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How do you actually land a job in tech?

These proven EntryLevel student success stories reveal how - and will inspire you to do the same.

A MESSAGE FROM ENTRYLEVEL

Learn tech skills in 6 weeks.

Beginner to tech? No problem. Get guidance for portfolio project and show it off to recruiters in 6 weeks.

1. Improve your LinkedIn

Here are quick ways to improve your LinkedIn:

• Add industry key words in your headline

• Have a custom profile URL

• Add a “link in bio” that goes to your portfolio (EntryLevel helps you make a portfolio + website)

• Include your email contact

• Post about what you’re learning

• Connect with industry experts and comment on their posts

2. Post about what you’re learning

Eric advises anyone starting out in the tech world to share your work online.

“You never know who is looking.”

Here are ways you can share your work online:

• Show your project progress - like going through EntryLevel learning modules

• Include screenshots, videos, or gifs of your work

• Follow others in the same industry and comment on their posts

• Ask for feedback on your work in online communities

• Make a post every day sharing something new you learned (from an article, YouTube video, or email like this one)

3. Get good project experience

Hiring managers look at your portfolio projects to see whether you have the skills they’re hiring for.

Here’s how you can get more project experience for your portfolio:

• Take an EntryLevel course (every course includes a project submission)

• Use ChatGPT to come up with projects related to your industry

• Use platforms like Kern.al or CatchAFire to find project ideas

• Create your own project based on an idea you have from this list (thanks buildspace) or using GummySearch

• Use EntryLevel’s AI project creator (coming soon!)

4. Learn from others

How do you know if you’re learning correctly?

Join a community.

People will give you feedback to improve.

If you’re lucky, you’ll also get job referrals.

Start with joining EntryLevel’s Discord community here.

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Summary

You’ll get hired if you do these consistently:

1. Improve your LinkedIn

2. Post about what you’re learning

3. Get good project experience

4. Learn from others