Career Planning
Facing the job market can be challenging for a soon-to-be college graduate, but you can support your child with these helpful resources on choosing a career, finding a job and getting hired.
Choosing a Career
- My Next Move: An interactive tool for job seekers and students to learn more about their career options.
- It's the Skills that Count: Helping Your Kids Acquire the Skills Employers Want by Bill Coplin
- Beyond The Apprentice: What Young Employees Really Need to Know to Succeed in the Business World by Alexandra Levit
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- They Don't Teach Corporate in College – A Twenty-Something's Guide to the Business World by Alexandra Levit
- The Student Success Manifesto - How to Create a Life of Passion, Purpose and Prosperity by Michael Simmons
Finding a Job
- Networking Advice from an Expert Brad Karsh is considered the nation's leading expert on the job search process. He founded a company dedicated to helping college students land their dream job. In this article, Brad describes the importance of networking and gives some concrete examples of how it can help to turn up interview opportunities and put job offers on the table.
- The Dirty Dozen Online Job Search Mistakes
- CareerBuilder.com
- Hot Jobs.com
- Job-hunt.org
- MonsterTrak.com
- Monster.com
- Collegegrad.com
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Getting Hired
- The Art of the Interview by Alexandra Levit
- 4 Steps to Cringe-Free Networking by Alexandra Levit
- Making a Resume Stand Out By the time that Brad Karsh founded JobBound, he had read tens of thousands of resumes in his role as an HR executive for a major advertising agency. Now the author of Confessions of a Recruiting Director: The Insider's Guide to Landing Your First Job, Brad provides trenchant advice on what it takes for a resume to stand out from the pack.
- Answers to tough interview questions Forewarned is forearmed! The best way to prepare for a job interview is to know in advance what questions may be asked. Here are some of the most difficult your child could face.
- Frequently asked interview questions Fifty of the most standard job interview questions.
- Resume writing and posting tips Some excellent pointers about writing and distributing resumes.
- Salary negotiation strategies
- Sample cover letters Suggestions on how to write powerful cover letters.
- Types of interviews that companies conduct Useful information on the various kinds of job interviews that a candidate is likely to encounter, including a group or a panel interview, and how to prepare for them.
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Military Careers
For a comprehensive guide to careers in the military (types of jobs, a military career aptitude and compatibility quiz, explanation of benefits, etc.) visit www.militarycareers.com
- Army National Guard
- Air National Guard
- Air Force 800/423-8723
- Army 800/USA-ARMY
- Coast Guard 800/GET-USCG
- Marines 800/MARINES
- Navy 800/872-NAVY
