Stage 4 · Lesson 7 of 7

Keep applying while you wait

One of the most common mistakes is stopping all applications because one company looks promising, then starting from zero when it says no. Keep the pipeline full until you have a signed offer. That also helps your feelings: when you have ten things in progress, one rejection is a small dent rather than the end of everything.

Mix where you look: referrals from seniors, alumni and online communities, company career pages, and job boards such as LinkedIn Jobs. Build in rest days too, because a search can take months.

Common trapthe boom-and-bust search: 40 applications in a panic week, then nothing for a month after the first bad news.

A question to check yourself come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it

Resources for this stage

Start with· follow one of these

RoadmapFree
Sefism Job Search Roadmap
Sefism
The full job search as stages, for fixing whichever one is losing you applications
VideoFree
What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection (Jia Jiang, TEDxMtHood)
Jia Jiang (TEDxMtHood)
What 100 days of asking for things taught one founder about the fear of no

Practise

Sefism Your First Tech Job Roadmap
A plan for your first tech job, if you are still waiting for a first yes

Keep handy

LinkedIn Jobs
Set alerts so new roles keep arriving while you wait on others
ADPList
Free mentors who can look at your approach and tell you what they see

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