What should be first step in your job search?

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Hello!

Welcome to the second edition of Jobs this week by Spark Talent 👩‍💻

No small talk here, we get straight to it! 🎯

Jobs this week (Week 29, 2024)

Here are some fresh jobs for you. If an opening interests you, don’t wait - apply fast!

Engineering

Product

VC/Marketing/Others

Job Hunting Tips

Spray and pray just does not work. Not in life and not in the job search.

You need consistent focussed efforts towards a singular goal to achieve what you want.

A lot of the folks I have spoken to over the last few months have been getting this wrong. They want to apply for 3 different job profiles (think consulting, product management and program management) and are open to all geopgraphies.

With such a strategy you are applying everywhere and applying nowhere.

The first step is to figure out what roles you want to apply to. My suggestion is 2 similar roles. For example, I was applying to product and project management in startups with less than 500 employees in Europe (Spain, Germany, Netherlands and Ireland). I had justifications for the roles, company size and geographies.

Narrowing your search down this way allows you to explore more spaces, makes it easier to ahve conversations with recruiters since you just have to convince them about a fixed set of skills.

Over the course of the multiple conversations, your story and pitch gets more refined which helps you better your chances with every conversation.

So as a job seeker, your first step is to have your goals clear. Do not spray and pray.

Community Learnings

  1. How to make your application unforgettable by Chantelle va der Heever

  2. Killer resume hack by Austin Belcak

  3. Hard hitting career advice for young career professionals by Adthya Kulkarni

  4. Some career change inspiration by Arjun Prakash

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