barny-6 / graduate-goals Goto Github PK

Goal: Develop my technical skills and technical test confidence

Demonstration: Complete three Codewars katas (minimum 5th Kyu) this week

Goal: GitHub Profile is ready to apply for jobs

Demonstration: Hits minimum requirements on the graduate module.

Goal: Organise my first meeting with my Career mentor

Steps:

• Confirm who my career mentor is with the employability team
• Attend career mentee training
• Contact my career mentor and schedule my first meeting

Checklist of tasks for CV

• No spelling and grammar mistakes (Use Grammarly for free!)
• 2-page length maximum (Between 450 and 600 words)
• Keep formatting simple
• No pictures
• Your name as the name of the document, not "MY CV v3"
• Avoid vague buzzwords and clichés in your summary
• Include contact details (phone number very important)
• Write consistently in the same tense
• Avoid personal pronouns
• Include at least 2/3 experiences outside of CYF
• Include at least 12 bullets points
• Write all bullet points in the past tense
• Begin each bullet point with an active verb
• Quantify each bullet point (Include numbers!)
• Explain clearly details on education (what you learned, covered, etc)
• Make sure to include your final project in 'Experience'
• Add languages to the skills section
• Describe technical details of what was developed / you did
• Has it been reviewed and approved by a career mentor. #1

Goal: Ensure that your CV hits the minimum requirements for job applications

Demonstration: Hit all the points on the CV Tasklist #3

Goal: Develop your Technical Portfolio

Demonstration: Committing to GitHub 10 times this week

Goal: Familiarise myself with Collective Job Hunting and find 3 relevant job offers

Steps:

• Watch the intro video https://www.loom.com/share/9ed34d4d1f3448f19d6d97f5eb2b3037
• Research relevant roles

Demonstration

• Submit a minimum of 3 relevant jobs to the collective job hunting form

Goal: Linkedin Profile is ready to apply for jobs

Demonstration: Hits minimum requirements on graduate module.