Even if you haven’t had your first professional job, chances are you’ve gained some transferable skills from internships, volunteering, classes, and even extracurriculars. Transferable skills, as the name suggests, are skills you can transfer from one job to another. These …
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The. Dreaded. Cover. Letter.
We all hope to find ways to stand out during our job search, and how best to convey “I’m perfect for this job!” to prospective employers. We also know that taking the …
This article allows you to quickly match a solution to whatever problem you might have in your search process. Save this one away to use throughout your search!
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Job postings by social-impact employers often come with a big list of must-have skills. After all, these employers are looking for people who can solve some pretty tough challenges.
But other than soft skills, what kind of experience and technical …
There are 2 things in the world that annoy me:
a full C1 before my 10:15am class in Ruby (and I’m not on it)
failing to align the right side of my resume
I’ve spent hours trying to align my …
Are you using the same resume to apply for internships and jobs that you used to apply to graduate school at Duke? Or are you using a revised resume, but one that is still quite similar. If that’s the case, …
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Whether you have been searching for months or days, take a moment to build a strong foundation for your search. Here are three areas to focus first:
Learn How To Search, Develop and Use Your Strategy
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Congratulations! You’ve got a stable search if you are:
confidently submitting online applications
reaching out to people at the organizations that most interest you to find a network of professional supporters irrespective of whether they have an active job posting …
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