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The Complete Career in Programming Course: Get a Great Coding Job!

Welcome to Careers in Programming: Let’s Launch Your Job Search

Big Six Skills: Reverse Engineer Your Job Search Strategy

The Big Six Skills: How to Create Career Alignment (2:16)
A Crash Course on the Market for Programming Talent (3:42)
How to Develop Your Big Six Skills (3:22)
SideBySide: Let’s Reverse Engineer a Set of Big Six Skills (11:19)
Hear it From Nick: How Recruiters Develop Candidate Narratives (20:40)
Assignment: Create Your Rapid Career Development Hub (5:21)
Section Wrap: Stress Management on Your Job Search (1:58)

Hacking the Hidden Job Market: Technical Communities, Referrals, and CRM

Hidden Jobs: How to Find a Job through a Referral (3:16)
Unlock the Hidden Job Market with Eazl’s TWO Approach (2:41)
Hear it from Nick: How Recruiters Use Referrals (11:18)
How Career CRM Can Help You Hack Your Job Search (3:14)
SideBySide: See Three Convenient Career CRM Techniques (5:20)
Assignment: Start Using Career CRM in Your RCD Hub (6:26)
Section Wrap: Where to Invest 50% of Your Career Development Energy (1:48)

Resume / CV Writing Skills: Powerful Professional Presentation

Apply this Agile Development Concept as You Write Your Resume / CV (1:39)
Job Search Copywriting Skills: How to Use Framing and Build Trust (3:33)
SideBySide: Let’s Connect a Set of Big Six Skills with Work Experiences (9:44)
Assignment: Go through Your Resume / CV Content Workflow (5:35)
Section Wrap: Writing Skills and the Language of HR (2:43)

Resume / CV Writing: Write a Powerful, Keyword-Optimized Resume

The Story Behind the $1,500 Resume You’re about to Build (4:19)
Eazl’s Anti-Robot Protocol: Your Resume Keyword / SEO Strategy (3:05)
Choose and Download Your Resume Template [Resume Templates and Samples Here] (1:02)
Assignment: Use the ARP 2.0 Keyword Optimization / SEO Strategy (3:39)
Build Your Resume / CV: First Steps [Step-by-Step Resume Writing Guide Here] (6:07)
Build Your Resume / CV: Add Your Big Six Skills and Organizations (10:05)
Build Your Resume / CV: Add Your Job Titles and Role Descriptions (5:05)
Build Your Resume / CV: Develop and Add Your Supporting Points (11:08)
Build Your Resume / CV: Describe Your Coding Projects (5:41)
Build Your Resume / CV: Add Education and Professional Development (3:30)
Build Your Resume / CV: Add Coding Languages, Software Expertise, and Extras (1:41)
What’s the Purpose of Your Executive Summary Section? (0:42)
Build Your Resume / CV: Add Your Executive Summary and Keyword Optimize (4:20)
Special Offer: Get Human Feedback on Your Resume from the Eazl Team
Section Wrap: Debugging Your Resume to Reduce Uncertainty (3:23)

Cover Letter Writing: Handling Application Barriers and Using X Factors

How to Use Cover Letters to Get Past Career Walls (2:31)
How to Find and Overcome Barriers to Getting an Interview (2:41)
Hear it from Nick: Cover Letters, Barriers, Visas, and Relocation (10:39)
How to Mass-customize the Cover Letters You Write (0:58)
Let’s Perform Cover Letter Research and Write a Cover Letter Together (9:56)
Let’s Convert Your Cover Letter to an Email Introduction Piece (2:12)
Assignment: Look at Your Resume and Cover Letter from Another Perspective (4:58)
Section Wrap: Only Share What’s Relevant to Your Audience (1:47)

LinkedIn and Your Job Search: SEO and Professional Branding on Your Profile

Visual Branding, SEO, Skills, AI and Your LinkedIn Profile (3:17)
How to Bring Your Big Six Skills to Life On Your Online Profiles (2:26)
How to Find Visuals that Support Your Big Six Skills (6:36)
Assignment: Find Visuals for Your LinkedIn Profile that Support Your Big Six Skills (2:46)
Headshot Photography for Your LinkedIn Profile (2:55)
Hear it From Nick: How Recruiters Use Social Platforms (23:41)
How to Write a Powerful LinkedIn Profile Summary Using Eazl’s GBQ Method (3:38)
Assignment: Write Your LinkedIn Profile Summary [Step-byStep LinkedIn Guide Here] (1:18)
Build Your Profile: Write a Searchable Headline and Create a Custom URL (2:32)
Build Your Profile: Write Your LinkedIn Profile Summary and Upload Visuals (9:31)
Build Your Profile: Optimize Your Work Experiences and Add Strategic Visuals (6:42)
Build Your Profile: Add Your Custom Skills and Link to Projects (Important!) (3:45)
Build Your Profile: Add Your Educational Experiences and Other Credentials (2:37)
Build Your Profile: Use Custom Job Search Settings (also: Stealth Job Hunting) (3:19)
Section Wrap: Crafting Your Career Narrative + LinkedIn Machine Learning (2:09)

Professional Networking: Using LinkedIn and Activating Your Personal Network

Meaningful Outreach that You Can Be Proud Of (2:06)
Eazl’s CCC Professional Networking Method for Programmers (1:50)
How to Network at Scale Using Your LinkedIn Profile [LinkedIn Word Tracks Here] (5:49)
How to Get Job Leads from Your Professional Network (7:10)
Assignment: Use YAMM and Your Career CRM to Find Job Opportunities (2:04)
Section Wrap: Let People Know You’re Looking While Being True to Yourself (1:00)

How Hiring Works: Recruiting, Human Resources, and Applications

The Labor Market as a Predictable System (1:38)
The One Question You Want to Answer About Every Job Opening (4:55)
What Are External Recruitment Agencies and How Can You Use Them? (3:41)
Hear it from Nick: How to Use External Recruiters (15:22)
How to Use Boolean Searches to Get Better Results (1:29)
SideBySide: Let’s Develop a Boolean Query on a Job Board (1:48)
SideBySide: How to Use Boolean Searches and Custom Filters on LinkedIn (2:34)
Assignment: Develop a Job Search Query and Submit an Application (1:45)
Section Wrap: How to Manage the Programming / Human Resources Bridge (2:13)

Interviewing Skills: from Phone Screens to the Whiteboard Coding Interview

How Psychology Can Help You Develop Interviewing Skills (2:57)
What’s a Typical Interview Process for Technical Positions? (3:28)
How to Research Organizations Before Interviews [Cheat Sheet Here] (7:22)
How to Hack Phone Screen Interviews (1:42)
MegaAnimation: The Top 5 Ways to Give Yourself an Edge in In-person Interviews (4:29)
Hear it From Nick: How Should You Approach the First Interview? (9:43)
Steve Yegge’s 9 Preparation Areas for Whiteboard Coding Interviews (2:10)
Becky from Google’s 5 Tips on Performing Well in Whiteboard Coding Interviews (1:44)
Hear it from Nick: What are Employers Seeking in Whiteboard Coding Interviews? (9:28)
Case Study: Why You Should Contact Your References First (4:05)
How to Follow Up with People After Interviews [Follow-up Word Tracks Here] (3:50)
Assignment: Practice Defending Your Technical Approach to a Coding Project (3:27)
Section Wrap: Take a Collaborative Approach to Your Interviews (2:59)

Negotiation Skills: Negotiating Your Compensation and Benefits

The Delicate Process of Negotiating Your Compensation and Benefits (2:44)
What Variables are at Play During Salary Negotiations? (BEM) (4:05)
Hear it from Nick: How an Employer is Likely to Approach Salary Negotiations (16:12)
Case Study: Market Benchmarking and Reciprocity in Salary Negotiations (5:11)
Assignment Practice Responding to an Low Offer by Citing the Market Rate (2:06)
Section Wrap: Take a Constructive Approach to Salary Negotiations (2:05)

Further Study: Making a Career Change + Extra Resume Writing Help

Additional Resume Help: How to Show Promotion Within an Organization (2:18)
Additional Resume Help: How to Show More than 10 Years of Work Experience (1:38)
Additional Resume Help: How to Include Academic Research (2:18)
Additional Resume Help: How to Build a Resume if You Have No Work Experience (2:43)
Making a Mid-life Career Change: Stephen Szermer’s Tips (53:27)