Dr Mantis T
IInfOE
•Created by Dr Mantis T on 5/11/2024 in #🥃｜c2c-1099
Feeling a bit lost, please roast my plan
All my Js have been via network or serendipity so I have never gotten a regular contract from eg Dice.
Now I want to go out there and get contracts (or regular jobs and do them via C2C, anything goes). I already know a lot from lurking OE Discords etc. but there's so many tips, trick, approaches, and angles that I'm not sure where to start.
This is my current plan. I'm not 100% confident and would really appreciate constructive roasts or affirmations 🙏
The plan
I'm setting up a process where I:
1. Scrape jobs
2. Sort jobs by relevance
3. Generate tailored resumes for the top 10% jobs
4. Manually apply to those jobs (for now)
I'm scraping:
- LinkedIn
- Indeed
- Dice
- Cybercoders
Scraping works and 'Sort jobs by relevance' is almost ready. I expect to have everything built somewhere next week.
Why
I'm building this so I can efficiently outsource the application process. In the past this didn't work well because the VA didn't pick good jobs. My solution fixes this + adds tailored resumes.
Once I got this basic system going I will start applying and looking into improvements like 'advanced applications' where a VA hits up the hiring manager on linkedin or via email.
What do you think?
My concern was whether building this is a distraction/procrastination from actually applying but I already had a lot of code from a while back so it's going very fast.
Maybe you see issues with this plan or why it's a waste of time? Or do you think it's a good idea and I'm on the right path?
I learned a lot from this community ♥️ and am interested in your opinion
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