Applying for a job when you have no, or limited, experience is daunting. Here we look at a crucial part of your application—the cover letter. It's an excellent tool for showing your suitability for the role and the organization, even …
Navigating the early stages of a new job offer can feel like walking a tightrope, balancing between excitement and the drive to secure the best possible terms for yourself. But negotiating your starting salary is more than just a financial …
Did you know that a staggering 50% of job terminations are attributed to poor habits in the workplace? Picture this: you’re diligently working away, but unbeknownst to you, your seemingly harmless habits are quietly chiseling away at your job security …
How To Include Volunteer Work on Your Resume
Unpaid volunteering roles can reveal much about a graduate’s character.
While the barriers to entry for volunteering roles are lower, the fact that you are giving up your precious time for a …
If you’ve read even a few articles or books about how to search for a new job, you’ve undoubtedly read how important it is to network. Unfortunately, many of these articles fail to define just what that means or provide …
If you’re on the job hunt and are wondering whether you really need to send a post-interview thank-you email, the answer is a resounding yes! Now that we got that out of the way, use these helpful tips and the …
Any serious job search can be a stressful endeavor. You’re putting yourself and your experience out there for all to see, and it can sometimes feel like you’re under a giant microscope. Not only that, but you’re in competition with …
When you’re first creating a document—even an important one like your resume or cover letter—you might give it a placeholder file name while you’re working on it. So if you’re job searching, you probably have at least one document named …
One of the biggest mistakes that college and university students and recent graduates and others early in their careers make when trying to land an internship is to be too passive during the interview process. A good recruiter or hiring …
Whether you’re looking for an internship, your first post-college job, or even a part-time summer position, you need a resume. This indispensable document isn’t just an accounting of your skills and abilities. It also helps a recruiter or hiring manager …