Lesson 1: Research organizations and roles

This is where you get to do the hard work, digging into the job postings to see what’s actually available.
 
At a high level, there are 6 steps to researching.
 
1.   Create a tracking file for your research. Copy company websites and job posting links to your file, when the jobs were posted and if there’s an application due date. Once you apply, you can track your application date, status, and relevant comments. Download the Excel file above to get started and customize to your needs.
2.   Find organizations that align to your values and where you’d like to work. What’s their vision/mission? What are their values? What’s their work culture? How important is the role you want to the core of the company? Look at what interests you.
3.   Find roles that align with the roles you’re interested in. Look for the various job titles that represent the role you want. Create a library of keywords that match your role.
4.   Check the organizations you want to work for website for job postings. What’s available?
5.   Check the job sites (i.e. LinkedIn) for job postings using your keyword library and maybe you’ll uncover new organizations that you weren’t aware of. When searching, type in the role you’re interested in, location, and if it’s important to you, filter on remote, hybrid, or on-site and any other filters that help you narrow your search. I suggest starting broader, then narrow.
6.   Set up alerts to be notified of new job postings.
 
Set aside time every day to search for new job listings; make it a part of your daily routine. What is your daily or weekly goal that you want to achieve and the supporting habit? i.e. finding 3 job postings that you like a day?

Once you find a role you’re interested in, move to the next steps of networking and applying.