Laid Off From A Tech Company? Here's How To Find A Tech Job In A Different Industry

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Finding tech opportunities in other industries is not as hard as it may seem. If you can check your ego at the door and be open to working at companies that you hadn’t considered before, you’ll be applying sooner than you think.

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00:00Hi, my name is Sarah, and today I'll tell you about three ways candidates can find tech

00:10jobs in other industries.

00:13One, expand your job search beyond tech companies.

00:17Tech candidates need to think outside the tech company box.

00:22They need to use their creative and analytical minds to consider how their skills and experience

00:28might transfer to other industries.

00:32For example, if you previously worked at Amazon, you might look to other lesser-known e-commerce

00:38companies who are hiring for a variety of tech roles, such as Chewy, Vista, or Thumbtack.

00:46Two, leverage your previous experience.

00:51This is especially true for tech workers who had prior careers.

00:55The rise of tech boot camps and education programs led many people to switch careers

01:01to tech from industries such as teaching, healthcare, journalism, and more.

01:09If you had a prior career before switching to tech, you might consider looking for a

01:14tech job in your previous industry.

01:18For example, if you were a teacher who switched into tech, consider trying to find a tech

01:24job at an education company such as Paper, Amplify, or Study.com.

01:31Three, use job boards that give you more control.

01:36Finding jobs in different industries is difficult if you don't know the names of companies to

01:40look for.

01:41A great resource to discover companies in different industries is the job board on BuiltIn,

01:48which allows you to filter by industry something that many other job boards don't offer.

01:55This will allow you to easily discover companies you didn't know about and find jobs in the

02:00industries you have experience with or are interested in.

02:05Your skills as a tech professional are in demand at companies outside of the tech giants.

02:12If you expand your job search to other industries, you'll discover incredible companies that

02:18are desperate for tech workers like you.

02:22And you may even find these companies have a better work-life balance and offer higher

02:27salaries to retain talent that, for them, is hard to find.

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