How to Deal With Questions About Your Job Search During the Holidays
Dec 03, 2024
The holiday season is a time for joy and festivities. Until an extended family member asks the dreaded question over dinner: "So, how is your job search coming along?"
Finding a Job 101: How to Identify Opportunities and Position Yourself Competitively in Your Search
Sep 16, 2024
You go to college hoping that by the time you graduate, you’ll know exactly what you want to do and your dream job will be waiting for you. Unfortunately, that’s not always how it works out. Maybe you’ve spent your college career acquiring specific skills and you know exactly what you want to do, but you’re having trouble getting responses from employers. Maybe you’re unsure exactly what you want to do after graduation, so your job search is stalled.
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Industry Guide: Careers in Insurance
In a world which is filled with unexpected risks, many people are looking for ways to keep their money safe and reduce their chance of experiencing financial losses. Insurance is the field which helps people and companies protect themselves from unexpected risks, by allowing customers to purchase insurance products and receive financial claims if a loss arises.
How To Stand Out To Recruiters at Virtual Events
With career fairs and info sessions taking place online, forming personal connections with recruiters might feel like a challenge. But it's possible to stand out from the virtual crowd and increase your chances of landing an interview even without a face-to-face meeting.
50 Companies That Put on Awesome Remote Internships
Taking an entire internship program online isn't easy. But when COVID-19 forced work & life online back in March, thousands of companies had to quickly adapt their internship programs to the circumstances. For the employers that were able to keep their internship programs running, they were tasked with figuring out everything from remote work logistics to programming changes to online community building. Despite these challenges, companies rose to the occasion and gave their interns a truly unforgettable summer, both personally and professionally.
The Top 5 Job search lessons from the 2008 Recession
With a previously rosy job market facing the highest unemployment levels in decades due to COVID-19, many new graduates and college seniors are experiencing a sudden need to change their job search strategies. Some strategies which were not necessary only a few months ago are now critical for candidates seeking new career opportunities while competing with millions of others who are unemployed.
Where Will the Jobs Be? 6 Ways Job Seekers Can Stay Ahead of the COVID-19 Curve
With the economic turbulence caused by COVID-19, many job seekers, including college students, are wondering where to look for potential new opportunities. While the job market is greatly in flux and hard to predict, savvy job seekers may think about how the pandemic is shaping society to attempt to predict where the jobs might be in the future. By looking ahead, they can build connections with the strongest employers and prepare themselves for new opportunities which might emerge.
12 Tips for Succeeding in a Virtual Final Round Interview
If you have been invited for a final round interview, congratulations! It means you have presented yourself well so far and the company thinks you may be a great fit for the role. You should commend yourself for making it this far, but don’t get overconfident. At this stage, you will be up against the strongest competition.
3 Reasons Community Leaders Succeed in the Job Market
Community leaders have the power to connect people around an idea or an activity. In the business world, that means creating a community of digital marketers, aspiring fashion designers, or thought leaders on inclusion in the workplace. No matter the topic, the person behind the scenes of a live event has the initiative to transform an idea into a community-building moment. The skills that community leaders demonstrate when organizing events are the same skills that lead to successful careers.
16 Companies Offering Free or Discounted Services to College Students During COVID-19
There’s no doubt that 2020 is one of the most challenging years to be a college student in recent history: Classes have switched to online, graduations are now virtual, some internship programs have been canceled, and unemployment is at an all-time high. Luckily, some companies are stepping in to offer free or discounted services—from coding classes to WiFi—to current college students or recent grads struggling with remote learning and a tumultuous job market. Here’s a sampling of what’s out there.
5 Common Phrases You Should Never Use in a Cover Letter
As you would expect, recruiters and hiring managers receive an overwhelming amount of cover letters after posting a job. To make sure they're choosing the very best candidates to move on to the next round, they need to be picky — so picky in fact, that they can reject an entire application for one simple phrase that doesn't just sit right with them. It's harsh, but it's true.
