You probably already know that you need to be on LinkedIn.
If you’ve been in college, or in the professional world, it’s something you hear all the time, so much so that you may hardly react to it anymore.
Maybe you have a half-done LinkedIn profile, copied and pasted right from your resume. But you haven’t logged in for months.
Or perhaps you don’t have one at all. After all, why bother?
Looking for a learning platform dedicated solely to tech courses? Skillcrush just might be for you.
Those switching careers or just breaking into tech will be especially interested in their “career blueprint” options–which function as a step-by-step guide to learn the skills you need for the career you want (and build a portfolio of real projects along the way).
Below is an in-depth look at Skillcrush and the various kinds of programs they offer.
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When I was first trying to break into the world of freelance web development, I thought that having tech skills was the most important factor in getting the gigs.
It didn’t take me long to discover that sometimes the hardest part of getting hired is convincing people to hire you. Sure, you can have all the skills in the world…but if you don’t know how to sell yourself properly, you’re not going to get the best opportunities.
When you’re starting out and don’t have much name recognition yet,
Every job I have had after college (that I sought out and applied for), I found on Craigslist: