Getting the Job
Those of you that follow me on Twitter may have read that I had a job interview for a FT web developer position. It was offered to me, but I ended up not taking it for various reasons: security and compensation being the 2 biggest. That, and I wasn’t sure if life as a .Net code monkey was really for me. Yes, I enjoy development—mostly in PHP though—but I think I enjoy the XHTML and CSS aspect of sites more for the tech-meets-artist in me. Anyway…
Today Josh Catone over at sitepoint.com posted 10 Essential Tips For Landing Your Next Job, which I found timely and relevant. Especially considering the current state of the job market. He made some great points you should consider before applying to a job… like not using the same cover letter for every job. My wife taught me this one a few years back. I do keep a cover letter template which contains the “guts” of my letter. However, I usually rewrite the first and last paragraphs for every job I apply to.
Some other ones in his list I try and follow are blogging (which I’m getting better at these days), Networking Offline (I ALWAYS have business cards with me, and it pays off), and Don’t Stop Learning (I enroll in online classes constantly).