What job boards do you use to find your roles?
I’m somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000 applications by now and the best I’ve gotten was one prescreening call from a recruiter, and one interview (that ended up being a scam).
I’ve expanded my resume to include:
Freelance Web Developer: 2008-2012
Game Developer: 2002-Present
I have my degrees included on my resume (although I’m one semester away from my bachelors).
I went overboard listing various certifications and classes (just to help against the ATS scanners):
Software Engineering Career Track - Springboard
Data Analytics, UX Design, IT Support, Project Management, Digital Marketing - Google
Real World Cloud Project Management - AWIT
Salesforce Developer - Salesforce
Junior Wordpress Developer- UniSA
The main job boards I’ve been applying at are:
LinkedIn Jobs
Monster
Wellfound
Otta
Indeed
Glassdoor
Etc
What do you use?
Through informational interviews I’ve learned a few things.
1. Reach out to recruiters: however so far there’s either no response or they just direct to to the job posting on the job boards above.
2. 80% or so of all roles and found in house, there’s a slimmer chance spraying and praying job boards.
3. Avoid job boards, and apply directly on a companies website.
Since 2008, my websites has mainly always been art music and programming focused however with this transition I’m releasing a new portfolio website in the next week or so that puts my education, credentials and software engineering and the forefront with my art, independent record label, music compositions, books as an after thought.
Resume first, portfolio second, sales last. Altogether a hub of experience of credentials.
With that being said, my professional experience has been a part time substitute teacher, and I have 8 overlapping years in retail and over 10 years in trucking and logistics. I’ve been an Owner Operator, Trainer, Tester, Inventory Manager, Safety Manager, Lead, Supervisor and Specialist. I got into trucking to be able to fund college/my education.
For any of those positions/roles I’ve got them with ease, the past year I’ve been surprised at how difficult it is to get a junior entry level role.
The hardest part about being a developer isn’t learning how to code, it’s about finding a company willing to give me a chance.
Freelance Developer/ DCO Technical Project Manager | Frontend Development, Creative Development
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