What Employers are Looking for: Employability by Wendy Adams Excited and anxious to begin the job search, many graduates may erroneously believe the credential alone will carry them. Not so. Employability is a term that defines both the traits and the skills of the individual being considered. Rather than job or industry specific, these competenc...
Find Success In Your First Job by Bob Roth As you and all other new college graduates begin to enter the workforce and join your waiting employers, you can be assured that you are ready and capable of doing great things for yourselves, your families and your employers. You are ready to embrace the challenges that lie ahead, ready ...
Would You Pay $10,000 For A Great Job? by Bob Roth How many college students would be willing to pay $10,000 for a great job?
Now, isn’t that an interesting question. However, before everyone starts to check their empty wallets, I want to let you all in on a secret. The fact is that there is a price that you must pay if you want to ...
Career Q&A: How to Make Your Resume Stand Out in a Crowd by Lindsey Pollak Q: I’ve been applying for jobs since September and have not been called for a single interview. I’ve taken my resume to Career Services for a review and some tips, but still nothing. How can I make my resume stand out in a crowd?
A: You’ve taken the right first step, which is havi
The Best Advice I Ever Received by Liz Handlin When I was about 4 years old we moved from Houston, Texas to a little town called Cushing, Oklahoma which is where I spent the next 13 years of my life. When we arrived in Cushing my parents, of course, needed to find childcare and that is how Mae Troxell came into our lives.
Mae was b...
How to Succeed in an Internship by Lindsey Pollak As spring break approaches, many college students are making plans for summer internships. As I’ve blogged about previously, internships are more important for young professionals than ever. Thanks to Heather Huhman, of the Entry Level Careers Examiner, for sharing eight of my tips for int...
It’s Not Easy For Students To Find A Good Job by Bob Roth There are far too many college students who believe that it will be easy to find a good job after graduation. They think that they will simply submit ten or twelve resumes, take a few interviews and somebody will offer them a good paying job. These students are wrong.
Many students may ...
Stop Bashing Gen Y Workers! by Lindsey Pollak I try to read everything in the news about Generation Y and careers. This means I regularly find myself plodding through frustrating stories about how the Millennials are “entitled,” “coddled” and “disloyal.” Friday’s article on MSNBC.com
Two More Job-Search Success Stories by Kevin Donlin Despite the down economy, there are plenty of jobs and internships to be had for anyone willing to work smartly and diligently to meet more hiring authorities.
You can do it the old-fashioned way - networking in person and by phone - or using new social media, like Facebook.
Here are...
To Find A Great Job, Build A Great Network by Bob Roth Picture yourself standing in the center of a circle surrounded by all of your friends, relatives and acquaintances, approximately 200 people. Then, picture each of those 200 people at the center of their own circles, surrounded by everyone they know. If you were to contact all 200 of your...
Lost On The Twenty-Something Journey by Christine Hassler Dear Christine,
"I'm currently in my early twenties and I gotta say, I'm so lost. I have a lot of stress from a job I don't enjoy and battle constant insecurity issues. So how did you do it? How'd you become so successful and happy with your life? Because honestly, I'm finding it a bit ...
Career Exploration & Discovery For Students by Leigh Moore 21st Century life is so fast! Have you noticed!?! In the United States, we are such a goal-oriented, performance-evaluated society! Even our children have been affected by this. Or maybe I should say, our children have been especially impacted by this.
The school year lasts longer and t...
How to Decide Whether or Not to Attend Graduate School by Lindsey Pollak To go to grad school or not to go to grad school, that is the question for many graduating college students - especially during a recession. I wish I could give you the absolute right answer, but I can't.
The decision is personal and different for everyone. What I can do is provide you...
It’s A Sales Letter, Not A Cover Letter by Bob Roth When college students are instructed to create a cover letter, they are receiving bad advice. Letters that merely cover or accompany a resume are nearly worthless. The letter that all students should develop is a sales letter, a letter that will convince an employer that they are something...
Students Can Perform Their Way To A Great Job by Bob Roth Employers look for and seek out college students who can get things done.
They believe that what you’ve done in the past is the best predictor of what you will do in the future. Therefore, while in college, wise students build a list of significant accomplishments and positive contributio...
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