How to Find a Job

Introduction

Are you on the hunt for a new job?

Whether you’re looking to change careers or just searching for a better opportunity, the job search process can be overwhelming.

But don’t worry; you’re not alone. In this blog post, we’ll review some tips and strategies to help you find a job.

From creating a solid resume to networking effectively, we’ll cover everything you need to know to find a job.

And if you want to jump around this article, use the links below to skip to the most relevant sections:

• What is Job Hunting
  
  
• 16 Steps to Find a Job
  • Gain Clarity on your Tech Career
    
  • Create both a Cover Letter and Resume
    
  • Create and Optimize your LinkedIn Profile
    
  • Organize your Job Search
    
  • Create a List and Find Jobs that you Qualify For
    
  • Research the Companies that Have the Jobs You’re Applying For
    
  • Make a List of Hiring Managers or Influencers
    
  • Create a Professional Gmail Account
    
  • Create a Website Domain and HubSpot CRM Account
    
  • Connect Gmail to your HubSpot Account
    
  • Add your Hiring Manager and Influencer Contacts to HubSpot
    
  • Cold Email Hiring Managers
    
  • Follow Up with Hiring Managers and Influencers
    
  • Apply for Jobs that you Qualify for
    
  • Schedule Informational Interviews and Ask for Referrals
    
  • Schedule Job Interviews and Repeat the Process
    
    
• Additional Job Search Tips

So what are you waiting for? Let’s dive in!

What is Job Hunting?

Job hunting is the process of searching and applying for job opportunities.

Job hunting typically involves creating a resume and cover letter, researching job listings and companies, and submitting job applications.

And as we know, job hunting can be both frustrating and time-consuming.

However, with the right approach and a positive attitude, you can increase your chances of success.

Furthermore, Job hunting is not limited to searching for a job through a job posting or recruitment agencies.

It also involves networking, informational interviewing, and even cold emailing.

To say it’s a process is an understatement, as job hunting requires patience, perseverance, and a willingness to learn and adapt.

Within your job hunt, you should not only strive to find a job, but also finding a tech career that aligns with your skills, interests and needs so that you can establish yourself.

Now that’s easier said than done when it comes to job hunting.

However, if you keep reading, you’ll learn about the sixteen steps to follow to land your dream tech career.

So let’s get started!

16 Steps to Find a Job

When you’re searching for a job, it’s pertinent that you have a step-by-step system that you can follow to gain a tech career.

Because without an organized system to follow, you’ll find your job hunt to be lengthy and frustrating at best.

However, with a plan in place, you’ll find that you can land a tech job quicker and with less effort. While avoiding the chaos that normally comes with job hunting.

To breakdown this job-hunting system down, there are sixteen steps that you need to follow such as:

1. Gain clarity on the tech career that you want
   
   
2. Create and customize both your cover letters and resumes to the positions you’re applying to
   
   
3. Create and optimize your LinkedIn profile
   
   
4. Get organized with your job search
   
   
5. Make a list of jobs that you qualify for
   
   
6. Research the roles and companies that you’re applying to
   
   
7. Make a list of hiring managers and Influencers that you can contact
   
   
8. Create a Professional Gmail Account
   
   
9. Create a Website Domain and HubSpot CRM Account
   
   
10. Connect your Gmail to your HubSpot Account
    
    
11. Add your Hiring Manager and Influencer Contacts to HubSpot
    
    
12. Cold Emailing Hiring Managers
    
    
13. Following up with Hiring Managers and Influencers
    
    
14. Applying for Jobs that you qualify for
    
    
15. Scheduling Informational Interviews and Asking for Referrals
    
    
16. Scheduling Job Interviews and Repeating the Process

These are the steps that I used in my job search to land a tech career that pays $45K a year in less than three months.

And if you follow these steps, you too can experience similar success and break into tech.

Now that you know the steps you must follow, let’s learn how to apply these steps to your job search.

Step 1: Gain Clarity on your Tech Career

The first thing to do when looking for a new career is to clarify what you want to do. Especially in the tech industry.

This is one of the most important steps to follow as you need to figure out what roles are out there that’ll allow you to work at your best.

Because in tech, there are many different roles that you can pursue.

So having a clear picture of what you want will help you move efficiently within your job search.

Essential Questions to Ask for Clarity

And some essential questions that you can ask yourself when you’re looking for a new tech career are:

• What do I want my day-to-day work to look like?
  
  
• What kind of work do I want to do? (Do you want to speak with customers or be by yourself and code all day)
  
  
• What tech sector do I want to work in? (SaaS, Fintech, Insurtech, etc.)
  
  
• What is the title of the role that I want?

These are the four main questions to ask yourself as they will help you define what you want to do, the jobs that offer the day-to-day hustle you’re looking for, and the titles of the roles you should apply for.

When I made my career switch from Sales to Customer Success, I decided that I wanted to work with customers but not have the pressure of hitting a quota.

Which helped me answer the first two questions from above, leading me to Customer Success.

From there, I scouted out roles that matched up with work I wanted to do as I found titles like:

• Customer Success Manager
  
  
• Activations Specialist
  
  
• Client Success Specialist

After that, I then found relevant tech sectors/industries that had these open roles.

And that’s when the job search kicked off as I figured out what I wanted to do, the role titles that would allow for that type of work, and the sectors that had those job openings.

So first, work on answering the four questions that we labeled earlier.

Then move on to step two and create a cover letter and resume that fits those roles.

Step 2: Create both a Cover Letter and Resume

Once step one is completed, you now need to create a cover letter and resume.

And to do that, figure out the role you’re applying to. Then take a look at the roles job description to see what you need to bring to the table.

When looking over job descriptions (JDs), you’ll find a common theme within the JDs after narrowing down the role titles you’re looking for.

For example, let’s say you’re applying for a Sales Development role. If that’s the case, you’ll find that most sales dev JD’s look like this:

After reading through what the job entails, you’ll need to tailor your cover letters and resumes to fit what the company is looking for.

For the sake of this post, though, we won’t be covering this in-depth.

However, for more information you can learn how to make both a cover letter and resume within our How to Write a Cover Letter and Resume guides.

After completing this step, move on to step three to continue your journey to finding a job.

Step 3: Create and Optimize your LinkedIn Profile

The next step you need to follow is to create and optmize your LinkedIn profile.

LinkedIn has over 875 million members on their platform, so you can assume you can find both jobs and hiring managers there.

Additionally, according to stats collected by LinkedIn, eight people are hired every minute.

Furthermore, there are more than 10,000+ Entry Level Jobs openings in tech that are currently listed on LinkedIn.

Looking at those stats, it shows that there’s a huge opportunity to be had on LinkedIn if used properly.

And suppose you optimize your profile with keywords that recruiters are looking for.

In that case, you can also find additional opportunities to apply for that may not even be advertised. Which, gives you an edge in your search.

For help with optimizing your LinkedIn profile, you can go to our Services page as we can help. Or if you like DIY projects, read 20 steps to a better LinkedIn profile in 2023.

Once you’ve created a well-optimized LinkedIn profile, move on to organizing your job search.

Step 4: Organize your Job Search

Moving onto step 4, you must organize your job search for maximum efficiency.

This part is crucial as having an organized way to separate and sort job opportunities will allow you to go faster when applying for jobs.

What you’ll need to do here is create a Google sheet that has column headers such as:

• Job Position
  
  
• Glassdoor Rating (for company reviews)
  
  
• Role Salary (If Salary is listed within the company’s Glassdoor page)
  
  
• Job Link (to apply for the job on the employers website)
  
  
• Notes

After creating this list, you’ll have a database to refer to for all of your potential job opportunities.

Once this is done, then create another tab in that sheet that’s labeled “Hiring Managers/Influencers”.

This tab will help you keep track of all the hiring managers/influencers we will target later in this guide.

And to see what this page looks like, take a look below:

After creating this list, you can move on to creating the list and finding the jobs you qualify for.

Step 5: Create a List and Find Jobs that you Qualify For

Now that the infrastructure is set up, it’s time to move on to the fun part, prospecting for opportunities.

This will be the most time consuming part as you’ll spend one week filling up your list.

And with this list, you’ll want to find as many as possible. Starting on a Monday and stopping on Sunday, searching 8 hours daily for open opportunities.

Before we go further, though, I’m sure you’re probably wondering: “How do I find open opportunities to apply for?”.

Well, that’s an easy question to answer as there are many places to look to find open opportunities.

Some of my favorite job search sites to use to find opportunities are:

• LinkedIn
  
  
• Crunchbase
  
  
• Wellfound (Formerly AngelList)
  
  
• TechCrunch

You can use these sites, as LinkedIn and Wellfound have job boards that offer tech jobs.

For Crunchbase and TechCrunch, however, those sites are not for finding open opportunities directly but for finding companies that meet your industry criteria (Crunchbase) and those recently getting funded (TechCrunch, as they cover startups that get funding).

So start using those four resources that I gave above. However, if you need more job search resources, read the 12 Best Job Search Sites to Find a Job.

Once you have a 50+ open opportunities listed on your sheet, start the research process for these open jobs.

Step 6: Research the Companies that Have the Jobs you’re Applying For

After you have targeted the roles you qualify for, start researching those companies and roles by filling in the subsequent columns on your job list sheet.

And the research is straightforward, as you need to find the following information:

• Glassdoor Rating (The company’s overall rating)
  
  
• Pay (What does the role pay according to Glassdoor)
  
  
• Series of funding the tech company raised (Series A, B, C, etc., using Crunchbase)
  
  
• Notes or noteworthy events (Use Google and type in the company name and look at search results and news tab)

After filling in the subsequent columns, your sheet should look like this:

Research is so important because after you’ve created your list like mine, you can then use the filter feature on Google Sheets and filter out the job opportunities you want to pursue first based on what’s important to you.

For example, if you think culture is the most important thing, you could filter out this sheet by Glassdoor Rating from most to least stars.

From there, you’ll have an ordered list, and you can start pursuing opportunities with the best ratings on Glassdoor. Or, if you’re a money-hungry vulture, you can also sort this out by pay.

Whatever you need to do, this list will be your guide. After the research is done and the list is created, then find the hiring managers responsible for hiring these roles.

Step 7: Make a List of Hiring Managers or Influencers

Next step, find the people or influencers responsible for hiring these roles after the list is curated and filtered out by your preferences.

How to Find Hiring Managers and Influencers

To find these people, head to LinkedIn, which will be the place to find them.

And to breakdown the whole process of how to do this, let’s take a sample job for a Sales Development Rep role like this one:

Here we know where the job is, so that’s the first clue to finding the Hiring Manager and Influencers for this job.

Unfortunately, we need to find out who this role reports to, as it doesn’t state it in the job description.

But that’s why you always want to look at the job description, as sometimes there are golden nuggets that tell you who this role reports to.

However, we now have to guess since we don’t have that person in the job description.

And we can assume that the person or influencer for this job role can have a title such as:

• Sales Development Team Lead
  
  
• Manager of Sales Development
  
  
• Sales Manager
  
  
• Director of Sales Development
  
  
• Director of Sales
  
  
• Vice President of Sales Development
  
  
• Vice President of Sales
  
  
• Chief Revenue Officer

Now that we have the titles laid out let’s start by going to the company page on LinkedIn to find the hiring manager or influencer for this role.

After we get on the company page and click the “See all 210 Employees on LinkedIn” button, scroll down through the results, and find employees with the titles we specified above.

And voila! We have found the person that is most likely to be the one that hires SDR’s.

And now that you have found one person try to identify others with those titles we labeled above, as you want to have 3-5 people per company that you can target directly.

Recording the Hiring Managers/Influencers on your sheet

After you’ve found those hiring managers and influencers, you can add them to your sheet, as you just need their names, role, email and company.

And since LinkedIn doesn’t offer email contact info on personal profiles, go to mailscoop.io and type the person’s first and last name in along with their company’s website.

You’ll most likely get the correct email to add to the sheet.

After finding 3-5 hiring managers or influencers per company, you’re applying to and adding them to the sheet, move on to creating your professional Gmail account.

Step 8: Create a Professional Gmail Account

Moving forward, you now need to create a professional Gmail account. However, if you already have this step completed, you can skip this and move on to step 9.

But all you need to do here is create an email account with Gmail with your first and last name.

For example, it could be John.smith758@gmail.com or whatever Gmail suggests.

You need to ensure you have your name in the email, though, as when you’re cold-emailing decision-makers, they will immediately see your name.

This helps with making a great first impression, especially when you’re trying to pitch them on giving you a job interview.

And this may seem like common sense, but if you want to create an email, go to gmail.com to start creating your email.

Step 9: Create a Website Domain and HubSpot CRM Account

Now that you’ve created your email, this will come in handy when creating your HubSpot account.

We need HubSpot because this is where we’ll keep our decision-maker contacts and emails stored for future reference.

Furthermore, we’ll also email decision makers directly from HubSpot as they offer email tracking, which helps you see if they opened and read your email.

To start, however, we must create a fake website, as HubSpot will ask you for this upon signing up.

So what you’ll need to do is go to Wix.com and create a fake website by following these steps:

How to Create a Wix Website

First click “Get Started”

After that signup using your Gmail account

Then click “Get Started” again

Choose any of the website options and click “Next”

Then name your website first and last name and click “Next”

Then click any of the following options it offers (Promote yourself will do just fine) and click “Next”

Click on the top 3 options it gives and click “Next”

After that click on the “Go To Dashboard” button

Then find the “Design Site” button in the upper right hand corner and click on that

From there, have Wix design the site for you and follow the prompts.

Once the site is up and running, return to your dashboard and click the “Site and App” button and then the “Website” button from the dropdown.

Lastly, copy your domain to a place where you’ll be able to access it, as you’ll need your fake domain to set up the HubSpot account.

And boom, you’ve created the site you can now use to sign up for HubSpot.

Now that the site is created move on to creating your HubSpot account.

How to Create a HubSpot CRM Account

To create a HubSpot CRM account, follow these steps here:

Go to HubSpot.com and click “Get Started for Free”

Then sign up using your Gmail account

On the next prompt pick the industry as “Information Technology” and Services and click “Next”

Then type in “Co-Founder/Founder” in the box and click “Next” again

After that, use the name of your website that you put into Wix into the Business Name box. Then click “Next”

Once you’re on the next page, select the “1 employee” box and click “Next”

From there, take the domain that you copied from earlier from your fake Wix website and paste it in the domain box and click “Next”

After that, click on the “US” box and “Create Your Account”

Lastly, follow the prompts and skip the Demos and Overviews, as you don’t need to learn the ins and outs of HubSpot.

And that’s how you create a HubSpot CRM account.

Now that you have your job CRM setup, the last thing you need to do before we start our outreach is to connect your Gmail account to HubSpot and add your contacts.

Step 10: Connect Gmail to your HubSpot account

To connect your Gmail account to your HubSpot account, you can follow these steps here:

Click the gear icon near the top

Click the “Email” Tab and Click “Connect Personal Email”

Make sure you have “Inbox Automation” toggled and click “Connect your Inbox”

Then type in your email and click “Next”

After that then you will click “Connect to Gmail” and click “Continue” on that next page

Lastly, sign into the email you want to connect to and allow HubSpot to access the email.

And that’s it! You can also download the HubSpot Chrome extension if you need that, but mainly you need to connect the email.

Once the email is connected, edit your signature to build familiarity with the hiring managers that you’ll be cold emailing.

To make a signature that stands out, I recommend that you make yours look like this:

After connecting and editing your email in HubSpot, move on to the final HubSpot step, adding your hiring manager and influencer contacts.

Step 11: Add your Hiring Manager and Influencer Contacts to HubSpot

Once the CRM account is added, the last thing you’ll need to do before reaching out to anyone is to add your decision-makers and influencers to HubSpot.

This part is very easy as you can follow these steps here:

Click on the “Contacts” tab in the upper left hand corner

Once you click the “Contacts” tab and the “Contacts Page” from the dropdown you’ll be taken to the Contacts Page

From there, all you need to do is click on the “Create Contact” button in the upper right hand corner

Then a form will come out and all you need to do here is fill in the hiring manager or influencers contact info

Once you fill in the hiring managers info, click “Create” or “Create and Add Another” to upload the rest of your contacts to your CRM

And after you’ve uploaded all of the contact details for each decision maker and influencer you recorded for each job you’re going after, you’ll be ready to cold email them.

Step 12: Cold Email Hiring Managers

Now that all the heavy lifting is done and the systems are set up, you can cold email the hiring managers and influencers directly.

And to do that follow these steps here:

Go to your contacts page and click on the contact that you want to cold email

Then once you’re on the contact page, click the “Activities” tab and click “Emails”

Then click “Create Email” and write the email

Once the email is written then hit send and you’re all set to go

Now I’m sure you’re wondering how do I write a cold email to send to hiring managers?

Well, this is also an effortless email to write as you can use my 3 Points Email template to send to prospective employers.

And to show you what this looks like, let’s take the following job description from Stampli earlier and break down how the 3 points email should be written.

The 3 Points Email

When writing the 3 Points Email, you must study the job description as there are a few things you need to make this email pop.

And to write the 3 points email, you’ll need to include these six parts as

• Subject
  
  
• Introduction
  
  
• The 3 Points of ways you can add value
  
  
• Your goals
  
  
• Call to Action
  
  
• Signoff

Now that you know the five parts, let’s break them down individually so that you can learn how to write this email yourself.

Subject

The easiest part of this email is to write a subject line that will catch the hiring managers eye.

And to start the email off, you will want to have a subject line such as:

“(Name), I noticed you’re hiring for a Sales Development Representative…”

Pretty straightforward as most of the time, if you include the hiring managers name in the email it should get them to click on it and begin reading it.

Which will lead them to your introduction.

Introduction

Within the introduction, we’re going to address the hiring manager by name, introduce who we are, explain the role that we want and state that we would make a great fit for the team.

Since we’ve already studied the sample SDR role above let’s write out the introduction like this:

“John,

I just wanted to reach out and introduce myself because I noticed there was an opening for a Sales Development Representative role and I think I’d make a great fit for that and for the Stampli team.

My name is Nick Niles and I have experience in both Customer Service and Sales.”

The main point here is to introduce who you are, what you want and the relevant experience that you have to get them to read further so that they don’t disqualify you right away.

And now that the first lines are written, move onto the 3 points part of the email.

The 3 Points

Now that the introduction is done, this is the most important part of the email which is to show how you can add value to their company and explain what’s in it for them.

But first we need to study the job description and determine what is important for them and this role.

So after reading over the job description we can conclude that the most important parts of this job are:

Now that we know what the role is looking for and the most important aspects of this job we need to tie in how we can perform these duties well and how we can help the company.

Writing the 3 Points Email

To write this section using those important points above, I would write it like this:

“I wanted to highlight how I could add value to you and your organization by highlighting the main three things I’m able to do for you which are:

1. I have 2 consecutive years of professional experience in a sales role so I know how to communicate solutions effectively with customers while solving their problems.
   
   
2. Since I have a background in sales, I know what it’s like to communicate and sell over the phone, so the training and ramp time for me to get up to speed would be less, thus, saving you time and money.
   
   
3. And due to my past sales experiences with XYZ Company and ABC Company, I would be able to start producing meetings faster than normal hires. In my past roles, I have always achieved 100% of my quota consistently.”

This basically sums up all the points in the job description that are important to the employer.

Furthermore, you also show within these 3 points your competencies and qualifications which will intrigue the employer to read the rest of the email.

And now since the hard part of the email is done, you need to write why you want the job and how it helps you meet your goals.

Goals Section

Within the goals section, you need to state why you want the job and why you want to work for the given company. So in this case I would write this section like this:

“Currently, I have goals of growing my career in tech sales and I feel that this Sales Development Representative role will really help me learn the ins and outs of tech sales while developing more business acumen.

Additionally, I also want to work for Stampli as I found that the Accounts Payable Software space is a growing sector that I would be interested in learning more about.”

So to recap, state why you want the specific job and why you want to work for the given company.

Once that’s finished move onto the call to action.

Call to Action (CTA)

It’s time to bring it home and land that interview.

So what you need to do now is insert a call to action and what you want to happen next so that the employer can either give you the interview or reject you so you can move on.

To write this part, you can write it like this:

“Now that’s enough about me, the reason why I reached out to you was because I want to have a call to discuss how I can add value to you and your organization.

John, would you be open to a 15 minute call to discuss more about your future goals and visions for your company?

If, however, someone else is taking up this initiative who should I be reaching out to?”

Here you tell the hiring manager exactly what you want to happen next so that they don’t have to guess.

Additionally, you also give the hiring manager an out if they’re not the right person so you can leverage this as a referral too.

And once you hit send on this email, they’ll do one of three things such as:

• Reject or ignore you
  
  
• Refer you to the right person to reach out to
  
  
• Or get you setup with a phone interview

When I’ve used this approach in the past, I have achieved many phone interviews most of the time as you’re helping the company fill the role faster if you’ve done your job correctly.

And now that you made the ask, you just need to wrap up the email.

The Signoff

Since the email is practically done, you just need to wrap it off and thank them for their time.

To write this part, write it like this:

“Thanks for taking the time to read this message!”

You want to be courteous of the readers time, so make sure you thank them as you’ll look rude if you don’t.

And that’s how you write the 3 Points Email!

Now this email is not always going to be answered the first time you send it as the hiring managers you’re reaching out to may have jam packed inboxes.

So you’ll need to make sure you follow up with them. And to do that, move onto the follow up step below.

Step 13: Follow up with the Hiring Managers and Influencers

Once you’ve sent the 3 points email, you’ll want to keep track of this, so you can either make notes in the CRM or write it down on paper to track your follow-up efforts.

But as we know, hiring managers are busy, so if they don’t see or respond to your first email, just do a reply follow-up.

And to do this, you’ll find the last email you sent in HubSpot and click the “Reply” button.

And from there, you can type an email that says:

“Hi John,

Just seeing if you got my last email. I know things can get lost and I wanted to get back on your radar.

When can I get a few minutes on your calendar to talk?

Thanks,”

This follow-up will then bump your original email back to the top of their inbox so they can either read it, reread it, or give you an answer on getting interviewed or not.

Now I would recommend that you follow up 3-7 times over the course of 15 days, and if you want a full job hunting sequence guide fill out the form below:

Step 14: Apply for Jobs That you Qualify For

After cold emailing the hiring managers and influencers, follow up on your emails by applying for the jobs themselves.

This will allow you to get eyes on your application even faster after sending a cold email, as your contact info will be uploaded into their Applicant Tracking System.

So, start filling out the applications from the list of jobs you created and listed earlier.

And REMEMBER to tailor and customize your cover letter and resume to every job you apply to, as you don’t want to come off as a generic jerk.

If you apply and cold email, you should see some success in scheduling interviews within the first or second week, but if you’re not gaining any traction, scope out peers for informational interviews.

Step 15: Schedule Informational Interviews and Ask for Referrals

Another job search hack you can use is to schedule informational interviews with peers with the role you want at the specific companies you’re applying to.

And just like we did with the search earlier, you can find those peers with the role you’re applying to by going to LinkedIn and searching them, as we discussed earlier.

And from there, once you find those people, you can directly message them on LinkedIn to ask for an informational interview.

How to Direct Message for an Informational Interview on LinkedIn

When direct messaging peers for informational interviews, the best approach is to be direct with what you want.

And to do that, you must ask for what you want, so the template that you can use is this:

“Hey John, you don’t know me but my name is Nick Niles.

I wanted to connect because I want to learn more about your role as a (Role Title) at (Company) and what the culture is like there.

If you have the time to chat, I would love to setup a phone call if not though, I definitely understand!

Kindest Regards, Nick Niles”

Simple and straightforward, and most people are receptive to this approach because you’re not beating around the bush, and people like helping others.

Also, within most tech companies, a bonus is usually offered if you refer someone and they get hired, so they may be incentivized to help you as well.

Once they agree to a phone call, you must prepare to conduct an informational interview.

How to Conduct an Informational Interview

After you get on the phone, you’ll want to structure your call into three parts such as:

• Thanking them for their time and for joining the call
  
  
• Ask them your questions and interview them
  
  
• Then close by asking for a referral while thanking them for their time and showing reciprocity.

If you schedule your call like this, you should have no problem flowing through the conversation efficiently.

So keep reading below to learn about the three parts of an Informational Interview.

Part 1: The Introduction

First, to start the call, thank them for joining and begin with small talk and tell them you won’t take much of their time.

Part 2: The interview

Then from there, before you joined the call, you should have questions written down that you want to ask them, such as:

• What is the company culture like at (company)?
  
  
• What is the role like day to day?
  
  
• What does it take to be successful at (company)?
  
  
• Why did you choose to work at (company)?

And other questions that would be relevant to figure out whether or not this is an excellent place to work.

If you want a complete guide of questions to ask in informational interviews, read 9 Questions to Ask During an Informational Interview.

Part 3: The Close

After you’ve asked the most critical questions on your list, transition to the close.

And to close out the call, you should thank them for their time, and depending on if you want to work for that company, let them know that their company sounds like a great place to work.

So to transition, you can say this:

“Well those are all of the questions I had today so thank you so much for taking the time.

Also I just wanted to say your company sounds like an excellent place to work and I noticed that your team is hiring for a (Role).

And I was wondering if it’s not too much trouble, could you tell me the name of the hiring manager who’s responsible for interviewing and hiring for this role?

Most of the time the person you’re interviewing will say yes, and then you can say:

“Okay great, thank you so much for this I really appreciate it!

Also, not sure if your company has a referral bonus program or not for existing employees, but if you company does, do you mind if I mention that you referred me so that you can get that referral bonus if possible?”

Once you say that line, you also show reciprocity in this process, as it should be a win-win for everyone involved.

And because you’ve followed the steps here, you should be able to quickly gain phone interviews to kickstart getting a job if all else fails.

Step 16: Schedule Job Interviews and Repeat the Process

Hopefully, by now, you’ve followed all the steps labeled here, and the last part you’ll need to make sure you complete is to look in your inbox and start scheduling interviews.

Whether you get them from cold emails or informational interviews, you must stay on top of your own schedule and keep your Google Calendar open at all times to know what’s going on.

The name of the game within this job search is to be consistent and flexible, as you need to meet the employer’s needs.

And as you go through the process, repeat the steps daily to keep adding more jobs to your job list while cold emailing hiring managers.

If you need additional firepower, also schedule those informational interviews, as those help as well.

Since you now have all the main steps you need to complete and repeat the job search process, you can also read about our additional job search tips below that can help you with the job hunt.

Additional Job Search Tips

When looking at the job hunt, it’s really easy to get overwhelmed by the whole process.

So I wanted to give you some additional tips that you can use to help avoid both stress and burnout, as the job hunting process is both tedious and stressful.

There are only four more additional tips that you should consider using, which are:

• Set a schedule for your job search
  
  
• Set job search KPIs
  
  
• Fill up your job pipeline daily
  
  
• Stay positive and execute your job search plan

So without further ado, let’s dive in and see how we can apply these tips to our job search.

Set a Schedule for Your Job Search

First, you’ll need to set a schedule for your job search. So here you can decide what job search activities you’ll do at certain times.

I recommend that you search for jobs for at least 8 hours a day if you’re unemployed.

However, if you’re currently employed, I would say do 2-3 hours at night while scheduling emails to go out for the next day.

And if you need an example of what this job search schedule should look like, take a look at mine that I previously used in the past:

When you set your schedule, though, you need to stick to it religiously as you want to build great habits.

Otherwise, your job search will be inefficient and chaotic if you don’t stick to the schedule.

After you have the plan done and recorded, move on to setting job search KPIs for yourself.

Set Job Search Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Next, after the schedule is done, you should set KPIs for yourself to keep you on track and focused.

KPIs are not designed to scare you straight but rather hold you accountable so that you can achieve your job search goals.

And for this tip, you should set six KPIs to help you reach your dream tech career.

KPIs that you should set for yourself can include:

• Email at least 10-30 hiring managers or influencers a day
  
  
• Follow up with 10-20 hiring managers or influencers a day
  
  
• Apply to 20-30 jobs a day
  
  
• Schedule at least 5-6 informational interviews a week
  
  
• Schedule 1-2 interviews a week
  
  
• Find and add 20-30 new jobs to pursue daily along with the hiring managers for those roles

By setting these types of KPIs, you focus on completing activities that’ll get you closer to your goals rather than focusing on vanity metrics that don’t matter.

And continuing with our tips, you’ll want to pay extra attention to that last bullet point, as your job pipeline will make or break you.

Fill up your Job Pipeline Daily

When looking for jobs, most job seekers get stuck in their search not because of all the rejections they receive but rather the lack of opportunities they have to pursue.

So don’t let this be you. You can expedite your job search by having a healthy pipeline of opportunities you can pursue daily.

And what you’ll need to do is make sure you add at least 20-30 new jobs a day to your job search list sheet that we created earlier.

This tip is crucial as you want consistency within your job search.

Also, with more opportunities you can go after, you get more opportunities to land that offer you’re vying for.

So make sure you do this daily (including weekends, too!).

Stay Positive and Execute Your Plan

Lastly, you must keep positive and execute your job search plan. If you follow the tips and steps above, you should have a concrete plan for executing your job search.

But you will inevitably get rejected, as all job seekers do within the search.

So it would be best to keep a positive mindset, as you don’t want your negativity or past rejections to keep you from landing your dream tech career.

And those are some additional tips you can use to better your job search. However, if you need more information to help you, read our article 19 Job Search Tips for a Successful Job Hunt.

Conclusion

To summarize, we have covered everything you need to know about finding a job.

From defining what job hunting is all about to the 16 steps and additional tips you can use to job hunt, you should be well on your way to getting that new tech career.

We know that finding a job can be daunting, but with the right approach and mindset, it’s possible to land your dream job with no connections, experience or credentials.

So remember, don’t give up hope, and keep pushing through the job search process, as it’s a marathon, not a sprint.

Good luck, and Happy Hunting!