Slide Deck for Tailoring Talent with Talener organized by Code With Me. Join us sometime!: https://www.meetup.com/Code-With-Me/

1. Tailoring Talent With Talener
Speakers: Andrew Reddish, Kris Chennaiah, Kristy Simmons.
Brandon Bryan(Talener) and Shijit Dasgupta(Code With Me)

2. UI/UX Design, “Middleware” and Back End
Middleware - Integration between the front end
and back end.
Data - dealing with processing large amounts of
data.
What is the mark of a developer, data scientist,
and web developer?
Picking the right designer and wordpress/website
developer.

3. Remote Work
Resources to find remote work:
https://weworkremotely.com/
https://remotive.io
How can one lead a team effectively while
remote?
How do the meetings work and what is a typical
day to day?

4. Startups
Welcome to KRIS INCORP
Kris Incorp, is one of the leading IT company providing solutions in web, mobile
and database technology. At Kris Incorp, we operate on the goal of uniting
business with IT in order to facilitate the needs of our customers, thereby leading
to increased profitability, transparency and accountability.
Since 2011, we have helped companies(ranging from small business to fortune
500 companies) to find opportunities (thru technology) to increase profits and
reduce cost. We are committed to delivering technological solutions that are
emerging, dependable and focused on long-term growth.

5. Career Changes
Tester to Developer
- Can they actually code? Github projects? Work for a Non profit or Hackerrank
Scores?
Devops to Developer

6. Resume Review
General Tips:
● Tailor your resume to the job if you can
● Don’t lie or embellish your knowledge
● Highlight what you did and how it made a difference
a. “Worked in a small team using latest testing methodologies to help end-to-end testing of our product”
b. “Our team leveraged data-driven testing to and caught 10% more bugs before they reached the customer”
Things I look far:
● Experience in or around the technology
● Doesn’t always have to be exact i.e. C++/Java/C# and OOP
● A degree or experience showing you are capable of learning in this area
● Doesn’t have to be CS-related, but it helps
● Experience trumps degree
● If you have experience – progression / improvement

7. Resume Submission
● Physical vs Digital submission
● Cover letter -> this doesn’t get far
● Analyzed by machines
● Human review
● Sourcing is a search, typically includes Linked In these days
● Experience in or around the technology
a. Doesn’t always have to be exact i.e. C++/Java/C# and OOP
● Experience in the role (especially leadership roles)
a. Don’t cold apply to a managerial role with no managerial experience
● A degree or experience showing you are capable of learning in this area
a. Doesn’t have to be CS-related, but it helps
b. Experience trumps degree
● If you have experience – progression / improvement

8. Common Pitfalls
● No experience / No CS Degree
● Reality is finding good talent is hard, its’ scarce
● You need to stand out with projects
● Having a side project to talk about helps with the interview
● If a career change, highlight skills from previous role
● If you can, you should have one
● GitHub | Apps in the stores | Blog / Website
a. Dev blog on how you built it
b. Web site showing it off, videos, etc
● Break in employment
a. Will be a blocker to getting considered
b. When you do get into the interview - have an answer, practice it
c. Employers want to see productive time, what did you do on the break to make yourself more marketable /
competitive
i. Self study | Side Projects | Additional degrees / Certifications

9. Q&A

10. 1 on 1 Resume and
Career Consults