Getting that first step into a career can be a dizzy maze of uncertainty. Where do you start looking for vacancies? What are the hiring managers looking for in their candidates and how do you approach the interviews? These are all good questions to ask. You could probably learn some of the answers with some […]
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After your graduation, one of the things that you immediately did was search for a job in an online job website or a classified ad. Like your fellow fresh graduates, you are exhilarated with the idea of having your first ever job and eventually, your first paycheck. But only after you started working did you
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Before you enrolled into graduate school, you must have heard that it will probably be the most difficult educational challenge you’ve faced so far. That is true. Graduate school is expensive, requires a lot of work and devotion, and doesn’t quite permit you to attend parties and blow off classes the next morning to sleep
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‘Entry level’: The very word suggests that you will continue on in this same firm or industry, having opened the door, and having walked through. What is the reality, however? In all too many cases, the phrase ‘entry level’ translates into ‘the work that no one else wants to do’. From the perspective of the
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Freelancers are an interesting group of people. They hate the concept of having a boss looking over their shoulders and have excellent self-discipline. If you’re thinking of entering the wonderful world of freelancing, consider these 14 career options. It isn’t an exhaustive list of career options, but they’ll give you a good place to start.
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In my experience recent graduates are giving up on looking for a job before really doing any true searching. Using Craigslist and other sites to feel like they are searching, but in reality only giving half-hearted efforts. Who can blame them? Recently you can’t turn on the TV without seeing how high unemployment is and
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Congratulations! You’ve graduated! Now, what classes are you taking this fall? If you’re a bit confused, I don’t blame you. After all, you just got done with classwork, right? You’ve been inside a classroom since you first started preschool, and now we’re suggesting you take more classes after graduation? Believe it or not, taking a class
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There could be myriad situations stimulating the need for you to plan your career abroad. Better career prospects, standard of living, social and economic laws of the country and better working conditions are few enticing factors which might make you consider to relocate overseas. The process of building your career abroad encompasses massive research work
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Hooray for you – you have made it to graduation. You have a degree in hand, and everything that this represents, to offer the world of work. Now, how to launch your career? Along with making polite networking calls to everyone you know who might be in the position to hire, or be acquainted with
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I postponed graduating as long as possible without seeming like I was the dumb one in a class of 20,000. I knew what life after college would look like, even for someone with a degree. When I graduated in 2008, I spent about seven months looking for a job. After a while, though, I knew
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