mod3-pd-wk1.md

Mod 3 Week 1: Professional Storytelling II: Resumes & Portfolio

Refine your career vision:

• What are the values that will drive your job search?

  Currently I am working with the idea that I don't want to work for too small a company as I don't want to have full ownership over problems or wear too many hats. I want solid structure where I can grow and reinforce my foundations. I'd love to work somewhere in Colorado, but I am open to the idea of working elsewhere too. Most jobs seem to be remote at this time, so not a huge issue this year.

• What are your goals for your job search?

  I would like to find something full-time or multiple contract positions around $75K+. Remote is fine.

• What kind of role do you see yourself pursuing in your job search?

  Most of my searches are "Junior Software Developer" or "Junior Front-End Developer" presently. As to what those roles do, I mostly don't want to be directly working with clients or customers. After talking to Tracey I did modify my search to be more "Associate" roles than "Junior".

• Based on your latest version of your career vision, list the top 3-5 industries and companies you’ll pursue in your job search as of right now.

  My background is in Ecommerce within the Luxury industry, so I'm looking into Ecommerce companies like Arrow Electronics, Honey, WIX, Havenly and Ibotta. I do also has passions for employee benefits and Gusto appeals to me for that reason and video/mobile games. So I see the Unity and Niantic are hiring as of today. I am very open in many way but I want to work for a good morally sound company. I'd like to be apart of something that adds to the human experience. I also very much enjoyed fraudulent order investigation and denial at my previous job so something in that direction could also be a blast.

• Why did you pick these industries/companies? How do they relate to the values and goals you have for yourself in your job search?

  I have experience in this industry and I can imagine that it might be to my advantage to lean on that experience.

Build your resume

This is my second draft of a two column resume style. I am creating a standard single column for passing AI scans as well. ![Second Draft-TwoColumn] (E.StaffieriResume2020.pdf) ![First Draft-ATS] (E.Staffieri-ATS-Resume2020.pdf)

Upload your resume to CV Compiler by following these steps:

Go to https://cvcompiler.com/students/turingschool Click on “Improve Your Student Resume” Authorize it with either LinkedIn or GitHub Fill out the fields with your Name and Email and the promo code Turing2005 Upload your resume Based on the feedback you received from CV Compiler, what updates will you make to your resume? Based on my ATS version review I need to make changes to these sections.

• In-Demand Tech Skills
• Action Verbs
• Niche IT Skills
• Numbers
• Soft Skills
• Summary/Objective
• Certifications
• Bullet Points
• Education

Set up your Turing Alumni Portfolio:

Log in with the link you got in your email. Going forward, log in at alumni.turing.io/user Fill out all fields Select “publish” before saving (projects must also have “published” selected)

Reflection questions:

What do you want this portfolio to say about you? How will you continue to add to this to portray your story and showcase the kind of work that demonstrates your brand?
Ian’s workshop this week is designed to help you break down your interest in specific industries even further by exploring their tech stacks to decide if you want to utilize any of their tools in upcoming projects. Make a copy of his template here and post a link to your copy here to show what research you’ve completed. You can also link this research to your Huntr board.