7/27/2023 0 Comments Sparkbox apprenticeships![]() ![]() Tailoring and Proofreadingįor any resume, it is so important to try to tailor your experience to the specific job you are applying to. I suggest searching for local tech or design meetups on. Also, if you don’t have any experience like this, going out and finding a local development meetup group can help you grow your skill set and also give you the opportunity to do some networking. These types of “extracurricular” involvements can set you apart from other developers and show that you are not only passionate about web development but also that you are striving to be more proficient at it. Activities, Speaking, or WritingĪn activities section will vary by person, but if you attend or are involved with any web development meetups, hackathons, or teaching groups, or if you speak or write about web development, you should find a place to list that on your resume. Additionally, finding clever ways to group your technical skills into different headings or sections can allow for better readability and clearer hierarchies of proficiencies.Īn example of how Sparkbox developer, Bob Yexley, has grouped his skills into the different heading sections of Web Development, Architecture and Backend, and Tools on his online resume. For example, if you are currently applying for a JavaScript developer job, highlight your JavaScript skills over your HTML or database skills. ![]() ![]() This section should also be tailored job-by-job if possible. With the thousands of coding languages and tools out there, it’s important to highlight what technologies you have worked with and with which you are most proficient. SkillsĪ skills section is one that is especially specific and essential to developer resumes. This is also true of resumes in web development however, there are a few other sections you can add to highlight web development skills and aptitude. Resumes: Highlight Your Relevant Skills and ActivitiesĪt their most basic level, almost all resumes have a similar layout with sections for education and experience. In this article, I want to share a distillation of our most useful pieces of advice for applying for jobs in the web industry, with the hope that it can help other aspiring web developers. To create the content for the course, I pulled from my own experiences searching for a job, and also made sure to gather the expertise and advice of Sparkbox’s HR person, Jody, and our technical director, Ryan. Over four sessions, I organized and taught the following topics in our Job Preparedness Workshop: resumes, reading developer job postings, cover letters, interview and whiteboard preparation, and salary negotiation. To truly help our apprentices become web developers who can be confident applying for jobs in the web industry, we needed to add a job preparedness section to our curriculum. Yet, teaching development skills alone isn’t quite enough for an effective apprenticeship. Sparkbox has a culture of learning, and we reinforce this culture by teaching and learning from our own apprentices. The hope is that after the six month apprenticeship is over, the apprentices will be able to hit the ground running at a web development company with their newly honed skills. Since 2012, Sparkbox has run an apprenticeship program which allows passionate and eager people from all backgrounds and experience levels to learn about web development in a collaborative way. ![]()
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