20 minutes, 0 apps, 0 interviews. The guys running the C course I did offered me a job at the end of it! Include as many skills as you can on your cv - so muc

20 minutes, 0 apps, 0 interviews. The guys running the C course I did offered me a job at the end of it! Include as many skills as you can on your cv - so much depends on automated search. As you've got friends in tech, have you got them to rip your CV to shreds? If not, you should. It's a sales document, not just a statement of experience, treat it as such. Treat your first 5 interviews as "just practice". You'll forget to mention something, make a silly mistake or three, give a bad answer or two. Don't stress, just learn from them. You'll relax more if you view the first 5 as practice, maybe enough to get an offer from one of the practice meetings! Do all you can to sidestep recruiters and apply directly. Small companies are usually much more interesting and won't be using recruiters. It's a numbers game, so along with lots of applications, bear in mind if you have 3 of 5 "essential" skills you should probably apply anyway. You'd be surprised how often those essentials aren't - it's a numbers game for the recruiting company too.