Tips on How to Market Yourself Better as a Software Tester: Conclusion and Q&A - Mirza Sisic
26th May 2022
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Mirza Sisic
Senior Test Analyst
Talk Description
After sharing a number of tips that worked quite well for me to get a lot of job interviews and got negotiate better salaries.
The topics discussed were:
- Content Creation
- Public Speaking
- Social Media
- Portfolio Website
- Volunteer Activities
In this session, I'll draw a conclusion to the above and will be answering live all the questions you have.
By the end of this session, you'll be able to:
- Prioritise to put yourself out there by leveraging content creation - writing blog posts about testing, and creating video tutorials and podcasts
- Plan to establish yourself as a relevant professional, using public speaking at meetups, conferences, user groups and practical workshops
- Use social media to improve your online presence
- Develop a GitHub profile which illustrates your practical knowledge, to demonstrate you can make an automated checking framework, and more
- Identify how to develop a professional tester portfolio website, which can give you better visibility in search engine results - have basic SEO in mind
- Collaborate with the testing communities, and their members to increase the number of people in your personal network - a good referral can give you a big advantage over other candidates when applying for jobs
- Recognise the advantage of volunteer activities, such as pro-bono mentoring, or contributing to Open Source
- Conclude how to use all the above, to get more lucrative job offers, negotiate more perks, explain to recruiters why you are worth more than the initial offer, and/or after applying the above for a while, use it to explain at your current job why you deserve a better raise
Senior Test Analyst
I'm a tech geek, casual gamer, and sci-fi enjoyer. I love talking about software testing and being part of the testing community.
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