FREE JOB-SEARCH GUIDE · RE:WORK TRAINING
Build a job-search strategy you can use.
Keep applying to suitable roles while you build evidence, prepare for conversations, and follow through. Start with a small plan you can repeat each week.
Free for participants. Start at your own pace with community support.
Next: create an account, complete your profile, and begin the Academy’s Kickoff Series.
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Give your next week a practical plan.
Choose a manageable number of relevant roles and repeat this cycle. Keep applying while you learn, and adjust the plan around your circumstances.
- Choose: Pick a role that fits your needs and current qualifications.
- Research: Identify the employer’s work, requirements, and one question worth asking.
- Prepare: Match one truthful example of your experience to the role.
- Act: Submit a tailored application or request an appropriate conversation.
- Follow through: Record the response, next action, and what you will change next time.
Review progress through relevant applications, useful conversations, and better examples of your work. A simple notebook is enough to begin. The Academy helps you practice the process alongside your search.
If you are unemployed, a recent graduate, or changing careers, a job search can start to feel like waiting to be selected. A more active approach gives you work you can control: research, preparation, practice, and follow-through.
re:WORK’s free Go To Market Career Academy teaches that approach. You learn to act as your own BDR or SDR in the job search: identify relevant opportunities, start informed conversations, and organize your next steps. You are building a strategy for a business of one.
Watch: From Salon to Success
Read the video transcript
Visual context: Stacy speaks to the camera while seated in a bright pink blouse. On-screen captions display her words. Transcript punctuation and the spelling of re:WORK have been standardized for readability.
I had my daughter when I was about 20. And so being a single mom, doing hair, it was easy to bring her into the salon, but it was also challenging. Did that for 15 years, and then COVID hit. That changed everything.
So I had a friend recommend re:WORK, and I said no. I said no. I didn't think I belonged in corporate America. Like, that's not my type. I've been in the salon. So then my good friend just kept on pushing, like, come on, I think you'd be great at it. I'm like, no. It got to a point where my clients wasn't making money, so the first thing to go was their hair. They could just throw on a wig. They didn't need me anymore. So I was like, man, maybe I should take them up on this. And so I reached out, did everything I needed to, and then I was in re:WORK.
I think I got a job before re:WORK ended. I don't think I fully finished re:WORK where I was able to make a connection in the informational interview that I got snatched up.
If I went to a job without re:WORK, they would have said, yeah, you're not qualified. But me going through the re:WORK training, I'm able to be qualified. Having that opportunity and that gateway into a job, you wouldn't find that anywhere else. I honestly believe you wouldn't find that anywhere else.
I've been to different events where there's recruiters there and gravitate to me. I already have a job, but there's other people that's looking for a job. Why are they gravitated towards me when I have a job? I'm not looking. And I think it's re:WORK. It's not a task that I feel like I can't do, and that's thanks to re:WORK.
Oh, for the donors, I would say thank you. Thank you for even considering putting your money and time and effort into people you haven't met. But just know that I thank you for all of us because it wouldn't be possible without you. Sometimes you feel like, is anybody going to even really use this? Just know I'm ever so grateful because I would not be where I am without re:WORK, and re:WORK wouldn't be where they are without you guys. So I thank you for that. Get this work.
Recognize the experience you already have
Stacy describes being a single mother, working as a hairstylist, and initially feeling that she did not belong in corporate America. Her story is a reminder that an unfamiliar job title can make relevant experience hard to recognize.
Consider what your own work has required. Have you asked questions to understand a customer? Managed appointments? Resolved a problem? Explained an option clearly? Those experiences can become evidence when you describe the situation, what you did, and what happened.
Be specific and honest. A transferable skill is valuable, but it does not automatically satisfy every requirement in a new role.
Run learning and your job search together
You do not need to wait until every lesson is complete before pursuing a suitable open role. Keep applying while you improve your materials, learn about employers, and build relationships.
Use a small, repeatable cycle: choose a role to investigate, research the organization, prepare a relevant example, ask a useful question, and record the next action. What you learn in a conversation can improve your next application or interview.
An informational interview is a chance to understand someone’s work and perspective. Respect the person’s time and boundaries. Do not treat the conversation as a request for an automatic referral.
Make your work visible
Proof can be a clear account of a past result, a thoughtful research brief, or a practice exercise that shows how you approach a problem. It can also be the reliability someone sees when you prepare for a conversation and follow through afterward.
In the Academy, missions and community activity give learners opportunities to practice. Feedback matters because the first attempt is rarely the strongest. Revise the message, sharpen the example, and try again with a clearer purpose.
Track what you can control: the quality of your preparation, relevant applications, useful conversations, and completed follow-ups. More activity is only helpful when you learn from it.
Choose the learning format that fits your life
The same free Academy is available at your own pace in MissionXP with community support, or through re:WORK’s quarterly eight-week cohorts. The team confirms cohort timing and placement. Committed self-paced learners may also be considered for a cohort.
Many participants pursue BDR and SDR roles, while others apply the skills to different career paths. Explore the curriculum to see the actual learning sequence, and choose the format that helps you keep practicing.
You do not need to have every answer before beginning. You do need a willingness to do the work, use feedback, and keep following through.
QUESTIONS ABOUT GETTING STARTED
A few things to know before you start.
Is the Academy free?
Yes. The Go To Market Career Academy is free for participants. You can begin self-paced learning in MissionXP.
Do I need a degree or sales experience?
Neither is required to begin the Academy. Employers set the requirements for the roles you pursue.
Can I use this guide without joining?
Yes. The guide and exercise are available here without signup. Create a MissionXP account when you are ready to continue with the Academy.
What happens after I create an account?
Complete your jobseeker profile, follow onboarding, and begin the Academy’s Kickoff Series. Self-paced learning is available alongside community support. Staff separately confirm cohort placement and schedules.
FREE LEARNING · YOUR NEXT STEP
Keep your learning and your search moving together.
Practice a repeatable career-search process with Academy lessons, missions, and community support.
Start in MissionXP.
Use the account-creation page to get started. If you have an account, sign in.
Give your learning a direction.
Complete your jobseeker profile and follow the onboarding steps.
Take one learning step.
Begin the Kickoff Series, then work through the lessons and practical missions.
Free for participants. Learn at your own pace with community support. Cohort placement, referrals, and employment are not guaranteed.
Prefer structured group learning? Register interest in a quarterly eight-week cohort.