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Job Search Tips: Post-Grad Guide

March 14th, 2012
Five Important Job Hunting Tips

You have your diploma in hand, your things are boxed up and crammed into a U-Haul, and you’re ready to go out into the world. Only one problem – you don’t have a job yet.

While it would be ideal to graduate from college with an offer already lined up, the fact is that most people have a period of uncertainty and unemployment after they graduate. The important thing is not to fall into panicking or moping about it. Instead, pick yourself up, write a great resume, and then start your job hunt. Need help starting out? Check out this list of the top five pieces of advice for new graduates on the process of searching for a job.

Time to hang up that cap and get working!

1.      Utilize your college’s career center. If possible, check this one out while you’re still on campus, but keep it in mind » Read more: Job Search Tips: Post-Grad Guide

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Career Assessment: Help Choosing The Best Career Certification

March 12th, 2012

By Kevin Cevich

With all of the career certifications popping up all over television and the Internet, is can become very confusing as to which program may be right for you. This post will not list out career certifications, but rather help you analyze your options and figure out if the claims made by these individuals are accurate. There is nothing worse than spending your money for a class and finding out you have only solved one piece of the puzzle and you need something else to get an actual job.

Actual Demand

The first step towards evaluating the certification should be to look at Monster or any other job » Read more: Career Assessment: Help Choosing The Best Career Certification

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Job Search Tips: Managing Job Search Pressure

March 1st, 2012

By Eugene Calvini

So you’re out on a job search, you have nothing lined up and you’ve no idea when unemployment is going to end. It’;s very easy in this situation to go to a very dark place and spiral into a vicious cycle of losing motivation to find a job where motivation is a key area potential employers look for when hiring. Let’s go over things to help cope with your career or job search.

Feeling Down is Natural

Realizing situational depression is normal and indeed expected will help you cope with it when it happens. Unless you have a history of clinical depression, then psychologists explain that it’s an expected space to be in when the job search endeavor is taking place with no projected sure outcome; don’t be surprised by your own depression, harness it » Read more: Job Search Tips: Managing Job Search Pressure

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