You've got the technical chops -- the skills to get a great job doing
what you love. Now it's time to get down to the business of planning
your job search, focusing your time and attention on the job leads that
matter, and interviewing to wow your boss-to-be.You can't just wing
it.
As a techie, you're a special breed, with special challenges facing you
in the job search. Your competition is smart, tech-savvy, and highly
resourceful. Expectations among employers are higher. Your competition
will run you over if you're not up to the challenge. Land the Tech Job
You Love gives you the background, the skills, and the hard-won wisdom
to bypass the mistakes of those who don't prepare.
You might not think you need this book. Conventional Wisdom has it that
finding a job is simple: send some resumes, go on some interviews, and
take the offer that sounds best. But that's only the start. You've got
the background and skills to work the Web and other resources that the
general job seeker doesn't. This book shows you how to take advantage of
those skills or be left behind by competing techies who do.
It all starts with an examination of you, your strengths, and where you
want your career to take you. Without a roadmap, you'll wind up in any
old job. Life's too short to spend in a job that you don't love. From
there, you'll see how to find the job you want that fits you and the
employer, using your technical and web savvy to find the hidden jobs
that never make it into the classifieds or Monster.
"Marketing" is not a dirty word, and you'll learn how to present
yourself, your skills, and your background in the way that shows the
hiring company that you're the right person for the job. Create a resume
that tosses out conventional wisdom, write cover letters that sell your
background, and assemble a portfolio of work that will wow the
interviewer.
Social networking has been the darling of the Web in the past few years,
but it's no substitute for the sort of personal interaction that makes
relationships that help in future careers. As one manager said, "One
recommendation is worth a million resumes." This book shows you how to
make and maintain the connections that will drive your future career
moves.
Land the Tech Job You Love pulls no punches and lays out the details
for what gets you an interview, and gets you hired in a job in the
technical world that makes you happy.
