Finding a job that's the right fit for you
by Casey Gruppioni
@cgruppioni
Decide on your criteria
- Programming Languages
- Salary / Equity
- Work / Life Balance
- Commute length
- Mission of the company
- Industry
- Gender ratio of possible team and surrounding management
- Career growth opportunities
- Benefits package
- Mentorship
- Location
Salary / Equity
Free Negotiation Classes for Boston Women: https://salary.aauw.org/boston/
Work / Life Balance
Find interesting companies &
get your foot in the door:
- Meetups
- Slack Groups
- Recruiters
- Women in tech job boards
- Find interesting companies through your 1st degree connections.
- Find a mutual connection to introduce you to someone at a company that you want to work for.
- Find companies through 1st degree connections
- Find a mutual connection to introduce you
Warm Messaging
Cold Messaging
Meetups
Slack Groups
Recruiters
Women in Tech Job Boards
- HireTechLadies.com
- Womenwhocode.com/jobs
- Powertofly.com
- Startups with female founders: https://angel.co/job-collections/female-founders/
- Master list: http://workintech.io/categories/diversity/
How To Evaluate A Company:
Is This A Company I Want To Work For?
Social Media Presence
Engineering Blog
Open Source Work
Public API
LinkedIn / Glassdoor
Applying to jobs that you feel unqualified for
Interview
- Ask what the interview questions will be beforehand.
- Pre-interview coding challenges determine if you are technically fit for the role, in-person whiteboard challenges demonstrate if you are able to communicate and collaborate in a team.
- They WANT to hire you.
- Ask a lot of questions to show them how interested you are in the company/role.
"Do you have any hesitations about me as a candidate for this role?"
What I want you to take from this:
Continue to be engaged and build your community
Casey Gruppioni
- @cgruppioni
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseygruppioni/
- Find me in the Girl Develop It, She Geeks Out, Women Who Code and Boston Ruby Slack channels.
