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🔎 Your tech job search guide
Step by step instructions for beginners
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How do you actually land a job in tech?
These proven EntryLevel student success stories reveal how - and will inspire you to do the same.
A MESSAGE FROM ENTRYLEVEL
Learn tech skills in 6 weeks.
Beginner to tech? No problem. Get guidance for portfolio project and show it off to recruiters in 6 weeks.
1. Improve your LinkedIn
As soon as I optimized my profile on LinkedIn, I had two employers reach out to me.
Here are quick ways to improve your LinkedIn:
Add industry key words in your headline
Have a custom profile URL
Add a “link in bio” that goes to your portfolio (EntryLevel helps you make a portfolio + website)
Include your email contact
Post about what you’re learning
Connect with industry experts and comment on their posts
2. Post about what you’re learning
I shared my portfolio online, and got a message asking to hire me.
Eric advises anyone starting out in the tech world to share your work online.
“You never know who is looking.”
Here are ways you can share your work online:
Show your project progress - like going through EntryLevel learning modules
Include screenshots, videos, or gifs of your work
Follow others in the same industry and comment on their posts
Ask for feedback on your work in online communities
Make a post every day sharing something new you learned (from an article, YouTube video, or email like this one)
3. Get good project experience
I confidently navigated the interview process and landed my first internship job…EntryLevel’s practical learning experience set me apart from other candidates.
Hiring managers look at your portfolio projects to see whether you have the skills they’re hiring for.
Here’s how you can get more project experience for your portfolio:
Take an EntryLevel course (every course includes a project submission)
Use ChatGPT to come up with projects related to your industry
Use platforms like Kern.al or CatchAFire to find project ideas
Create your own project based on an idea you have from this list (thanks buildspace) or using GummySearch
Use EntryLevel’s AI project creator (coming soon!)
4. Learn from others
Joining a community guarantees you’re going to learn faster.
How do you know if you’re learning correctly?
Join a community.
People will give you feedback to improve.
If you’re lucky, you’ll also get job referrals.
Start with joining EntryLevel’s Discord community here.
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Summary
You’ll get hired if you do these consistently:
Improve your LinkedIn
Post about what you’re learning
Get good project experience
Learn from others