When someone asks me to help them figure out where to start in a job search, I always start with this suggestion first. In the economy we are in, this becomes even more important because focusing on how to align your skills and goals to a company and job's goals, values and needs is essential.
A list like this a great way to take away the brands of companies and focus on the values. Use this list and revisit it from time to time even while employed. It's important to build the habit of continually understanding the market you work in to take charge of your career path, so for immediate purposes this can help you prioritize. For the longer term strategy this can help you focus in.
As you grow over time this list can help you see where you might want to make a career change, or help your company move in a different direction based on your research and understanding of market trends.
I break this into two days because it's a lot of thinking work, and the focus you make you want to be certain is the right one.
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Materials Needed
You might want to start with a spreadsheet solution so as the list grows you are on top of organizing and prioritizing it. Excel, Airtable, Google Slides, anything will do to start. You can use Teal as well but they don't have custom fields.
If you want to use this list moving forward and pull it into a calendar or planning function, I'd recommend Airtable or another tool with relational database and planning functions at the beginning to make life easier.
Day One
Day Two
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