JOB STANDUP

JOB STANDUPSESSION PT1

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AGENDA

About the Job Search Standup

• Getting job search tools ready:

1 Business of Moving. 2. CV3. Github4. Networks5. Portfolio6. Blogging7. Cover Letter

• Practice presenting yourselves: introductions, elevator pitch, CVwalk through

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JONAS ALTMAN

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SFAGENCY

MANAGING PARTNER, SOCIAL FABRIC

@JONAS THESOCIALFABRIC.COM

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• Personalized career facilitation (resume, cover letter, portfolio, salary negotiation tips, etc.), providing guidance

• Where you escalate career-related issues or concerns

• A forum to practice your interview skills – behavioral and technical

• Interview resources from past interviews

• Practice for speed interviews (e.g. meet & greet, job fairs, etc)

• Where you share your job search experiences and interview insights

THE SCOPE OF JOB STANDUP IS..

THE SCOPE OF JOB STANDUP IS NOT..

• A technology lesson. We assume that you will find the right answers our role is to guide you on the questions and how you present your skills

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INPUTS AND OUTPUTS

At start of Standup, you will...

• Have hands-on web development training• Be looking for a career as a web developer, possibly transit

When Standup wraps up, you will...

• Be able to articulate your skills• Perhaps transition successfully to a job utilizing

you new web development skills

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1. WHO?

2. WHAT?

3. WHY?

4. INVITE..

INGREDIENTS

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WHO?

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WHAT’S YOUR NAME

WHAT DO YOU DO THAT’S SPECIAL

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WHAT?

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WHAT’S YOUR DISTINGUISHING FACTOR?

WHAT UNMET EMPLOYER NEED WILL YOU SERVER?

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WHY?

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WHY ARE YOU VALUABLE?

EXPLAIN HOW YOU WILL SERVE AN UNMET NEED& WHY YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB

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INVITE...

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ARTICULATE YOUR PLANS FOR FUTURE

CLEARLY SAY WHAT YOU WANT

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Who are you? (Something unique and interesting - past career?)

What are your professional + educational accomplishments?

Where are you going?

• Full stack/ front-end/ back-end/ product manager/ project manager• Interest in GA Apprenticeship• Starting business/ not looking/ going back to school/ freelance/ full time job

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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT • Speak from your heart - put some thought into your story!• Maintain eye contact + use gestures naturally

PUBLIC SPEAKING GOOD PRACTICE1. Tell them what you’re going to tell them2. Then tell them3. Finally tell them what you told them

RESEARCH• Research interviewer aka CREEP• Highlight relevant skills and accomplishments• Mention any personal event if relevant in context

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START WITH THE END.

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YOU YOU KNOWTHINK

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SELLMOVE

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1. LOGIC

2. CHARACTER

3. EMOTION

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THIS IS FUNCTIONAL YET SAFE

I AM THE HUMBLE INVENTOR

WOW, CAN YOU SEE THE POSSIBILITIES!

LOGIC

CHARACTER

EMOTION

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EMPLOYER ME

YOUR TALENT + SKILLS+ PASSION

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TRACK RECORD

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ATTRACTION AUTHENTICITY

RESEARCH RELEVANCE

PASSIONPURPOSE

THE RIGHTSTUFF

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CONVERSATIONS>RELATIONSHIPS>TRANSACTIONS.

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THERE WAS NEMO THE ONLY SON OF A PROTECTIVE WIDOW

DAD WARNS NEMO OF THE DANGERS OF THE OPEN SEA

NEMO IGNORES HIS DAD AND SWIMS INTO THE OPEN OCEAN

HE’S CAPTURED BY A DIVER & ENDS UP IN A FISH TANK OF A DENTIST IN SYDNEY

DAD SETS OFF WITH OTHER SEA CREATURES TO SAVE NEMO

DAD AND SON FIND EACH OTHER, & REUNITE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

ONCE UPON A TIME

EVERY DAY

ONE DAY

BECAUSE OF THAT

BECAUSE OF THAT

UNTIL FINALLY

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THETWITPITCH

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UBERconnecting you and a driver with the tap of a button

HAILOlike UBER but just for cabs

LYFTlike UBER but drivers aren’t professional

SIDECARlike UBER but fares are dontations and driversaren’t professionals - aka car sharing

SWIFTOcompany pitch: “Uber for dog walking”

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EYE CONTACTCALMNESSHAND GESTURESSMILEPACINGPOWER POSE

AMY CUDY TED TALK

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SELLMOVE

MAKE PEOPLE WANT THINGS

MAKE THINGS PEOPLE WANT

VS.

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OLD SCHOOL SELLING

NEW SCHOOL SELLINGVS

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OLD SCHOOL SELLING NEW SCHOOL SELLING

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CV

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PRIORITIZED CHECKLIST

1. CV complete

2. Github ready

3. Networking tools prepared: List of potential connections and companies that you want to work for LinkedIn profile complete AngelList profile complete

4. Portfolio complete

5. Blogging what you know > become an authority

6. Cover Letters while you apply

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General Format

• Contact (+Social Media), Experience, Education, Skills [can be moved up if you like]

• Do you need an objective / profile section?

• WDI project under experience, not education

• Categorized list of skills

• Both soft and technical skills (a must!)

• Sample categories: Programming Language, Framework, OS, DataVersion Control, Project Management, etc.

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MORE TIPS

NO TYPOS!

Be concise.

Tell a story.

Share your work – don’t just talk about it.

Avoid generic objective statements.

Highlight career progression.

Only highlight technologies you’d be comfortable using in an interview.

Be prepared to answer questions about anything you mention on your CV.

Seriously, no typos! :)

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& MORE TIPS

REFERRALS are #1 source of tech hires in most tech companies

Review your network (LinkedIn, FB, Twitter, Github, etc.) for introductions, recommendations and exploratory conversations

Update your LinkedIn profile

Create your own website, or help your friends/family create websites

Be active on social networks and in tech communities like Twitter and Hacker News

Contribute to an Open Source project

Answer questions on Stack Overflow and Quora

Participate in coding competitions like TopCoder

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YA GO ON

YOURSELF.

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Do your homework Culture, technology, executives, recent releases, growth numbers, competitors, etc. LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Crunchbase, Built With, Angel List Quora, news searches What do you love about the product? What could be better? If asked, what feedback would you say?Practice reciting your personal pitch and answering the following kinds of questions

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CONTEXT

AVERAGE 30 YEAR OLD HAS HAD 9 JOBS (USA)

PAST 5 YEARS DEMAND FOR UX DESIGNERS UP x 22

ALL THE BIG BOYS ARE ALL IN UK OR IRELAND

NEARLY 5K TECH STARTUP VACANCIES IN UK

SALARIES OF £30K+ > SOME EXCEEDING

WHAT ELSE???

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GITHUB

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TIPS AND TRICKS

• The interviewer looks for:

• Recent meaningful commits• Good documentation and high quality code• Account depth and width• Forking consistency

• The interviewee must:

• Make sure you can talk about each commit• Identify your proud commits• Identify what (and how) you could refactor

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HOW TO PREPARE

Practice talking about your code on git• Familiarize yourself to all your commits• You will be asked to speak about them – practice

Be confident that you could refactor old code, if asked to• Is there anything you could refactor? If yes, think how• Leave some “refactorable” code in• Make sure you know how to – pick a favourite

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NETWORKS

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Smart Searching

• We want to work with those we know and like• Job ads draw too many applicants• Many jobs are filled before advertising

Challenges to Networking tactics

• Might seem too pushy, selfish• Fear of rejection• Intimidating

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Understand your networking landscape

• List companies that you would like to work at

• List who’s already on your network – friends and acquaintances

• Look to your 2nd degree connections

• Be visible

• Attend Meetups, Google+ circles for Rails engineers (for newbies andgeneral ones, Hacker hours)

• Diversify, socialize in other circles

• Stay in touch

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Like any relationship, network is built on trust

3 keys to building and keeping it:

• Visibility: They know who you are and what you do

• Credibility: They know that you’re good at it

• Profitability: They can trust you enough to do business with you

Also:

• Peers: If they know someone that knows you in a professionalcapacity - this can make the diffeence

• Connect: On another or deeper level – find common interests

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PORTFOLIO

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TIPS AND TRICKS

• Use brief, unique (USP), and clear tagline• Show off your projects• Include Likes + shares, client testimonials• Mention Products and Services you offer• Make the reader bond with you in About tab• Storyboard navigation• Blog tutorials, problem solving techniques, your journey• Link resume, social media, open source

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COMPONENTS

• About• Projects• Client testimonials/ recommendations• Products and Services• Blog• Github, resume and social media

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*Blog + CV could be added

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*Design + density could be improved

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BLOGGING

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TIPS AND TRICKS

• Blog often - as long as you have something to say• Chronicle your journey - turn info into knowledge• Try offering a tech tutorial / troubleshooting tips• Get inspired by top 50 Ruby-ist blogs• Stay up to date with blogs like http://www.rubyinside.com• Add link to your blog on portfolio

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COVERLETTER

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STEPS TO A COVER LETTER

• Research company and Research some more

• Analyze job listing to assess tone and culture

• Note and reference the requirements – responsibilities and skills

• Map your strengths to points noted

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THE EMAIL COVER LETTER

One to two sentences per section.

• Who are you?

• Why you are interested in this role?

• Why you?

• What next?

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WALK ME THROUGHYOUR CV..

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IT’S TIME TO TEST YOUR..

• Presentation skills

• How you organize information

• Logical flow

• Art of story-telling

• Speaking from the heart

• Ability to separate relevant from irrelevant information

• Confidence in your journey

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DO:

• Prepare and practice your response

• Contain response within 2 minutes

• Analyze listing

• Note interviewer body language

• Tailored top-down review:

> Summarize professional background and education

> Review each relevant experience

> Highlight notable points

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DON’T:

• Bog down into too much details

• Digress from the thread of your story

• Mention irrelevant points

• Read from your resume

• Ramble

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BRAND WHO?

1. Have your Brand You‘Script’ ready - max 30 seconds

2. Stretch, Breathe, and Smile

3. 1 by 1 in front of the class pitch yourself. yes really.

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FEEDBACK TIME

Practice Appreciative InquiryakaEmphasise the Good.

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WRAP UP

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“YOU HAVE TO LEARN THE RULESOF THE GAME..

AND THEN YOUHAVE TO PLAYBETTER THANANYONE ELSE.”

-ALBERT EINSTEIN

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WHAT EMPLOYERSARE LOOKING FOR

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.TALENT > BOTH HARD + SOFT SKILLS

T-SHAPER

. CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVER

. INDISPENSABILITY

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JUSTSOMETIPS

IT’S ABOUT THEM NOT YOU

CLARITY WINS

BE CONSCIOUS OF BODY LANGUAGE

DON’T FORGET TO MAKE THE ASK

PRACTICE

BE YOURSELF

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ASK QUESTIONSENGAGE BY LISTENINGCHARMPRACTICE

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teasers for next week BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONS

What you should expect to talk about with your recruiter or the CEO/hiring manager:What’s important to you (type of work, culture, team size, company mission,colleague caliber, technologies, benefits, learning opportunities, etc.)

What technologies you most love using, and what your strengths as a developer are.

Why this particular company is compelling to you, and what you hope tocontribute.

Why you left your last job. And jobs before that.

Your previous work and coding projects.

Your professional goals and motivations.

Anything that is on your CV, particularly things that could be construed as red flags, like gaps in employment.

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more BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONSTell me about how you worked effectively under pressure.

How do you handle a challenge? Provide an example. Give an example of a goal you’ve reached and how you did it.

Have you ever disagreed with a company policy? How did you handle it?

How do you partner with non-technical members of your company on creating new products?

When you find something wrong with your product or approach, what do you do?

Have you ever found a project you were working on slipping from it's timeline? How did you deal with the situation?

What do you do if you disagree with your boss?

Share an example of when you’ve motivated your teammates.

Did you ever work on a group project? Describe your role.

What makes you excited to go to work?

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THANK YOU.

@SFAGENCY

JONAS @THESOCIALFABRIC.COM