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Have you ever encountered a request for a religious statement or statement of faith while searching for faculty jobs in your field? Maybe you’re […]
“The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment i […]
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Actions speak louder than words, as the saying goes, and on a resume, the same is true of verbs: action verbs speak louder than weak, cliched, or tired […]
The Elevator Pitch
It’s not certain who first coined the term “Elevator Pitch” or when it was first used, but the imagery relates to the ability to share […]
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Career advisors spend a lot of time advising students on what to do in order to be successful in the job search process. We tend to focus on the […]
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of those disabilities […]
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You might go your whole career and never be asked an illegal job interview question—but it does happen on rare occasion. In this post, you’ll learn how to ide […]
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In my last post, I talked about the basics of email etiquette and identified different types of job search email. As a follow-up, I want to discuss different types of […]
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It’s hard to believe that email has been in wide use for only about 25 years because it’s difficult to imagine a world and a job search without it. In this post, I will tal […]
Captain Obvious
The message of my title sounds obvious: target your ideal job, go after it with a well thought-out search (and a bit of good luck), and […]
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In my previous blog postings about interviewing, I’ve discussed job interview preparation, typical interview questions and how to handle them, and various i […]
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Having had more than 50 jobs during the course of my career, I’ve used many methods to search for jobs from the more primitive to the high tech including: w […]