You have probably heard the recent unemployment stats being quoted in the news. While those unemployment numbers may sound bleak, I am going to let you in on a dirty little secret about the unemployment rates you are hearing: The actual unemployment rate is higher ...
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has now impacted the daily lives of nearly everyone in the world. Beyond the daily headlines, what can you be doing as a new college graduate in 2020 to prepare for your entry level job in this new reality? Here ...
If you are in college and looking to gain some resume experience , an externship may be the answer. But what exactly is an externship? And how does it differ from an internship or apprenticeship? An externship is an experiential learning opportunity for college students usually ...
In my last article I talked about how to apply for jobs online . I emphasized the importance of addressing each of the job requirements in your response. But what if you don’t meet all of the job requirements? Then what? The answer is a ...
Job search is a two-way street. Meaning that you can both find jobs and they can find you. The latter is achieved by posting your resume to a job site (ideally an entry level job site like CollegeGrad.com) or directly to an employer ...
Your resume is an important tool to aid you in your job search. However, a poor resume can negatively impact your job search. When you create your resume, you need to create it to be both searchable and findable. You create your searchable resume by ...
Doing your resume. Yuck. That’s the reaction most people have to the idea of having to write a resume. Especially when you’re doing it for the first time, writing your resume from scratch. Or maybe you have a poor resume that hasn’t ...
Resumes started out as purely paper documents. While the paper resume still exists (yes, the paper resume is what is typically used during the interview), the resume is stored and transmitted in digital formats . That digital resume can be in a format that is designed ...
When thinking about your future career, consider also how you got to where you are. It's likely you owe much to your parents, and they continue to affect our lives as adults. Think about how they led you, guided you and mentored you in ...
“I keep sending out my resume and I’m not getting any interviews. What’s wrong with me?” It may not be you. It may be your resume. If you are an awesome person and your resume sucks , no one will know you are awesome ...
Your resume is your digital representation of you. It is NOT paper and shouldn't be thought of as paper. That's old school. No one prints resumes and sends them off via mail anymore. A well written resume should serve three purposes: 1) survive ...
A user recently asked: “What are power words for resumes?” There are power words, but they are not what you think. Most resume guides tell you that power words are verbs like “delivered” and “developed” and “responsible for” etc. But the real power words are ...
A resume is a living, breathing document. As such, it is subject to change over the course of your career . Sometimes the most difficult work for a writer is editing and updating their own work. The same applies to resumes. When the time comes to ...
You’ve probably seen word clouds before. Here is an example of a word cloud: This word cloud was generated from a job posting at CollegeGrad.com using a free online tool at JasonDavies.com/wordcloud . A word cloud is a graphical representation of a ...
Congratulations! You’ve been called to schedule your on-site interview . This will be the next and possibly the final step on your path to a job offer . Take time in advance to prep for what you will be doing to make your interview day ...
Over the course of my career, I have reviewed more than 100,000 resumes. As a corollary, it’s also important to note how many resumes I have not reviewed . It is a number several times higher than the number actually reviewed. The resumes not ...
Many candidates are reluctant to drop names in their job search, thinking it will break some type of confidence. In reality the contrary is true. As long as you are not legally restricted from doing so, dropping names is fine and can enhance your opportunities ...
Think about college graduation last year. Some of your graduating friends likely had jobs already lined up. Yet many did not. Why were some “lucky” and some were not? The simple answer is that luck had very little to do with it. Some were prepared ...
Many college students make the mistake of going to the campus job fair as if it is a career exploration event. Job fair employers are serious about hiring. And the job fair is a competitive event where you are surrounded by your college peers. So ...
Many candidates prepare haphazardly or sometimes not at all for a phone interview. After all, it’s not a real interview, right? Wrong. The phone interview is often the first step in the interviewing process. It is as important as the on-site interview , since ...
Let me ask a really basic question: Why did you go to college? At its core, you know the answer. It wasn’t to learn, it wasn’t to socialize, it wasn’t to party. You went to college to find a job. A great ...
Most job searches start off targeting one specific area, usually the geography in which the candidate lives. However, for college students, the job search is often centered on where their home town is located, which isn’t necessarily the same as where they attend college ...
I’m going to give you the most important question for your job search. And no, it’s not the most important interview question (for that, you can go to CollegeGrad.com and find that question —and the best answer). It’s the question you ...
Here’s the dirty little secret about job search: 95% of it sucks. You will be spending the majority of your time doing stuff that doesn’t seem to matter and isn’t bringing you any closer to your goal of finding a new job ...
There are plenty of self-proclaimed resume experts who are saying that your resume doesn’t need an objective. Did you ever notice that none of those people work in a job where they screen hundreds or thousands of resumes? If you ask the person ...