Marketing Yourself

The secret to job-search success may be as simple as making sure you use your campus career center.

Experience is not limited to paid employment. It can include co-curricular activities or accomplishments that demonstrate your knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Even if the company has a "business casual" dress policy, you're better off dressing a bit on the stuffy side than in taking a gamble only to find that your idea of casual doesn't match that of your prospective employer.

Job seekers should aso be sure to make a strong impression on administrative assistants, according to results of a new survey.

Recruiters are on campus for fall recruiting. In a struggling economy, hiring managers get flooded with resumes for job openings. How can you avoid being whittled out of the candidate mix in the early stages?

I use biscotti as part of my job-searching strategy. Send some recommendation letters for me, get some biscotti. Biscotti were distributed to the people at my job to thank them for picking up the slack during my absences. I even served biscotti at my dissertation defense.

Experts agree: they're much more likely to be impressed with a letter that shows them the candidate possesses the skills necessary for the job and understands what the company does

Develop leadership, time management,  teamwork, interpersonal, communication, and other skills employers value when  making hiring choices.

A rubric to help you judge the quality of your cover letter and improve it.

A cover letter should always accompany a resume. It should be tailored to the specific job the person is looking for. Job seekers should be specific in their cover letters by relating experiences or results in their past to the qualities the hiring company is looking for.

The following rules should be used for e-mail when writing or responding to: potential employers, co-workers, colleagues, business members, and college staff or personnel.

Job fairs provide a great opportunity for you to meet employers who represent a wide range of industries.

A handshake tells a potential employer a lot about you, and can go a long way in helping you get the job.

Marketing your liberal arts degree to an employer means making the connection directly between your major and the job you're seeking.

Should you use an online application? And if you do submit your resume online, how do you get it the attention it deserves?

Attend this year’s campus career fairs! Here are a few pointers from recruiters.

Some less traditional job-search strategies to help you get into the job market.

Recruiters say that cover letters are still a necessary part of getting that interview.  Follow this fomula and personalize it to match your cover letter to the job posting and get the interview.

Career and job fairs present an opportunity to make important contacts with potential employers. But you need to do more than press your business suit and print 30 copies of your resume to make the most of this opportunity. Prepare to sell yourself!

There are ways to move your resume to the top of an online search list so it attracts web-savvy and time-crunched recruiters.  There's a difference between using new media and working it.

How can you navigate HR screening programs? How important are key words? Employers are using online application processes to find students who have the skills and experience. 

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), jobs requiring an associate degree are projected to grow by 32 percent over the 2000-10 period. According to BLS, eight of the 10 fastest growing occupations are computer-related (the other two are healthcare related) and nine of the 20 fastest growing occupations are in the health services.

References available on request. You see the phrase at the end of many sample resumes, and decide to include it on your resume. But it’s important to know whom to include on your reference list, what information you need to provide to your references, what information to provide about your references, and how to use your references in your job search. Get the details you need to put together a list of references.

Resumes and interview expectations vary greatly around the world. Know how to best present yourself on paper and in person.

Business executives describe their dream employee as having key skills. 

Explore the art of writing job-search correspondence. Discover suggestions for writing style, general guidelines for producing high-quality letters, and samples of several types of letters. The information applies to both paper (hard copy) and e-mail letters.

Nontraditional students bring with them many skills from previous jobs and from life experiences, such as raising children or volunteering in their communities. These “transferable” skills can help you successfully return to the work force or change careers.

Employers offer ideas for things you can do to ensure your online application gets the attention it deserves.

A well-written thank-you note may enhance your job candidacy if you follow these few guidelines.

The quickest way to get your name in front of a potential employer is to take the "technological path." In other words, use e-mail.

The skills needed at one phase of the "career-success formula" are quite a bit different from those at another stage: all are situational skills. For example, the skills a student must possess to get a job offer differ greatly from the skills needed to perform on the job.  Find out what skills are really needed to achieve sucess in the workplace.

As if customizing your cover letters isn't enough, employers expect to be addressed by the right salutation?!

Personal branding describes the process by which you stand out from a crowd of job seekers.

The second of a five article series on how to Be a "Five-Tool" Player to find--and sore-- your dream job.  This article talks about fearlessness as a tool for success.

The third of a five article series on how to Be a "Five-Tool" Player to find--and score-- your dream job.  This article talks about making your game plan.

The fourth of a five article series on how to Be a "Five-Tool" Player to find--and score-- your dream job.  This article talks about executing your game plan.

If you have been a four-tool player up to now, you will be a five-tool player going forward. Your execution—which requires passion, fearlessness, and a game plan—will create choices.

Think of the baseball general manager as equivalent to the hiring manager for your dream job.  Employers are looking for talent, too.  But as a rookie coming out of school, you haven’t proven yourself yet.  You might have a resume that has important information (your stats from the past), but these are not a perfect indicator of how you will do on the job. So employers scout your potential and coachability.