๐ How to get into tech using club experience
How to make recruiters go, wow. + A summary of FBโs core values, an alternative to "follow your passion", and our curated list of new internship and job opportunities!
Your club experience is an excellent source of resume material.
No matter what position you held or the club, you can leverage it to land a tech role.
But thereโs a catch: Its potency entirely comes down to how you articulate it.
For example:
Two people held the same club position. Hereโs how they each described it:
Joe: I hosted events for the club
Sarah: I created 10 workshops over six months for 100 members, and executed an end-of-the-year gala resulting in 80 new sign-ups.
Joe: I attended weekly meetings
Sarah: I maintained weekly communication with 10+ executive members to build community and strategize club operations
Joe: I posted on Instagram for the club
Sarah: I launched a month-long Instagram media campaign that increased follower count by 55%
Invest time in making your experience impactful and relevant with data and results.
(Psst, if youโre in a club role nowโrecord all the metrics you can now, while youโre in it!)
๐ FBโs 5 Core Values: explained by Zuckerberg & Sandberg
A gold mine for those preparing interview answers for a FB interview.
(Memorize these principles and incorporate them into all of your interview answers.)
A criticism of the โfollow your passionโ advice
4 bite-sized take-always from Cal Newportโs, So Good They Canโt Ignore You
โFollow your passionโ isnโt the best advice for reaching occupational happiness.
The Craftsman Mindset: Instead of focusing on what value a job can give you, focus your energy on developing and mastering the skills you can bring to it.
The 10,000-Hour Rule: Researchers have found that obtaining expertise in a complex task requires 10,000 hours of practice.
Being โso good they canโt ignore youโ will lead to obtaining the 3 ingredients of occupational happiness: autonomy, competence, and relatedness.
Fresh tech opportunities
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Community impact project with Microsoft
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Written byย Jacqueline Mastrelli