Formatting Hack: Align Your Resume in 3 Steps!

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 …

By Qintian Zhang
Qintian Zhang Career Ambassador
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Developing a Professional Resume: Why the One You’re Using May Not Be Working

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, …

By Jenny Johnson (she/her)
Jenny Johnson (she/her) Assistant Director, Engineering Master's Career Services & Professional Development
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Communicate Your Experiences With an Online Portfolio – Elevate Your Impact Using This Job Seeking Tool

An online portfolio is a supplemental internship/job seeking tool that can be shared with potential employers and recruiters to showcase your achievements, projects, experiences, and skills. A portfolio allows you to highlight your impact and provide details that cannot be …

By Erin Carlini (she/her)
Erin Carlini (she/her) Assistant Director, Engineering Master's Career Services & Professional Development
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Gaining Momentum: Master These Search Fundamentals

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

Online applications are not …

By Cameo Hartz (she/her or they/them)
Cameo Hartz (she/her or they/them) Assistant Director, Engineering Master's Career Services & Professional Development
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Stabilizing: How to Improve Once You Find the Rhythm of your Search

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 …

By Cameo Hartz (she/her or they/them)
Cameo Hartz (she/her or they/them) Assistant Director, Engineering Master's Career Services & Professional Development
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Duke Career Hub The hub of career conversations, content and resources at Duke, including Career Communities. Learn about our Guiding …

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