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Welcome to the Job Search!
Hi Lambda Grad,
The job search team is excited to welcome you to the Job Search! Finding a job requires a sustained and focused effort and this handbook will help you navigate the many resources and recommendations we have for your search.
Your first target is to get an interview within the first 30 days of your search, and the below resources are designed to get you there!
Weekly Job Search Expectations: 🔟-🔟-🔟
On a weekly basis, you're aiming for 10-10-10: 10 quality applications, 10 outreach messages, and 10 technical skill-building activities or hours. Track your weekly progress against these goals with the Lambda Careers Site.
[ ] Submit 10 quality applications and track them in Job Tracker.
What is a quality application?
👋🏽 You have reached out via email or LinkedIn to at least 1 person at the company. Cold Outreach 101 has great LinkedIn and email outreach templates. Use Clearbit or hunter.io to find their email address (email is preferable to LinkedIn).
🆕 The job has been posted within the last 2 weeks**,** prioritizing jobs posted in the last 24-48 hours!
🤓 The job requires 0-5 years of experience
💻 You have applied through the company website, not an easy-apply portal.
📜 You have skipped the cover letter, unless it is explicitly required.
[ ] Reach out to 10 people every week and track them in Lambda Careers.
Who should I reach out to?
👩🏾💻 An employee at a prospective company (any engineering, data science, or product position). Bonus points if they are the manager for your desire team, or future boss.
👩🔧 A bootcamp alum or anyone with a non-traditional background working at a company you're interested
👨🏼🎓 A Lambda School alum who is employed at a prospective employer
📥 An internal recruiter at a prospective company
👯♀️ A warm contact who can offer advice or a referral
[ ] Complete 10 technical skill building (or maintenance) activities
How do I practice Code Challenges?
Lambda Careers provides you with a variety of free code challenge resources.
We encourage you to take the CodeSignal GCA every two weeks. Your most updated score will be saved and we'll use it to refer you to the right partner opportunities.
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