What is your best career advice for a current job seeker?

If you even only skim the news, there is a flurry of activity around careers and job seeking. So, I think it might be a good time to ask: What is your best career advice for a current job seeker?

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shabaz over 2 years ago +4

Personally I think these items could be start, but there are a lot of other things to consider too: * Always keep learning/studying, * Build up a network, * Learn from your interviews, * Be competent…
dougw over 2 years ago +2

Right now there is a severe shortage of technical talent so finding a job is as easy as it will ever be. This presents a better opportunity to find a job you will really like. Research what you want…
javagoza over 2 years ago in reply to dougw +2

I agree with dougw on both the shortage of technical talent and the need to do your homework before applying for a job. In the company where I work, in the banking application development sector, we…

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shabaz over 2 years ago

Personally I think these items could be start, but there are a lot of other things to consider too:

* Always keep learning/studying,
* Build up a network,
* Learn from your interviews,
* Be competent and reliable, because no firm will hand you their 'baby' (i.e. project) to work on if they think it is not in good hands.

I tried thinking about it a couple of years ago (during the start of the pandemic) and wrote about some topics that were useful to me, hopefully others can find bits of it interesting:

/technologies/businessofengineering/b/blog/posts/applying-for-engineering-job-roles-in-covid-times
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shabaz over 2 years ago

Personally I think these items could be start, but there are a lot of other things to consider too:

* Always keep learning/studying,
* Build up a network,
* Learn from your interviews,
* Be competent and reliable, because no firm will hand you their 'baby' (i.e. project) to work on if they think it is not in good hands.

I tried thinking about it a couple of years ago (during the start of the pandemic) and wrote about some topics that were useful to me, hopefully others can find bits of it interesting:

/technologies/businessofengineering/b/blog/posts/applying-for-engineering-job-roles-in-covid-times
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