By Yingzi Sakura Huang (LinkedIn)

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<aside> 🌸 This wholistic Job Search and Career Growth Resource page will be continuously improved through curation.

I tried my best to label all resources that may cost money.

Some resources will show up in multiple places as applicable.

Important: Tips are mainly specific to North American and Western market and companies.

As the page expands, I hope this will improve accessibility to more industries and locations.

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Latest updates:

Version 3.0:

Version 3.01: Added Amir’s Games Job Resources Version 3.02: Added Colin Lernell and Annie Murray’s pay negotiation resources Version 3.03: Added section for Jargon and Industry Terms, and tech jargon reference Version 3.04: Added Rodolfo Diaz Cabello’s Substack, The Antidote and specific articles on Product and Interviews, to Skill Building and Certification, Career Paths, and Interviews sections.

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Table of Contents

The Job Search

Understanding the Job Search Process

The Job Search funnel, similar to the sale funnel:

The job search is a numbers game and an energy game. First, think of job applications in terms of the Sales Funnel - Are you getting enough leads that can turn into opportunities, then resume/proposals, then job offers? Many will drop out at each level as you finally get to what will likely be a very small number of job offers. Then, do you have the energy to get through to that one job offer that you will say yes to? If not, how much do you have and how should you prioritize?

The job search is a numbers game and an energy game. First, think of job applications in terms of the Sales Funnel - Are you getting enough leads that can turn into opportunities, then resume/proposals, then job offers? Many will drop out at each level as you finally get to what will likely be a very small number of job offers. Then, do you have the energy to get through to that one job offer that you will say yes to? If not, how much do you have and how should you prioritize?

Courtesy of Sasha Grinshpun and Catapult Circles

A reason why networking is important - Professor Mark Granovetter’s Strength of weak ties (Stanford) - https://snap.stanford.edu/class/cs224w-readings/granovetter73weakties.pdf

How to do all the people things of socializing, interviewing, networking etc.: https://www.succeedsocially.com/

Background Checks

What happens when you receive an offer and the company runs a background check on you: https://www.goodhire.com/resources/articles/how-to-do-a-background-check-for-employment/

Career Paths

Figuring out your career path, and other choices in life (new book 10-20 USD, website has free resources) - https://designingyour.life/