Insider's Guide to Landing a Software Engineering Job: Advice from Dani Unsworth
Dani Unsworth is the Head of Talent at incident.io, a leading incident management platform and a company I have admired. I asked Dani to work with me on this newsletter because of her impressive background and I know that to be Head of Talent at a company like incident.io you need to be good, really good. I don’t pick newsletter guests lightly, Dani is an expert in her field and has actionable advice that can help you on your journey.
Dani didn’t fall into recruitment, it was by design, a pursuit. She got her start in agency recruitment before moving onto work at Checkout.com, responsible across London, Berlin and Paris scaling from 250 to 1,500 people in just over 2 years. From there she has specialised in smaller companies as the Head of Talent, landing at her current role with incident.io.
I asked Dani a series of questions, designed to give you actionable insights into putting your best foot forward when navigating the technology hiring market. I want to firstly say that we understand no one thing or group of things will be the ticket to get you a new role, currently the market is a bit of a lottery, however, these tips will help you to put you in the best position possible.
Dani and I went deep into conversation around exactly how we can optimise our search and give us the best chance. I have listed the questions and answers below from that chat, so you can easily find the ones which resonate with you.
Q: Are there any common mistakes or misconceptions candidates make during the application process that hinder their chances?