Author Archives: Jordan Sakowitz
Effective Immediately-How to Prepare for Your Entry Level Job
College prepares us for a lot of things. How to live on a tight budget, clean vomit out of a rug, rig up a beer pong table using everyday household items like MacGyver, oh, and even perform feats of math with no apparent real world applications and other questionably useful academic niceties.
Yeah, being a fresh college grad, I can tell you firsthand that this is what $200K in tuition buys these days. If you’re fortunate enough to be able to go work for Daddy Co. after graduation, this isn’t really a problem. Party on. However, if you are like most kids, you’ll be graduating into a corporate hierarchy in which you are an unknown, unproven, assumed-to-be-worthless entity. There will be expectations regarding how to interact, how to work, how to dress, how to cope with problems, and your diploma will not be able to help you here. Not an enviable position by any standards.
Fortunately, there is a solution to this issue, and it comes in paperback form courtesy of co-authors Skip Lineberg and Emily Bennington.
Resume Preparation: Top 10 Posts for Persuasive Resumes
Anyone can send in a resume, but what makes the difference between viable job candidates who land an interview and those whose CVs get lost in cyberspace is how persuasive the resume is. Everything from utilizing correct grammar and the right font to understanding how to quantify your job accomplishments is important. Keep reading for tips from the best resume and career bloggers, and use their posts as guides for sending in a persuasive resume.
Externships: Unlocking the Back Door to an Internship–Job Search Tips
My boss told me that the Human Resource team hires people who have a champion.
What? I was confused. A champion? Yes, he explained. A champion is someone inside the corporation who promotes the potential hire’s application to the company.
Tips for Interview – Top 5 Interview Thank You Notes
I guarantee that, all else being equal, or even if you are slightly better than your competition, if you fail to write a thank-you note and they do write one, they will get the offer.
