your CV. It probably doesn't need to be 10 pages. Make sure that it represents the type of work you want to be known for-- it's your past to characterize, pick concepts and areas of focus that you want to emphasize.
Create a narrative to explain your trajectory in an interview. So you went from trash collector to IT admin? Great! You have always been passionate about cleaning things up, you feel pulled to service-based roles, you use experience in logistics to enforce current boundaries...
Here are some technical interview prep tips I previously posted--
Now that interviews are remote, you will want to acquaint yourself with remote whiteboarding software as well. Consider drawing ahead of time if you know the situation you're whiteboarding https://twitter.com/MerrittBaer/status/1248431832682491910
Now that interviews are remote, you will want to acquaint yourself with remote whiteboarding software as well. Consider drawing ahead of time if you know the situation you're whiteboarding https://twitter.com/MerrittBaer/status/1248431832682491910
I'm sure I'll think of some more and will add on-- feel free to post your own tips!
More resources-- https://twitter.com/RandallKanna/status/1263309093457944576
