Careers in IT: How to Get Your First Job

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Amber Israelsen

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1. Your IT Job Success Starts Now

1. Your IT Job Success Starts Now.mp4

03:51

2. A Story About an IT Job Search.mp4

01:07

2. Myth-busting School

1. Busted!.mp4

01:43

2. Its Not All About Your Grades.mp4

02:51

3. Its Not All About the Technology.mp4

03:18

4. Why School What It IS About.mp4

06:19

5. Summarizing the Myths.mp4

00:57

03. Amplifying Employability

01. Amp up Your Employability.mp4

02:26

02. Building Soft Skills.mp4

01:11

03. Communication.mp4

04:52

04. Collaboration and Teamwork.mp4

04:13

05. Leadership.mp4

04:14

06. Networking.mp4

07:03

07. Building Technical Experience.mp4

01:11

08. Open Source Projects.mp4

03:06

09. Internships.mp4

03:09

10. Freelance Gigs.mp4

02:40

11. User Groups.mp4

01:57

12. Senior Projects.mp4

01:59

13. Blogging.mp4

01:55

14. Mentoring.mp4

03:53

15. Summarizing Employability.mp4

01:40

4. Spot-on Resume Essentials

1. Introduction to Resumes and Cover Letters.mp4

02:03

2. Your Resume Is Critically Important!.mp4

01:58

3. Basic Resume Structure.mp4

07:23

4. Resume FAQs.mp4

09:35

5. Demo - Sample Resume.mp4

03:07

6. Cover Letter Basics.mp4

04:35

7. Social Media Is the New Resume.mp4

05:32

8. Summarizing Resumes and Cover Letters.mp4

01:25

5. Highly Effective Job Mining

1. Introduction to Finding Jobs.mp4

01:34

2. Most Effective Ways to Find a Job - Target Companies.mp4

04:15

3. Most Effective Ways to Find a Job - Work Your Network.mp4

06:17

4. Most Effective Ways to Find a Job - Your School.mp4

02:37

5. Less Effective Ways to Find a Job.mp4

01:15

6. Summarizing Job Mining.mp4

01:03

06. Nuts and Bolts of a Killer Job Interview

01. Introduction to Job Interviewing.mp4

03:01

02. The Job Interview Is Most Important.mp4

04:03

03. Before the Interview - Research.mp4

09:59

04. Before the Interview - Pre-screening Questions.mp4

04:14

05. Before the Interview - Technical Questions.mp4

05:23

06. Before the Interview - Behavioral Questions.mp4

03:55

07. Before the Interview - Group Questions.mp4

05:06

08. Before the Interview - Practice, Practice, Practice.mp4

05:49

09. Before the Interview - Check the Details, Including Dress Code.mp4

06:16

10. During the Interview - Show Time!.mp4

00:54

11. During the Interview - Likeability.mp4

04:09

12. During the Interview - Enthusiasm.mp4

01:31

13. During the Interview - Confidence.mp4

03:57

14. During the Interview - Communication.mp4

02:18

15. During the Interview - Body Language.mp4

03:43

16. During the Interview - Technical Skills.mp4

03:25

17. During the Interview - Wrapping Up.mp4

02:27

18. After the Interview - Thank You and Follow-up.mp4

08:02

19. Summarizing the Interview Process.mp4

01:41

7. Supercharge Your Job Offers

1. Introduction to Job Offers.mp4

02:22

2. Types of Job Offers.mp4

01:37

3. Your Wish List.mp4

04:45

4. Startup vs. Corporate.mp4

09:39

5. Negotiating the Offer.mp4

04:42

6. Accepting or Declining an Offer.mp4

01:16

7. The Rejection Letter.mp4

01:43

8. Summarizing Job Offers.mp4

01:14

8. FAQs - More Real-World Tips, Tricks, and Secrets

1. FAQs - More Real-world Tips, Tricks, and Secrets.mp4

00:40

2. FAQs About Resumes and Cover Letters.mp4

06:21

3. FAQs About Finding Jobs.mp4

04:33

4. FAQs About Job Interviews.mp4

07:56

5. FAQs About Job Offers.mp4

02:18

6. Thank You and Good Luck!.mp4

00:32

Description

This course is a practical guide for students moving from school to their first job in Information Technology. It covers the job hunt process from beginning to end.

What You'll Learn?

This course is a practical guide for students moving from school to their first job in Information Technology. It covers the importance of school (hint: not just grades!) and how to develop the skills that employers are looking for today.

The course walks students through the job hunting process from beginning to end:

building soft skills and technical experience
writing a resume and cover letter
looking for jobs
interviewing, and accepting a job offer

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Amber has been a software developer and technical trainer since the early 2000s. She holds certifications for AWS and a variety of Microsoft technologies. In recent years, she has focused on AWS, Machine Learning, Azure, Power Apps, Dynamics 365, SharePoint and .NET, teaching students around the world. She also works to bridge the gap between developers, designers and businesspeople with her expertise in visual communication, user experience and business/professional skills.

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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.