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# Career Planning Sequence

Week 1:
- ⭐ Intro, Overview of Phases and Timelines
- Personal Capacity Estimation
- Your Hero Narrative

Week 2:
- Research Phase: Initial Expectations Building & Salary Research, Tracking Data
- ⭐(or high-end talent) Apply Phase: Tweaking the Resume & LinkedIn
- ⭐ Apply Phase: Speeding Up Job Applications


Week 3:
- ⭐ Networking Phase: Dunbar's Number 
- ⭐ Networking Phase: Systematizing the Networking Process
- How to work an event or webinar (Guerilla Tactics Marketing)

Week 4:
- ⭐ Salary Negotiation
- ⭐ Automation
- Wrap-up


# Phases Overview

- It's hard. Heist Mindset.  "Find a job" is not a task. 
- Show Toolchain
- Long Term vs Emergency Job Searches
Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18HhFa2A2ppT65RPlVHeiHei7z0IFynJ9d9wCLpWHrJE/edit#slide=id.p

## Research Days
1. Add jobs to spreadsheet
1. Prune jobs from spreadsheet
1. Analyze Job Market & Job Descriptions
1. Update Application Statuses


## Apply Days
1. Tweak Resume 10-15 mins
1. Tweak LinkedIn 10-15 mins
1. Tweak Portfolio 10-15 mins
1. Apply to top 10% of jobs on spreadsheet

## Networking Process
Model:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uCfAWgsbXEhSJpdq1m3w0r5Hn2rsozhyVw-1HfE0YCc/edit#gid=560483012

Videos:
- [Dunbar's Number](https://www.loom.com/share/88a277f464474838ad0ad0fb8f3f3b1a)
- [Linear Time](https://www.loom.com/share/8583e28d36bf49c7b5126cd90f716bf1)
- [Dynamic Flows](https://www.loom.com/share/34e827f4bbe4487c904e991ef05857a3)
- [Liz's Strategy](https://www.loom.com/share/f0484cc87f134e828e0b3b55651db2aa)

## How To Network:
- [Networking for Infiltrators](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14INfXSR_H2LLOkwmnzrhjrpSSwyzKmBgnQ0ZhabSPHs/edit#slide=id.g2137fd68d42_0_45)
- [Perfect your Pitch](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yl6DujKHmGyqYJVGpGom7HrkCAG0_Gjlk08E8oCJOzc/edit#heading=h.f0n3m8d6u06t)


## Salary Negotiation
* https://slides.com/lizh/deck-44
* https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gt3QWS3pP-_LdNahIRM2rlKg7VILfj2qiPJcWSeayRg/edit