[TECH ED] Join a collective job hunting session

[SallyMcGrath]

Link to the coursework

#cyf-employment

Why are we doing this?

At CYF we share our job hunting. We work together to find suitable roles, analyse them, share them with each other, and support each other to apply for them. The work of many multitplies our individual efforts.

A key part of that experience is learning to reach out to companies, to people at companies. We connect with them so they come to talk to us at Code Your Future, enhancing our profile and our chances of getting roles.

75% of job applications are never read. ATS software filters them out automatically. When we work together, our voices are more powerful. Hiring managers can hear us when we speak together, when we present to companies, at events, when we make personal connections with people. We get someone to really look at our profiles and together we beat the automated processes that otherwise exclude our applications.

Maximum time in hours

1

How to get help

https://poe.com/CYF_Job_Hunter

How to submit

Find the shared collective job spreadsheet. It's pinned in Slack. Find a suitable role and add that role to the sheet. Then look through all the questions and actions you can take. As a group, identify a role that at least some of you could achieve and make a plan to apply. What help will you need? Do we know someone at that company? Read the website, does that company participate in local tech events? Can you go there? CYF can help.

How to review

You must find some grads in your region to come to class day and run this session with you. Where will you find them? (Probably on Slack!) Schedule one to two hours to work on this together. And then book another session!