How to Leverage Your Network to Land Your First Job as a Developer
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Flatiron School Placements team shares the advice they give our web and iOS students on networking. So far 99% of Flatiron School students land jobs after graduating.
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How to Leverage Your Network to Land Your First Job as a Developer
- 1. NETWORKING!
- 2. PEOPLE get jobs from PEOPLE. 98% of job-seeking grads have gotten jobs. 1 found his job by applying online.
- 3. BUILD PIPELINE THIS IS A SALES PROCESS. Connect Identify Meet Follow up
- 4. PLACES TO FIND THE HUMANS LOOK FOR WAYS TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN TECH. PEOPLE YOU KNOW Friends, family, former colleagues. PEOPLE WHO KNOW PEOPLE YOU KNOW Friends, family, former colleagues of ^ PEOPLE YOU MEET Meetups. Job fairs. Dinner parties. Parks. PEOPLE YOU STALK AND BECOME FRIENDS WITH “I’m from the internet!”
- 5. PEOPLE YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO KNOW PEOPLE YOU KNOW PEOPLE YOU MEET PEOPLE YOU STALK AND BECOME FRIENDS WITH The more you practice, the smarter you sound!
- 6. I FOUND A HUMAN! WAYS TO NETWORK: CAREER CHAT “I’d love to hear what it’s like to be a developer at a company like X” PROJECT TALK “Your X is really interesting - I’d absolutely love to hear more about how you Y’d it.” MEETUP PRESENTATION FOLLOW-UP “It was awesome to hear you speak about Tech Thing A at Place B. Would you be up for a coffee to discuss it a bit more? !
- 7. Your goal with this communication is to schedule a phone or an in-person meeting. That’s it.
- 8. BAD EXAMPLE E-MAIL: Jason, ! I enjoyed speaking with you at the Flatiron Science Fair yesterday. I'd love to find out more about your team and to tell you more about myself. ! Please let me know if there is mutual interest. ! Thanks Cynthia
- 9. BAD EXAMPLE E-MAIL: Jason, Hello. My name is Cynthia Dressler. ! I looked through the information on your website and am very interested in the non-CS training program. I noticed the 2014 Software Engineer posting on your job website which also peaked my interest. Is this related to the training program? ! I would be interested to meet with you and Erik at some point. ! Thank you Cynthia
- 10. GREAT INITIAL E-MAIL: Hi Jason, ! It was great to meet you at our science fair lastThursday. I wanted to thank you for your enthusiasm for my karaoke app, and let you know that I had a great time talking with you about your dream music apps. ! I'm in school through the end of next week, but would love to meet and talk sometime soon. Do you have any time late next week? I'd love to hear what you are most excited about regarding the future of blinky, and to get your perspective on what it is like to work at such a fast growing company. ! Thanks again for coming out to the science fair. Looking forward to speaking more! ! Cynthia
- 11. 1. Be prepared. Come with a lot of questions. I GOT THE MEETING AWESOME. 2. Know your value. You can offer something in exchange. 3. Provide value. If that’s you as a developer, awesome. If not, ok.
- 12. NEXT STEPS HOW TO FOLLOW UP THANK & REVIEW “Great to talk to you about A, B, C - your insight on C’ was really helpful in X way.” PROVIDE VALUE “We’re having a meet up at Flatiron on Thursday on the Gem you’re using. Here’s the RSVP!” MAKE AN ASK “You’d mentioned your friend at P Corp might be up for a chat - would you be comfortable making the intro? Thank you for thinking of it.”
- 13. FINAL THOUGHTS HOW TO FOLLOW UP THIS IS STRESSFUL It’s ok to be a little bit freaked out. …BUT IT’S STILL A TEAM SPORT Your career is a marathon - and you’re a Flatiron grad forever. Work hard and be nice. SLOW & STEADY Invest in 2-4 conversations at once. Really invest. !