Diane Cotterill: How to manage your career, not just keep looking for the next job

How to manage your career, not just keep looking for the next job - presented by Diane Cotterill at the April 2013 Girl Geek Dinner Meetup hosted by Atlassian, Sydney

Transcript

1. How to manage your career and love your job
2. Who Am I? • Diane Cotterill • Founder of 2 degrees recruitment • Recruiting developers for over a decade • Love helping people • Global connections
3. 11% of people hate their job 65% people not satisfied with their job
4. % people hate their job …% feel over qualified for their job Fear of the unknown
5. Brainstorm • What do you love? • What are you good at? • What do you hate?
6. Will you get paid?
7. Coffee
8. Gain experience • Hack nights, user groups • Volunteer groups • Online training – Udemy, Coursera, Khan Academy • Reading • Talk to people in industry
9. Be known for and work with something you love
10. Network like crazy
11. Summary Reflect regularly Actively seek new experiences Opportunities are attached to people
12. And now for some great applications
13. #jobforjames
14. Dear Scott…
15. Dear Scott…
16. Click here
17. Diane Cotterill 2 degrees recruitment @dmcotter
18. Work out how to bring it into your day job