Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to Career Prep: Complete Toolkit

    • Welcome to Career Prep!
  • 2

    The Job Search

    • Building a Strong Job Search Foundation

    • Key Traits of Successful Job Seekers

    • Your Job Search Mindset

    • Proactive v. Reactive Job Seekers

    • Confidence

    • Job Search Action Plan

    • Managing Your Job Search

    • Quiz: The Job Search

    • Assignment: Make Contact with 3 Specific People
  • 3

    Your Online Presence

    • Personal Brand Building

    • GitHub

    • LinkedIn

    • Twitter

    • Blogging

    • Assignment: Write a Technical Blog Post
  • 4

    Building Your Resume

    • Getting Started on Your Resume

    • Writing Your Resume Summary

    • Technical Experience

    • Technical Skills

    • Work and Education Experience

    • Assignment: Draft Your Resume
  • 5

    Effective Networking

    • 30 Second Elevator Pitch

    • Finding and Connecting With People Online

    • LinkedIn for Researching and Networking

    • Building an In-Person Network

    • Quiz: Effective Networking

    • Assignment: Film Your Elevator Pitch

    • Assignment: Test Your Elevator Pitch Out

  • 6

    Applying to Jobs

    • Applying to Jobs Online

    • Cover Letters

    • Leveraging Your Network

    • Quiz: Applying to Jobs

    • Assignment: Apply for a Job
  • 7

    Interviewing

    • Opening the Lines of Communications

    • The Coffee Meeting

    • Research Before an Interview

    • Phone and Video Interviews

    • Preparation for the Interview

    • Answering Non-Technical Interview Questions

    • Talking About Apps You Built

    • Preparing Questions for the Interview

    • Networking Coffees vs Formal Interviews

    • Acing the Interview

    • Workshop: Mock Interview

    • Workshop: Storybuilding

  • 8

    Technical Interviewing

    • Technical Interviewing

    • Code Challenges

    • Careers Technical Interviewing Guides

    • Quiz: Technical Interviewing

    • Assignment: Coding Challenge

  • 9

    Communication After An Interview

    • Following Up

    • When You Haven't Heard From an Employer

    • Quiz: Communication
  • 10

    Job Offers

    • The Salary Question

    • Negotiating Your Salary

    • Quiz: Job Offers
  • 11

    Ongoing Professional Development

    • Staying Current in the Tech Industry

    • Coding Practice

    • Contributing to Open Source