If business is a little slow these days, you don’t have to keep stalking Apple with dozens of resume submissions and job inquiries. Instead of spending all your time trying to get on board with the big guys, try becoming a big guy yourself! With a little creativity and some hard work; you can land a ton of programming jobs in no time at all. Here are a few ideas to get you started in your job hunt.
- Check the Freelance Job Boards
Sites like Freelancer.com and Elance.com offer freelancers in all fields the chance to browse job opportunities and put out bids to win the positions. All you need is a good resume, some references, and most importantly some samples of your work to get started. Take time to study the most successful programmers and see how they structure their job proposals. Then follow suit and undercut their prices to grab a ton of business and land more jobs than you even wanted to begin with!
- Talk to Local Web Developers
If you prefer to work in an office environment, pull out the Yellow Pages and find out where local web developers are in your area. Take your resume and a heavy dose of courage then start knocking on doors, making appointments with managers, and making pitches. Be prepared to talk yourself up and answer the hard questions. Be honest about your strengths and weaknesses, but above all emphasize your willingness to learn new things. This will impress most developers enough into giving you at least a small job to test the waters and see how you do. Then show off with your best work ever to land a permanent position.