Has tech been helping or hurting your job hunt?
Another job hunting app is live! Time-saving or soul-crushing? Did you become the zombie online applier? Did you get stuck in the matrix? Here’s what this new app “features”:
1) enter your resume information
2) identify skills and titles of interest
3) see the match scores based on your preference
4) click a button to get an intro to recruiters
Whoops. You’re already toast.
This puts you square in the middle of applying online, with zero people advocating internally for us.
Didn’t see the word hiring manager mentioned - this app stinks!
The contact people on websites will not trust us based on a resume.
They will not be able to override any objections about sponsorship, for example, and may likely be the ones enforcing a no-sponsor policy.
We fall short of advocacy that overrides objections to our status. And that advocacy exists in every firm.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE tools.
I LOVE shortcuts.
But don't be distracted from your goal.
It's those...
If you're thinking “time is running out”, open this.
All of this stuff is going to feel strange. But only as strange as your job hunt is stuck. Job hunt going well? You are doing these things already.
Step #1: orient your message towards giving, not taking.
Everyone needs a "data scientist". Saying you want to do data science falls short.
It’s not a message anyone can digest. That’s taking, not giving.
All the pressure is on others to guess where the fit is.
Instead, make it a “no-brainer”: position yourself as a problem solver - of a specific problem. It’s what the data science post-offer gets paid for. Orient towards giving and solving. Sensitize to the issues people have.
Step #2: Step-up and orient toward human interaction - yeah, do the scary stuff.
Create an ally after you apply, generate trust in the follow-up.
Just another “apply and wait” person? FORGED-A-BOUD-IT!
Don’t require a whole bunch of stuff to happen before you start making real relationships.
Since you’re...
Sponsorship is just a policy
Work Visa Sponsorship for international students is a policy and is flexible.
There are no “sponsor-friendly” firms, just firms.
It’s the people that grant the offers and decide policy.
That applies to international students and domestic students.
If you’ve presented yourself as the best fit, the sponsorship policy will be flexible in favor of hiring you.
Ashish won his H1B lottery not by getting the offer by luck, but by making connections, talking to people to start the process.
FAR from perfect = Still getting hired.
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