14 Chapter: Planning For And Getting Interviews
The Data Science Career Track Course has emphasized the importance of building a professional network. This unit reviews the strategies of getting job interviews using these networks and tailoring your resume to fit a data science.
- Understand the purpose of a resume
- Learn the principles of writing a good resume
- Create a resume for your data science role using these principles
- Review all the job search steps (building network contacts, identifying the right job title, company, updating resume)
- Write an effective cover letter
- Begin lining up job interviews through your professional network.
- Readability: How easy it is to go through your resume.
- Keywords: Recruiters scan a resume for keywords, examples for a DS position may be "Machine Learning" or Regression"
- Referral: The process of having someone in a company forward your application/profile to the recruiting team/hiring manager.
- Hiring manager: The person in a company responsible for hiring for a specific role, often the manager post hire.
