From the course: Getting Your First Job in Software Development
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Where to find a job
From the course: Getting Your First Job in Software Development
Where to find a job
- There's a lot of ways to find jobs in technology, and some of them might be more suited to your style of search. Let's take a look at some of the options from a Stack Overflow survey on how developers found their current jobs. Clearly, getting a reference is the best way to find the job. And that means that you should be reaching out to your friends and family, especially those who are working at technology companies. Ask about internship programs, job fairs, and ask them if they can introduce you to someone who works there. Reach out to them and ask how they got their job at the company. The second and fourth most popular way people found jobs was through recruiters. Recruiters do lots of community outreach and searches on sites like LinkedIn and GitHub. You can often find them at in-person or online meetups. They can help you improve your profile by adding keywords related to the technologies that you know. That…
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