A clearer next step.
A short guide to focusing your search, preparing your CV and keeping track of applications.
Choose a direction
Write down the work that interests you, the location and the working arrangement you are looking for. Use that list to choose channels and read listings with your own priorities in mind.
- Choose two or three role types to start with.
- List your location and working preferences.
- Save the channels you find useful.
Make your CV clear
Show experience, projects and skills that relate to the role. Use concrete examples of what you did, without inventing results or experience.
- Explain what you did and contributed.
- Adapt your profile to the kind of role.
- Review your contact details and links.
Keep track of applications
A simple record helps you keep your place. Note the company, role, link, date and next step. Follow each application process on the original provider’s platform.
- Keep the original listing link.
- Note dates and next steps.
- Set aside time to review your search.