Job seeking

Employee equity is not always well understood in Australia. It's an important topic far too large for one blog post, but let's look at one common scenario.

While we're all in social isolation, there are companies still hiring - they've adapted by replacing in-person interviews with video interviews. I gave a talk at SydCSS last week explaining how to prepare.

We love meeting new people and value referrals.

Finding that perfect role can often take longer than you think so having a chat with us now can make all the difference.

At September's installment of the SydTech Leaders meetup, the topic of the evening was remuneration.

Kat recently wrote about the differences between CVs and resumes. (Understandably, there is confusion about this!) As someone who works with lots of technical leaders, I often get questions about whether one's resume should be different from when they were an individually contributing developer. The short answer is: yes.

You'd be amazed at how few people submit their resumes without a cover letter. Or if a cover letter is provided, it is badly written with no consideration for the recipient, the role being applied for or the company advertising that role. Cover letters give you the chance to explain why you are right for the job. So why waste this opportunity?

As a junior dev, it can be hard to stand out from the crowd of other junior devs in the first few years of your career, let alone show off your skills and talents in their own right. You probably don't have much commercial code to point to, your GitHub account is a little emptier than you'd want, and even your resume is pretty brief. But there is one simple project you can do that can highlight your talents in a number of ways: build your own blog.

Recently I’ve had more than a few conversations with people who are questioning their career choices.

The potential foreseen awkwardness surrounding asking your boss for a pay rise is often enough of a deterrent for most people to avoid the conversation entirely. The average boss can be known to forget to bring this up with their team. If they haven't hired in a while, they could be disconnected from market rates, too. So, you may need to take it into your own hands.