Career Hacking
Career Hacking
COID 339 | In-Person, Online | 2nd 7 Weeks | 3 credits
Welcome to Career Hacking taught by Brad Weigle. Students will explore and practice proven methods for hacking into fulfilling creative careers through non-traditional networking and interviewing methods. Explore purpose and passions using reflective and introspective techniques and learn how to turn them into fulfilling work. Take control and turn the traditional job search approach on its head by taking a proactive role in designing a tailored future. Use innovative techniques and tools to hone resumes, create digital portfolios, and get interviews in competitive fields. Complete the course with 6 projects and 1 professional portfolio closer to landing a career.
Course Calendar
| Week | Lessons | Projects |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesson 1: Self-Discovery Learn the role your point of view, personality, and current reality all play in career development. | Project 1: Self-Discovery Workbook Begin your career hacking journey by establishing your point of view, taking a personality test, and mapping out a personalized 5-year plan. |
| 2 | Lesson 2: Self-Learning Understand the role that self-learning plays in career hacking, identify job roles of interest, and get familiar with new career hacking tips and tools. | Project 2: Build a Self-Learning Plan Research relevant job roles you’re interested in pursuing and build a self-learning plan to increase your application success rate. |
| 3 | Lesson 3: Your Brand Learn the inner workings of personal branding, the modern resume, designing a portfolio, and branding extensions. | Project 3: Create Your Brand Design a resume, build a portfolio, consider other brand extensions, prepare, and record a video. |
| 4 | Lesson 4: Company Search Learn how to hack the traditional job search process, use career hacking tools to locate companies of interest, build a CRM, and more. | Project 4: Build a CRM of Leads Find companies, scrape contacts, build a CRM, and more. |
| 5 | Lesson 5: Outreach Explore the evolution of outreach, how to establish connections with potential employers, how to use a CRM to maintain those connections, and more. | Project 5: Write Outreach Messages Pick 3+ contacts, choose your opening strategy, and draft 3+ outreach messages. |
| 6 | Lesson 6: Meeting Prep Learn about gathering company intel, how to prepare for an interview, how to discuss pay & benefits, and more. | Project 6: Prepare for a Meeting Pick a company and a job, gather intel and prepare notes, research pay, and prepare and record a video. |
| 7 | Lesson 7: Portfolio & Wrap-Up Learn tips and tricks for creating an effective and professional portfolio and how to present it, build a network, and market yourself to potential employers. | Project 7: Portfolio Design Want to impress potential employers or provide a case for a promotion? Build a professional portfolio to showcase your new skills. |