As someone who’s happy in his current role, I’d like to collect some job advice that I can share with others.
Overall thoughts:
- I think the Linkedin Easy Apply/Apply is a bit overrated. I constantly hear stories of folks pushing it and not hearing back from companies.
- I also think companies struggle with the quantity of candidates in most roles. I was hiring and I received 100+ applications for a entry level role.
- So the question then becomes how to get around that. Lots of good thoughts here:
A really good couple of tweets on this topic.
Do not touch LinkedIn Apply. For inbound, work on projects w others and post about them. Skip HR, go straight to execs/employees. For outbound, spend 1-2 days working on a demo, or reuse prev projects related to the product/role. Do this for several months for a few places inb4 “this is too much free labour” - nope, this is deliberately time-saving. calculate the time you spend getting a degree + applying to 500 places you dgaf about. you’re doing “free labour” anyway, might as well put effort into places you want to work at.
A good place to look at jobs could be any industry boards. For economists it’s the AEA.
Going into it a bit more, another good Twitter Thead on building a demo versus competiting with everyone else.
Good advice to send your resume straight to the hiring manager
straight to managers, ceo, ppl with incentive for the company to go well
Great article on trying hard. Respective part on job hunting:
Take, for example, applying for jobs. A while back, I noticed Laravel was looking for a video person. Many replies were just like, “Hey, pick me!”
I’m interested in potentially bringing on someone to focus on video and educational content at Laravel. Thinking 2 videos per week.
If that’s you, send me some examples of your work! 📸 In this case, trying hard could be making a video showcasing your past work and sending it to Taylor with a note that says, “I heard you’re looking for a video guy, so I made a video highlight reel of all my work!”
It’s not even that much effort! It might take an hour or two, but it increases your odds exponentially.
Adam Wathan recently posted an open position at Tailwind Labs and said this in a followup tweet:
We’re going to get a lot of applications I’m sure but please don’t feel like the odds of getting noticed are against you.
It’s wild but 90% of applicants don’t even follow the application instructions! […]
A tiny bit of effort to stand out has outsized rewards when applying for a job — 10% more effort doesn’t increase your chances by 10%, it increases them by more like 1000%.
If you send us a real application we’ll notice it, I promise 🙏🏻 90% of applicants don’t even follow the instructions! The bar is so low! Nobody is trying! You merely have to follow the instructions and you’re ahead of 90% of other applicants? That barely registers as “trying” in my book! Imagine how far ahead you’d be if you followed the instructions and put in a little extra effort.
These two examples might provoke this thought: “I shouldn’t have to try hard to get my job application noticed.” You can find this pattern everywhere: “I shouldn’t have to, therefore I won’t.”
Really good article.
Interviewing Questions:
- Talk about a time you’ve handled conflict: “Person had strong beliefs, needed a ton of facts and data. I got it, we reviewed, asked lots of questions, I didn’t take anything personally and learned a lot from him”
- Biggest weakness: here, problem then solution statement.
Interviewing:
- Maybe 2-5 min early? Driving a different deal
- Give specifics
- Take credit: We versus I.
- Dress professionally
- Bring energy + excitement
Questions after Interview:
1-2 questions.
- Curious about the business
- Day in the life of the position
- Challenges
After
- Personal thank you email
- Ask for feedback
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