📆  PLANNING

✔️ Set a goal for weekly applications

✔️ Identify how many people you want to reach out to, every week

✔️ Look for 3-5 events to attend every month

✔️ Create a list of 20 companies you are interested about (see cold applications)

✔️ List 50 people you already know: reach out to them, share about your new role and ask if the know someone you should talk to

📝 APPLICATION CHECKLIST

✔️ Submit your application on the company website if possible

✔️ Include the job description keywords into your application package

✔️ Clearly state in your CV and cover your unique skills that set up apart from other candidates

💬 INTERVIEW TIPS

✔️ Research the company and look up the interviewer profile before the call

✔️ Prepare questions about the company and the role

✔️ Be ready to use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) model for answering behavioral questions

✔️ Send a follow up email after the interview

🧘  SELF CARE

✔️ Practice your daily self-care routines

✔️ When things get hard, breath deeply

✔️ Take time off to unwind and refresh

⭐ STAND OUT

✔️ Are your unique skills and industry competences shining out from your CV, cover and website?

✔️ Sharpen your communication and collaboration skills ✔️ Diversify your skillset focusing on new technologies (AI, Cloud..)

✔️ Optimize your LinkedIn profile for searchability

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🤝 NETWORKING TIPS

✔️ Connect with mentors: you can find them on adplist.org and get-merit.com

✔️ Identify people that works at your dream company: follow them and engage in their content

🏋️ UP SKILLING

✔️ daily / weekly challenges

✔️ join hackathons

✔️ stay up to date with industry trends and updates: follow experts, podcast and newsletters

🖥️  GAIN EXPERIENCE

✔️ join a volunteering project and create a real life case study

✔️ look for internship opportunities

✔️ talk to people you know: do they need one of your services?