Applying Design Thinking to a Job Search
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Finding a job is really a design problem and as such there are many techniques people can use for planning, tracking, and discovery. I walk you through the steps I've gone through in multiple career explorations to find my dream job.
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Applying Design Thinking to a Job Search
- 1. GET A JOB Applying Design Thinking to a Job Search Daniel C. Robbins: Interaction Architect, Visual Vocal
- 2. SO MANY QUESTIONS What should I be doing right now? What have I already done? What should I celebrate? What should I improve? What do I need to prepare for? What's coming up? Whom do I need to reach out to? Whom do I need to nag?What prospect isn't working out? What should I move on from? What should I push harder on? ?
- 4. I’VE DONE HIGH-TECH FOR A LONG TIME
- 5. I ALSO MAKE BIG THINGS
- 6. I LOOK CREATIVELY AT THE WORLD
- 7. I AM A DESIGNER I DESIGNED MY OWN JOB SEARCH TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR
- 8. MAKE A PLAN
- 9. Personal Connections Recruiters Submitting Resumes JUST SUBMITTING RESUMES IS NOT A PLAN
- 10. Plan Immerse Synthesize Brainstorm Tell Implement Evangelize Evaluate Deadline Scope Resources Backup Primary Research Secondary Research Recording Questioning User Journey Clusters Themes Opportunity Areas White Space Scenarios Ideate Workshop Annotate Rate Stories Desires Context Constraints Technology Draw Code Prototype Compare Refine Sell Reflect Adapt Learn Learn Improve Save THE DESIGN PROCESS
- 11. Plan Prospect Reach Out Meet Prepare Interview Negotiate Start Job Deadline Duration Resources Backup Secondary Research Primary Research Ranking Connect Communicate Sell Record Repeat Listen Learn Connect Follow-up Collate Collect Tune Create Listen Tell Reflect Adjust Introspect Tell Listen Rank Breath Listen Smile Prove THE JOB SEARCH PROCESS
- 12. SAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GIVE YOURSELF AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS OF RUNWAY
- 13. THE PLAN: BREAK IT INTO PHASES Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Investigate Reflect Target Progress Meet people Strengths Cull Interview Build network Collateral Follow-up Negotiate
- 14. YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO THIS ALONE
- 15. CAREER COACHES FRIENDS NETWORKS OTHER JOB SEEKERS MEETUPS FAMILY
- 16. HOW TO LOVE THE FUNNEL
- 17. KNOW THYSELF
- 18. FINDING YOUR STRENGTHS STRENGTHS FINDER (CLASSIC): HTTP://BIT.LY/STRENGTHSFINDER STRENGTHS FINDER (FREE): HTTP://BIT.LY/STRENGTHS_TEST_FREE IMPERATIVE: HTTP://IMPERATIVE.COM/
- 19. THE LONG ROAD TO AN INTERVIEW
- 20. 1. FIND COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING FOR MY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 2. FIND PEOPLE I ALREADY KNOW WHO KNOW PEOPLE AT THE COMPANY 3. ASK PEOPLE I KNOW TO CONNECT ME TO PEOPLE AT THE COMPANY 4. ASK TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH NEW CONNECTION 5. ASK NEW CONNECTION FOR CONNECTION TO HIRING MANAGER 6. ASK FOR INFORMAL CONVERSATION WITH HIRING MANAGER 7. FORMAL INTERVIEW
- 21. ~37 EMAILS 4 PEOPLE 3 MEETINGS 4 DOCUMENTS
- 22. MULTIPLY BY 30 - 60 PROSPECTS AND 3 FINAL STAGE DISCUSSIONS
- 24. FINDING A JOB IS A JOB
- 26. Using LinkedIn to get connected to a hiring manager HOW NOT TO HATE LINKEDIN
- 27. LOOKING FOR JOBS ON LINKEDIN Are there any mutual contacts? Does it match my skills?
- 28. INVESTIGATING A COMPANY What kind of 2nd degree connections?
- 29. SHARED CONNECTIONS AT A COMPANY Are these meaningful shared contacts? What company does he actually work for?
- 30. FINDING THE BEST CONNECTIONS 222 possible connections
- 31. USING PEOPLE I’VE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH
- 32. “I noticed from LinkedIn that you are connected to Dale Hart at Digital Kitchen. If you are comfortable with it, would you mind connecting us electronically? I'd love to have a conversation with Dale about what they are up to at Digital Kitchen and to see if there's some way my extensive experience in creating user interfaces would be helpful for them.”
- 33. JOB SEARCH = BIG DATA Keep track of everything: don’t let anything fall through the cracks
- 35. WHAT TO TRACK: PART 1 Company Status • Pinged for update • Met in person • Said “no thanks” • Waiting for confirmation Priority
- 36. Person WHAT TO TRACK: PART 2 TODO • Ping again • Send more materials • Request coffee date • Ask for other connections Days since last contact
- 37. WHAT TO TRACK: PART 3 Notes Job opening URL LinkedIn Contact Info
- 38. 1506 ROWS: PEOPLE 27 COLUMNS: METADATA ~900 COMPANIES 4 TOOLS: EMAIL, LINKEDIN, EXCEL, MESSENGER 4 MONTHS: SUCCESS!
- 39. LAST DATE OF CONTACT WORKED TOGETHER HOW LONG WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FREQUENCY OF COMMUNICATION TONE OF COMMUNICATION EXPLICIT PRIORITY
- 40. How to make your life easier OTHER TOOLS
- 42. VERBIAGE Cold contact Coffee chat LinkedIn Connect Connect me with your friend Thanks for meeting Resend (PING) Etc.
- 44. BOILERPLATE
- 45. Resumes, portfolios, and business cards COLLATERAL
- 46. ONLINE SUBMISSIONS DESTROY RESUMES
- 47. DON’T KILL YOURSELF RESUME’S GET CHEWED UP BY WEBSITES DO A ONE PAGER INSTEAD OF A PORTFOLIO WHO USES BUSINESS CARDS ANYMORE?
- 48. A REALLY GREAT ONE-PAGER
- 49. DESIGN YOUR OWN JOB
- 51. Phrase nuggets Connections reminders Link embedding Response tracking TODO generation COMMUNICATION IS TIME CONSUMING
- 52. AVAILABLE DATES PEOPLE WE KNOW IN COMMON LINK TO MY WORK REASON FOR LEAVING LAST JOB WHY I WANT THIS COMPANY WHY I'M TALKING WITH YOU
- 53. Email Calendar Spreadsheet LinkedIn Messenger / Facebook Phone/Texting CRM Etc… THERE IS NO ONE TOOL
- 54. NOT ALL THAT IS INTERESTING IS IMPORTANT FINDING A JOB, IS A JOB ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN DO THE WORK