from here to career: actionable tips on landing the job you want
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From here to careerAswin Shibu
Head of Sales | Profoundis. Ex-CEO | Sous Chef.
SCT Mentor | IEEE India Council.
Member at Large, MAB | IEEE RAS.
Over 80% of engineering graduates in India areunemployableAspiring Minds National Employability Report 2015
India’s Best Companies to Work for in 2016Google | SAP Labs | PayPal | Cisco | Adobe | Salesforce
India’s Best Companies to Work for in 2016Google | SAP Labs | PayPal | Cisco | Adobe | Salesforce
or Entrepreneurship
India’s Best Companies to Work for in 2016Google | SAP Labs | PayPal | Cisco | Adobe | Salesforce
or Entrepreneurship
What they don’t care aboutYour CGPA | Your College | Your Blood Donation Certificates
India’s Best Companies to Work for in 2016Google | SAP Labs | PayPal | Cisco | Adobe | Salesforce
or Entrepreneurship
What they don’t care aboutYour CGPA | Your College | Your Blood Donation Certificates
What are you going to do?
Coder/EngineerHead of
EngineeringVP of
Tech/EngineeringChief Technology
Officer
Content/Digital Marketer
Senior Marketer VP of MarketingChief Marketing
Officer
SDR/Demand Generation Rep
Sales Rep Director of SalesChief Sales
Officer
Designer UI/UX ExpertSenior UI/UX
EngineerChief Design
Officer
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Marketer
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Generation Rep
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Marketer
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Generation Rep
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Prepare . Grow . Build
• Use a proper email address
• Polish – Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter
• Update – LinkedIn, AngelList, F6S, Naukri, Twenty19, Internshaalaprofiles
• Read – Skimfeed, HackerNews, Quora, Specific Blogs
• Network – IEEE, LinkedIn, Meetup, Google Search, Events
Step 1: Prepare
• Apply for internships at startups
• Find a few mentors
• Volunteer more (LinkedIn, events, conferences)
• Be specialized. Take courses in topics of your domain.
Step 2: Grow
• Create a 6-month & a 2-year plan
• Align yourself to these plans
• Reach out to HRs, and people in your network.
• Apply
Step 3: Build
Chief Design Officer
Learn Photoshop/InDesign/Illustrator - YouTube, Subscription Courses and self-learning
Create a portfolio on Behance.net
Get and complete as many projects as possible - Referrals, college events, friends and family, freelancing, UpWork, Fiverr
Learn more about Design Theory, Color Theory, other great designers and their styles
INTERN at a Branding/UI|UX startup/design studio
Chief Technology Officer
Learn the basics of programming – Udacity, MIT Open Courses, Textbooks
Learn to code – Khan Academy, Codeacademy, PDFs
Create a GitHub profile
Volunteer to find bugs and solving errors in Open Source projects on GitHub
Learn to solve complex problems given in Hackathons. Compete in Hackathons (also Google Summer of Code)
Create Open Source hobby projects that are of value
INTERN at a technology startup
Chief Marketing/ SalesOfficer
Learn the basics – Hubspot Inbound Courses, Inbound.org, Growthhackers.io
Specialize – SEO, Inbound, Outbound, Content, Digital, Designs, Growth and more
Be obsessive about reading and understanding – Finance,Startup Terminology, Business Terminology
WRITE – Either your own blog, Medium or somewhere else
INTERN at a product startup
Prepare Grow Build Coder/Engineer
Prepare Grow BuildContent/Digital
Marketer
Prepare Grow BuildSDR/Demand
Generation Rep
Prepare Grow Build Designer
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