Pam Selle Co-author of Choosing a JavaScript Framework, thewebivore.com Tuesday, Oct 20th 1:30 pm - Keynote

1. Pam Selle, @pamasaur, thewebivore.com
All Things Open, October 20, 2015
How to get your next job as a developer

2. ✤ Pam Selle
✤ Software Engineer
✤ Gives advice often to job hunters

3. We have a hiring problem

4. We have a shortage!

5. Right?

6. “There’s no evidence...that there’s a shortage in the
conventional sense…They may not be able to find
them at the price they want.”
“But I’m not sure that qualifies as a shortage, any
more than my not being able to find a half-priced
TV.”
Hal Salzman, Rutgers University

7. No shortage?What’s the problem?

8. Hiring is DIFFICULT

9. And now, stick people

16. WTH is going on?

17. ✤ More noise
✤ More annoyance
✤ Misplaced incentives

18. Cui bono?

19. And for the talent?

20. Challenges
✤ Irrelevant leads
✤ Difficult to connect to employers
✤ Interview process is terrible

21. Creative Commons, aigle_dore on Flickr

22. There must be a better way

23. Pam’s 3 Step Job Hunt Process

24. Beyond the Résumé
✤ Hunt for targets
✤ Make first contact
✤ Nail the interview

25. Hunt for targets

26. “Your chances of getting a job you want
vastly increase if you know what you
want in a job"
– me, Pam Selle

27. Creative Commons, funfilledgeorgie on Flickr

28. Look for places that need people
with your skills

29. FindingTargets
✤ Talk to your people
✤ Talk to other people
✤ Go to the watering hole

30. SuggestedWatering Holes
✤ Conference sponsor list!
✤ Community supporters
✤ Community forums and events

31. First Contact

32. Exchange the application process
for a conversation

33. Creative Commons, gareth1953 on Flickr

34. “Hey, I'm interested in talking to $COMPANY about a
role there ... what's the best way to do that?”

35. “Thanks, I've checked out the page [mention position
that interested you]. Who could I talk to at the
company to learn more about the position?”

36. “I'm interested in working at $COMPANY. Do
you know anyone I can talk to about what it's
like to work there?”

37. Creative Commons, kamoteus on Flickr

38. Nail the Interview

39. DO NOT NAME A NUMBER FIRST

40. Creative Commons, umjanedoan on Flickr

41. Want more?
pamselle.gitbooks.io/beyond-the-resume

42. @pamasaur | thewebivore.com | turing.cool
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