How to Land a Job in a Startup

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Bryna H.

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About This Event

Dreaming of trading your suits and heels for sneakers and jeans? Strict start times for flexible work hours?

There's no question about it, fast-growing startups are an increasingly attractive place to work. But breaking into the world of tech is intimidating!

In this thought-provoking event, you'll get the insider tips on how to launch your career in a startup. You'll learn what startups look for, where to find the best jobs, and how to stand out from the crowd. You'll walk away feeling confident about taking that next step in your own career journey in 2019!

About the Speakers

Tom Willis
Chief Marketing Officer,
LawPath

Tom Willis is a digital strategy and marketing specialist with a passion for helping businesses to improve their online presence and connect with new audiences to drive growth.

Tom has diverse industry experience, having worked in digital marketing roles at ecommerce companies (Speets / Yahoo!7), B2B (iStock / Getty Images) and online gaming (Tom Waterhouse). More recently, Tom has applied his expertise to startups; in 2014, he joined LawPath, Australia’s largest online legal service. LawPath has since grown exponentially, assisting over 55,000 businesses, and helping save tens of millions in legal fees.

Tom has taught over 50 digital marketing workshops and courses at GA, specialising in marketing automation, SEO/SEM, web analytics and growth marketing for startups. Tom has also consulted and provided bespoke workshops for leading national and global companies including Uber, Sensis, Commonwealth Bank and Warner Music.

Hannah Greenwell
Junior Developer,
BIRDI

Hannah Greenwell started her web development journey at General Assembly. She had been teaching English as a Second Language to students in China, but felt drawn to the programming process and enrolled in the immersive program in Sydney to launch her career.

Since taking the immersive program, Hannah has landed a role as a Junior Developer at BIRDI, a platform for managing business drone operations, leveraging the insights provided by drone data and simplifying drone integration into a business' workflow. She is also teaching assistant for General Assembly's part-time Python Programming course.

Emer McCann
Principal Recruiter,
Deputy

People and Culture Operations. I am passionate about establishing the building blocks that help startups scale. Attracting the best people, consistently improving the hiring and onboarding process and focusing on internal retention strategies with HR. I love providing a consultative approach when partnering with hiring managers and understanding people's true drives and motivations to find the most suitable person for a role. I truly care about creating a nurturing and high performing workplace culture, where people feel valued and fulfilled.

Geoffroy Cowan
Senior Software Engineer,
Spaceship

Geoff is responsible for the core services that help Spaceship’s technology platforms