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Helping New College Graduates Get Teaching Jobs

August 5, 2011 By Dan Toussant Leave a Comment

Are a college student beginning your job search, or would you like to land an internship related to your major? We at The Interview Doctor can help you. Here’s some feedback from a college professor who utilized Katherine Burik, one of our Interview Doctors, to help her students. Let us know if we can help [...]

Filed Under: 6. Job Interviewing Tagged With: interview preparation, Interview Techniques, new college grads, new college graduates

‘From Nobody to Somebody in the Job Market’

February 10, 2011 By Dan Toussant Leave a Comment

When you are competing with the world for that first (or next) really interesting professional position, you need to think creatively. New Grad Life blogs a post that caught my eye: ‘Eight Job Tips that Work.’ At least four of the eight are helpful reminders, kind of No-Brainers: (a) Business Cards, (b) Clean Up Your [...]

Filed Under: 2. Your Resume, 3. A Personal Marketing Plan, 5. Network Interviewing, 6. Job Interviewing Tagged With: interview preparation, new college graduates, personal marketing plan, resume

Gaming skills a key to effective job seeking?

January 8, 2011 By Dan Toussant Leave a Comment

Do you envision your job search as a game, such as the complex challenge of a World of Warcraft video game? If you choose that mindset, you will be a far more effective job seeker. It’s a given that effective job seeking is an entertaining enterprise. Nearly every day you talk with someone new. Every [...]

Filed Under: 3. A Personal Marketing Plan, 4. Informational Interviewing, 5. Network Interviewing Tagged With: informational interviews, networking skills, new college graduates, personal marketing plan, World of Warcraft

Accomplishments…why they are important and what they mean to your job search.

February 18, 2010 By Norma Sweeny Leave a Comment

An easy way to think about accomplishments is to remember “SAR“… “Situation, Action, Results“. Describe a situation or problem that occurred in your job . . .

Filed Under: 2. Your Resume, 5. Network Interviewing Tagged With: job transition, laid off, new college graduates, resume, resumes, SAR

Tell Me about Yourself – the Two Minute Drill

February 11, 2010 By Sylvia Good Leave a Comment

When interviewing for a position as a new college graduate, employers often will ask you an initial question to find out how prepared you are to sell yourself for that open position. This question comes in a statement format: “Tell me about yourself.”

Filed Under: 5. Network Interviewing, 6. Job Interviewing Tagged With: 2 minute drill, graduating from college, interview preparation, interview skills, interviewing, Interviewing skills, job interview, new college graduates

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