Opportunity preparation
Turn preparation into forward movement.
Preparation works much better when it's aimed at one direction. Pick a target first, then build the materials that make the case for it.
What preparation covers
Seven pieces most searches need
Not all at once. Each one is more useful when the direction is already chosen.
- 01
Resume organisation
Structure your history around the direction you are targeting, so a reader sees relevance rather than chronology.
- 02
Portfolio planning
Decide what you need to show, and build the two or three pieces that actually demonstrate it.
- 03
Project documentation
Write up what you built, what you chose not to do, and what you would change. The write-up is often what gets read.
- 04
Interview practice
Prepare the handful of stories that cover most questions, and practise saying them out loud.
- 05
Application tracking
Keep a record of where you applied, what you sent and what you learned — so the next one is better.
- 06
Networking preparation
Work out what you are actually asking for before you ask. Specific requests get answered.
- 07
Skills-gap planning
Compare where you are against where you want to go, then sequence the gap into something achievable.
Career Mine has no employer relationships, exclusive listings, guaranteed interviews or placement services. These are preparation tools only, and the workspace below is a concept rather than a live account.
Career workspace concept
Your career journey, in one place.
A concept of what a signed-in workspace could hold — focus, saved paths, a skill roadmap, a portfolio checklist and the applications it leads to.
Thursday · Week 6 of your plan
Welcome back.
You're two modules from finishing the SQL foundations block.
Skill-development roadmap
- SQL fundamentalsIn progress
- Data cleaning and validationIn progress
- Dashboard designNot started
Saved career paths
- Data and AnalyticsPrimary focus
- Business AnalysisComparing
- Product ManagementReading
Portfolio checklist
- Public dataset investigation
- Rebuild a manual report
- Metric definitions document
- Written case study
Application tracker
- Reporting AnalystApplied
- Junior Data AnalystInterview
- Business IntelligencePreparing
Suggested next actions
- Finish the window functions module
- Write up the dataset project
- Note: ask about reporting tools in Thursday's call
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