Winning at the job search

  • Visit your campus career office for an individual consultation.
  • Go to career fairs at your home institution and at your town.
  • Create a LinkedIn profile.
  • Make a Github site for your code samples.
  • Network, network, network
    • Connect with alumni from your program.
    • Ask the director of your undergraduate or graduate program for suggestions of whom to contact.
    • Ask your friends, family, and neighbors.
    • Tell mentors you are interested in BIG careers, and see what connections and advice they can offer.
    • Read this article and watch the video on networking advice specifically for math undergraduate students, courtesy of AMS
  • Practice your interviewing skills (e.g. through campus career services, or an online site such as BigInterview.com)