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Preparation
Tips and resources for finding a position and preparing for interviews
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Decide who you are going to target and put yourself in their shoes. What do they want to see in a person? What do they want to achieve as a team who do they want to hire and how do you fit in?

CV

Give your CV a bit of a spruce up - if you don’t have an intro or personal statement it is a good idea to add one. One or two short sentences that describe you and what you want ~ for example:

“Confident/Dedicated/Enthusiastic/Outgoing/Hardworking individual looking to join a web development team as an apprentice. I’ve been making websites for 2 years and / I’ve only been coding for a few weeks but I know this is the career for me/I’d really like to learn skills from the people who actually do the job.

CV Resources

Cover Letter Template

Write out a draft cover letter - this does not need to be long but it is a great opportunity to express your personality and enthusiasm - it’s a longer version of the personal statement from your CV. It is also important that you talk about the company you are approaching in your letter - more on this in the research section next.

I would say 200 - 400 words would be ideal.

Things to include:

Your name

Hello - my name is …. and I...

What you want

I’m looking for an apprenticeship position // I have just completed my pre apprenticeship training in web development and I’m looking to join a team for a work placement to continue my training

Where / how you found them

I found your company through LinkedIn/ My friend, [NAME] said you might be a good company to talk to / I saw on Indeed that you are looking for php developers…

What you like about their company/team/organisation
  • I see you work with Adidas/BAFTA/Kurt Geiger
  • I was really interested to read about your project with…
  • I see you use Drupal/Wordpress/Magento/
  • I see you work with charities/education
What training and/or experience you have
  • I have completed the Web Developer pre-apprenticeship training in HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, Wordpress, Drupal
  • I learned xx at school / college
  • I built a website for my Aunt/friend
  • I have completed courses on freecodecamp/codecadamy/lynda/Treehouse
  • I built a php module on my pre-apprenticeship training
What you want
  • I’m looking to start my career in web development learning from experts
  • I want to learn on the job
  • I want to learn in the skills and technologies that people are using right now
Tell them about us

More information about the scheme is available at https://WebDevApprentice.uk

Signing Off

Remember to end your letter with something nice and positive that prompts a response - Really looking forward to hearing from you // Hope to hear from you soon // Looking forward to your reply - if you know of another team I could approach please let me know….

Portfolio

Make a website to show your skills - You can follow what we do on the bootcamp to build one in Wordpress or Drupal.

Alternatives

Alternatively, you could:

  • Build one in html and css
  • Use GitHub pages
  • Set up an about.me page
  • Create a Branded.me profile

Social

It’s good to include some links to your social profiles, but obviously only link to ones you would be happy for an employer to see. LinkedIn and GitHub are good examples foor professional social profiles.