9  Job Search

When should I start my job search?

Answer: Now

To inform your class project you should start looking at job descriptions that interest you. Try to search bajobs, dice, monster, careerbuilder, indeed.com etc., and find some job descriptions you think you would like to apply for. Read over the required skills sections and make a list of common technical skills.

One of the common skills that is often asked for is SQL programming.

If this is the case, consider working on a project to learn how to use SQL and apply it to a dataset.

For example, you could download the R package COVID19 to test out the data provided by this package. And you could go to the project website and download the all-in-one dataset in .sqlite format. Try to figure out how to access the data from R using the Tidyverse and dbplyr.