FemtechConf2021-Pivoting_your_career_for_growth

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1. Pivoting Your Career For Growth Bukola Johnson DevOps Engineer at anynines
2. My Journey😁💥 An accomplished System Administrator
3. My Journey 😫😫😪 …..I became Tired! No sense of fulfilment
4. My Journey …Time for a Change! Needed something more valued in the job market
6. ❏ Checked the opportunities for growth in it ❏ Figured out where my passion lies ❏ Made a comparison of the skills in need ❏ Set a goal for myself My Journey … Decision Making! ❏ Researched the different IT fields
7. I made the Bold Switch!!! Was it Easy ? No But it was WORTH IT!! BECOMING A DEVOPS ENGINEER
8. My Favourite Quote “Self Motivation is the best motivation”
9. Meet Bukola DevOps Engineer @ anynines bukecious / DevOpsArena https://devopsarena.medium.com/ Google WTM Ambassador FieldExpert at SheCodeAfrica
10. What is Career Pivot? “It’s a purposeful shift in a new , related direction that one makes by doubling down on what is already working“ Jenny Blake
11. Our Focus How How do I pivot ? What What do I want to pivot into? Why Why do I want to Pivot ?
12. What do I want to pivot into?
13. ❏ What really drives you ❏ What are you good ❏ What do you enjoy doing The following can help you with the What ❏ What are you most passionate about
14. ❏ Research about Roles and JD ❏ Talk to people in the roles you want ❏ Figure out your skills that relate to what you want to do Research ❏ Research about companies
15. Why do I want to make this move?
16. ❏ Do you think you will be better off in same role but in a different company ❏ Do you think you will be better of by switching roles but in the same organization? ❏ Have you lost passion for what you do ? The following can help you with the WHY ❏ Bored of what you are doing ?
17. How can I pivot in my career ? How to Make a CAREER PIVOT
18. ❏ Leverage your most marketable skills ❏ Your past work experience Identify your transferable Skills ❏ List your top 3 transferable skills
19. ❏ Personal Development ❏ Trainings Skill Up ❏ Constantly Learn new skills
20. ❏ Define Timelines ❏ Keep a running list of things that you are wanting to get done ❏ Metrics without goals can be a waste. Set a goal ❏ Define Project-based goals
21. ❏ Be around people doing what you want to do ❏ Attend Local meetups ❏ Build your internal network at your present company Build your Network ❏ Leverage your connections to pivot through Networking
22. ❏ Follow blogs and people ❏ Update your project portfolio online ❏ Write Technical articles ❏ Give talks Keep Your Online Presence up-to-date ❏ Join conversations on Social media relating to the field/company you want
23. ❏ How have you made an impact ❏ What sets you apart from the competition? ❏ What are you seeking ? ❏ Why should we hire you ? ELEVATOR PITCH Prepare Your Elevator Pitch ❏ Who are you?
24. My Elevator Pitch My name is Bukola , I am a DevOps Engineer with xyz company . I was responsible for maintaining applications for company xyz and migrating of services from on premise to the cloud thereby enhancing the availability of services . I am a self taught engineer and I am looking out for a great company where I can help maintain the stability of the services and also add value to the company .
25. ❏ Social media ( Twitter, Linkedin etc) ❏ Inform your network about your intentions ❏ Employee Referral ❏ Company career page ❏ Don’t forget to actually apply for your dream job Discover opportunities - Apply! ❏ Job sites
26. Get Your Mindset Right! Don’t Let Fear Stop you!
27. BELIEVE YOU CAN and YOU WILL!!
28. Thank you! CREDITS : Images by FreePik
29. QUESTIONS?