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Be interesting (and other ways to help land a job/internship at a startup)

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Re: Be interesting (and other ways to help land a job/internship at a startup)

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bedris wrote: post #10
espinchi wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True, maybe having your code in the open is overrated. I have to admit that I'm not talking from experience when I say it gives an edge. Still, as part of a 2-minute research on a candidate, having LinkedIn and Github appearing first, instead of, say, a World Of Warcraft forum and your MySpace page, most likely help. (Not saying that this is necessarily fair, though.)

Maybe some companies like the idea of you having a Github account (maps to "really into coding" on their candidate checklist) but don't have the time to actually evaluate the code that you've posted, due to having too many candidates/applications to sift through, etc. That could be one explanation...

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Post by klbarry »

jperezcu wrote: post #2

Great advice. I'd say managing the results you get when googling your name is important as well. You could write 500 blog posts, but if the blog itself can't be found easily, what good is that for?

I'm an SEO (amongst other things). I made an 8 step process that some of my friends have used to own the search results for their names, which takes about 20 min to do. I'm making a quick start-up later this month to sell the instructions in PDF, just ask if you want to try the steps first.

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Post by lreardon »

I wish that some of the professors my 2nd year at business school shared your point "Be authentic & have an opinion." Some were very old school and we spent ten frustrating weeks building a resume by talking about more font sizes and margins than content. My resume is usually the most helpful when interviewers see that I was the president of a rock climbing club and we have a truly organic conversation about the sport. Now after they see 50+ nearly identical resumes they still remember the climber. Always share some personality.

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Post by ckurdziel »

lreardon wrote: post #13

I wish that some of the professors my 2nd year at business school shared your point "Be authentic & have an opinion." Some were very old school and we spent ten frustrating weeks building a resume by talking about more font sizes and margins than content. My resume is usually the most helpful when interviewers see that I was the president of a rock climbing club and we have a truly organic conversation about the spor…

i'm a climber too and that actually helped me get noticed as well. i interviewed a guy recently that had "guitar hero expert" on his resume and it led to an awesome conversation. that kind of stuff matters way more.

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Post by rhizome »

henryaym wrote: post #3
jperezcu wrote: post #2

Great advice. I'd say managing the results you get when googling your name is important as well. You could write 500 blog posts, but if the blog itself can't be found easily, what good is that for?

I like that point. Googling your name shows interesting things about who you are. Getting "above the fold" is surly important!

The most interesting thing a google search for my name reveals is that I have a very common name.
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