Extant Jobs - The Thursday Dispatch
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👋 Hey, Extant Jobs here! Welcome to our new weekly series, where we will discuss topics related to the job search, networking, and career. We’ll make sure to provide you the inside scoop, so you’re more ready than ever to land your dream job.
Fear not — you’ll still receive jobs every Monday in your inbox.
So you’ve decided you want a new role? Be on the lookout for in-depth posts on the topics below, guides, and advice from the Extant community in the coming weeks!
Lets start out with five tips…
Start a Rolodex
While Rolodexes may have peaked in the 1980s, start by combing through your LinkedIn, phone contacts, and friends and use this as an excuse to stalk whomever you find remotely interesting. Whether you’re trying to pivot from finance to product or land a step-up role in the same industry, some of the fun (we know) in job searching can be found in reaching out to people whose careers you admire or a college friend who is now suddenly at your dream company.
Keep Track of your Applications
Pick your poison – whether you want to use a tool like Teal, create a Google spreadsheet, or use a Notion template, find some way to track your applications, especially if you are applying to hundreds of roles, which seems to be the norm in today’s job environment. Create your own statuses and update them as you get confirmations, interviews scheduled, or impersonal rejection emails. If you are particularly sadistic, you can keep track of your stats for when you finally sign on the line for a new role.Create the resume
This will again depend on whether you’re switching between the same role or completely switching professions – if you’re looking to hop for a promotion, you may be able to skip this step. If you’re getting out of the current grind and casting a wide net, tailor your resume for each type of role, and if you’re really feeling frisky, create one for each job.
LinkedIn
Depending on how cringeworthy you find LinkedIn posting (and no, we’re not talking about personal life updates) and if it’s a ~thing~ in your industry, consider upping your comment game or doing a post or two of your own. No need for a thesis – even a repost with a sentence or two gets your name in people’s feeds and is good fodder when someone looks you up.
Craft your story
While post-application is a waiting game, take some time to write out different versions of your career history. What would you brag about to your parents/significant other/dog from your past roles? Can you grab your roommate or friend and ask for candid feedback about what you complain about or love about your current job? Their POV might surprise you and will help you view your current role from another lens. Even though you know your own story, writing out a narrative will help you come interview time when you distill it down to 60 or 90 seconds.