Your Complete Guide to Writing a Cover Letter (Plus Bonus Tips & Examples)

Ah yes, the familiar cycle: You sit down to write a cover letter, open a blank document, check your email, browse cover letter examples, do some chores, watch that cursor blink a few more times, and finally Google something like …

By Lindsey Kowalik
Lindsey Kowalik Senior Director
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Should Job Seekers Use a Functional Resume in 2022?

It’s 2022, and competition is fierce, even for high-level positions. Half the battle in finding a new career is getting that callback. There are things you can do to improve your chances. For example, networking with the right people sometimes …

By Ivy Exec
Ivy Exec is your dedicated career development resource.
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5 Things You Need to Remove from Your Resume

A clear, concise resume is essential for landing interviews and job offers. Here are five things to remove from your resume to optimize your chances of taking the next step in your career.

1. Too many personal details

When putting …

By Firsthand
We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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Should You Use Canva for Your Resume? Here’s What You Need to Know

Creating your resume in Canva can feel like manifesting a makeover. What can seem like a plain and boring document suddenly looks colorful and eye-catching.

So as a career coach, when I meet with clients who’ve spiced things up by …

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GET AHEAD 3 tips for a ‘hyper-focused’ resume to grab recruiters’ attention at a job fair, according to a career coach

See the article from CNBC here. 

Your resume can make or break your chances of getting a new job opportunity. Though some hiring managers and recruiters may spend time thoroughly scanning your resume, at a career fair, you usually only …

By Vanessa Jimenez
Vanessa Jimenez STEM Coordinator of Student Engagement and Industrial Outreach
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How to write a resume for a summer job

It can sometimes feel like a rather daunting task if you’ve never written a resume before. Depending on how much work experience you have and what areas that experience falls in, resumes can end up being too long or short, …

By College Recruiter
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5 ways STEM/technical grads can develop soft skills employers covet

 

Good news for STEM grads: Those with degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math can expect to earn the highest starting salaries among 2017 grads. That’s according to the Winter 2017 Salary Survey report from the National Association of …

By College Recruiter
College Recruiter believes that every student and recent grad deserves a great career.
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How to Write a Resume to Beat an Automated Tracking System

The majority of applications for many jobs never get seen by a human. If you’ve ever submitted an application through a company’s website, there’s a strong chance that your resume was screened—and likely rejected—by an automated system. Here are some …

By Firsthand
We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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Is Programming Hard? A Guide To Getting Started in 2022

Programming forms the basis of many day-to-day tech activities. From the app, you use to order a pizza to the speech recognition that lets you dictate a text, many of the services we use every day have been created by …

By Springboard
Bridging the world's skills gap through affordable, high-quality, online education.
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The Most Important Parts of a Resume—Explained

There are a few things that are part of every resume: your name and contact information, your experience, your skills, and your education. But there are plenty of other optional yet still common components you might choose to include. What …

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