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How to find a Job as a developer in just 30 Days

shrey vijayvargiya on February 19, 2023

Rock solid plan in just 4 steps to grab your next job opportunity in the next 30 Days Under the Hood In today’s story, we will discuss ...
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As time has gone on, I've found more success in highly targeted job applications. When I was trying to land my first job, my strategy was similar to this. Send out a lot of applications and hope for the best. One has to have a pretty thick skin for that strategy though.

For those just starting out in their careers, it's unavoidable to send out a lot of applications. The best piece of advice in your article is probably step 3. Tracking applications allows one to treat the process almost like a science. As you apply, track not only the applications but also the responses. If you have a longer timeline than thirty days, the feedback to applications can be used to fine tune future submissions.

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Derek D

+1 to this. As a junior, sending out tons of applications may be needed depending on where you live, but there are definitely places that don't get a lot of applicants where you'll have a much better chance. Public sector jobs (government, school districts, agencies, etc) and local banks or credit unions are a great start. As you get further into your career, applying on a more targeted basis is definitely more fruitful IMO.

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shrey vijayvargiya

Totally agreed. I'll always prefer working with small-size startups as a junior developer where you will learn fast I mean the fastest when you work in startups.

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shrey vijayvargiya

Very well noted and completely agree, STEP 3 is what I've learned from experience I also didn't do it during my first job search 😁.

Honestly, we don't need tough skin to keep applying, that is WHY I've divided the task into 10/15 days so that we don't feel frustrated and burned out.

It is just a matter of 2 weeks and once you accomplish that 2-week target you will learn the art of making a plan and sticking to the plan no matter what.

Plus 10 companies a day won't be too difficult and most of the developers don't even need 150 applications they often find a decent offer among the first 50 applications and that is the driving force to keep going till the end of 15 days until you find the one you love to join.

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sadique43

Great post, however the links to Interview question's aren’t working and there are some typo mistakes in the post, else it's a great piece of advice overall.πŸ‘

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shrey vijayvargiya

Oh, sorry for the mistake and thanks for correcting it. The mistakes are edited and addressed including links

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Abdulsalaam Noibi

Thanks for sharing

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shrey vijayvargiya

Thanks for reading and commenting!!!

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Dipanjan Ghosal

The links are broken. And a typo for "remote" job at the beginning (you wrote "remove").
Otherwise, nice article πŸ‘

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shrey vijayvargiya

This is corrected and thanks for pointing out the mistake!!!

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shrey vijayvargiya

Find Jobs Portals - findjobsportals.vercel.app/
This will give all the jobs portals you can use to grab the next opportunity

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rc2168st

Excellent πŸ’• thanks for sharing

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Glad to hear that, thanks for reading !!!