How to get a Job - Summer of Tech 2019
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This is the 2019 edition of the "How to get a job" aka Career advice. This deck talks about the key things employers are interested in and things you as a student can do to make yourself more employable. NOTE: These slides are meant as an accompaniment to the talk which provided more context and examples.
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How to get a Job - Summer of Tech 2019
- 1. How to get a Job Reverse engineering your dream job Summer of Tech March 2019
- 2. How do you get a job?
- 3. IMPOSTER SYNDROME “The persistent inability to believe that one's success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills.”
- 4. Employers hire... on your potential! They will invest in your development and help you build skills
- 5. How to get a Job? Student Launch 2017 John Clegg - Summer of Tech Victoria University - 14th March 2017
- 6. * What is Summer of Tech * How to get a Job? * Tips for how to get the best from SoT Twitter: @summeroftech Hashtag: #SOT2019 Today
- 7. How to turn the job hunt on its head Get companies hunting you We want to show you how to turn the job hunt upside down
- 8. We asked our top students for their tips
- 9. Dex and Dawn will be our guides
- 10. DISCLAIMER
- 11. Our advice has been captured from 11 years of helping students get jobs. > 980 placements with 80% on-hire rate We know what works and we will tell you how to get a job. If you don’t understand then keep asking WHY until you get it . 95% most of the students who don’t get a job don’t follow our basic advice. Yeah Nah !?!
- 13. Who am I ?
- 14. Some student success stories
- 15. 1) Beetil
- 16. Lots of big customers
- 17. Don’t just take it from me…
- 18. S O L D $$$ !!!
- 19. 2) Nik + Oly were hired as an interns
- 20. They started their own company
- 21. Started working on some projects
- 22. and one went BIG !!!!
- 23. Oly now works at Google “The Summer of Code program during my university years was my first encounter with programming in the real world. Getting placement in a local startup company was a great way to get exposure to every aspect of running a software business, programming and otherwise. The startup experience inspired me to start my own projects using new technologies which kickstarted my software career.”
- 25. Primer - What’s important in getting a Job? JOB
- 26. Your Career is a collection of Jobs CAREER {JOB JOB JOB JOB JOB JOB JOB JOB}
- 27. Jobs are connected to people JOB People People People People
- 28. JOB What do Companies look for in a Candidate?
- 29. JOB What do Companies look for in a Candidate? Skills Personality Traits
- 30. JOB What do Companies look for in a Candidate? Skills Personality Traits How do I get the right skills? How do I do the right things?
- 31. JOB What do Companies look for in a Candidate? Skills Personality Traits How do I get the right skills? How do I do the right things? How to find a good company? X
- 32. JOB What do Companies look for in a Candidate? Skills Personality Traits How do I get the right skills? How do I do the right things? How to find a good company?X What you can do NOW! ( )+
- 33. JOB What do Companies look for in a Candidate? Skills Personality Traits How do I get the right skills? How do I do the right things? How to find a good company?X What you can do NOW! ( )+ Summer of Tech is here to show you how!
- 34. Stats 2016 3000+ students signed up 1070 students profiles (31%) 177 placed 69% didn’t want a job
- 35. 66% of students hired, signed up in March to May
- 36. Last year One of our top students went to 37 Bootcamps !
- 38. Treat Summer of Tech like a course Class Summer of Tech Lectures Bootcamps Assignments Profile + CV + Personal projects Mid term test Hackfest Exams Meet & Greet Event Interviews
- 40. What are companies looking for?
- 41. 0) You
- 42. 1) The right attitude
- 43. 2) Team fit 2 Team Player aka Cultural fit
- 44. 3) Communication skills 3 Communication skills aka Can I talk to you and do you listen?
- 45. 4) Your skills -
- 46. 5) Your track record
- 47. 6) What do you want to learn?
- 49. 0) You
- 50. Your school career is about making you the same
- 51. What makes you unique?
- 52. What are you good at?
- 53. 1) The right attitude
- 54. Enthusiastic
- 55. Curious
- 56. Humility
- 57. Willing to learn
- 58. “There is no such thing as an 'I am willing to learn' certificate. If you really are willing to learn, demonstrate it instead.”
- 59. Professional
- 60. Be on time
- 61. Be honest & honour promises
- 62. Be careful what you say online
- 63. Your attitude is important
- 64. Presentable
- 65. “Make the right impression, dress neatly, make sure you've groomed and look presentable. People will remember you if you make an impression.”
- 66. 2) Team fit 2 Team Player aka Cultural fit
- 67. aka Cultural Fit 2 Team Player aka Cultural fit
- 68. Understand how to work in a team
- 69. Agile / Scrum
- 70. Code Management
- 71. Google researched - What makes a “perfect team” “We had lots of data, but there was nothing showing that a mix of specific personality types or skills or backgrounds made any difference.” The ‘‘who’’ part of the equation didn’t seem to matter.’
- 72. Two factors that mattered most to the teams 1) ‘Equality in distribution of conversational turn-taking.’’ - Teams where everyone spoke the same amount. (ie. no one dominated) 2) ‘‘Average social sensitivity’’ - Understanding people's cues and be nice to each other What did matter most for teams was ...
- 73. 3) Communication skills 3 Communication skills aka Can I talk to you and do you listen?
- 74. “Be prepared to go out of your comfort zone (promoting yourself, networking, interviewing), you'll improve a lot and pick up transferrable skills (eyy buzzwords) by doing so”
- 75. Building software products is a team sport 3 Communication skills aka Can I talk to you and do you listen?
- 76. Can I talk to you about a problem? 3 Communication skills aka Can I talk to you and do you listen?
- 77. Written comms
- 78. Commit messages
- 79. Take feedback
- 80. Explain an idea
- 82. 4) Your skills -
- 83. Research Skills
- 86. Build your own environment
- 88. What skills do companies want? Skill No. of jobs with skill THEMES Web Development ● JS ● HTML ● CSS ● Web Development Database ● SQL DevOps ● Amazon Web Services ● Automation How teams work ● Agile ● Testing / A Analysis ● Data Analysis
- 89. 5) Your track record
- 90. “Build your CV while you are at uni; That might sound strange but people often think that they will start building their CV after uni. The most challenging thing is to get your first job. So build your CV now.”
- 91. “How to build your CV? Attend as many programming events, hackathons, etc. as possible. Build a complete website / mobile app while you are studying. Have a cool github profile. Participate in open source projects. ”
- 92. “Work on team projects. The university does not prepare you properly for that. Learn how to use git in a team (branching, merging, etc.)”
- 93. How to use Git properly
- 94. Use git as your daily backup
- 95. What they are looking for in your Github? 1) Interesting projects 2) Examples of your work 3) Contributions to projects
- 96. Annotate your code in an README.md ● The purpose of code ● What it does and doesn’t do ● Any special instructions ● Any anomalies ● If you had to make trade-offs, state why
- 97. Nothing to see here - move along!
- 99. Alright, what are they into
- 100. Start now !
- 101. 6) What do you want to learn?
- 102. What are you passionate about? What are you passionate about
- 103. Learning comes from failure “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” ― Thomas A. Edison
- 104. Recipe for success... Try -> Fail -> Learn -> Experience Rinse, Repeat
- 106. How to find a good Company
- 107. “Don't be shy about requesting information from companies, or asking if you can get a tour. Actually being in the office was a huge indicator for me if I wanted to work there.”
- 108. Do your homework
- 109. “If you're aiming for a company that uses C#, do a small project in C# to show off on your github so they know you're actually interested and will put in the effort.” “Researching the company so that the interviewer was impressed with my knowledge and interest in the company and its products at the M & G and the interview.”
- 110. Figure out what does the company do?
- 111. “Talk to employers and figure out what kind of people the companies are looking for.” “Know what you want and go for that. (research different types of companies and get a feel for startup/small companies vs larger more corporate ones) “
- 112. Glassdoor Lots of companies have got jobs...
- 113. Glassdoor Glassdoor
- 114. Student word of mouth Glassdoor
- 115. Glassdoor When thinking about a company...
- 116. Join a smart team
- 117. Think about the work environment
- 118. Think about the tools they use
- 119. Think about how they get the job done
- 121. What can you do NOW?
- 122. You can’t get a job if you don’t put the effort in. So when you leave here, start on your profile Your Profile!
- 123. Find areas of interest
- 124. Find a story to tell
- 125. “Have at least one project you've done outside of university to show to potential employers - bonus points if it's on Github! ” “Find people who really want to work on a project and team up with them. Don't just talk to your friends about working on a project because all you'll end up doing is drinking a lot and playing scrabble.”
- 126. Github
- 127. Design version of github Online Portfolio
- 128. LinkedIn
- 129. Get out of your comfort zone
- 130. Go to Meetups
- 132. Career Tips ● Make sure you have the right attitude ● Practicing working in teams ● Focus on improving your comms skills ● Try lots of things to find your passion ● Build your track record ○ Have a story to tell ● Figure out what you want to learn Summary
- 133. You can’t get a job if you don’t put the effort in. So when you leave here, start on your profile Figure out what you want and work back
- 134. You can’t get a job if you don’t put the effort in. So when you leave here, start on your profile Where to start: Your Profile!
- 135. One last thing...
- 136. As you begin your heroes journey
- 137. “When will I know I'm ready?” “You won't. It's a leap of faith. That's all it is, A leap of faith”
- 138. Questions