Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about Quintessential Careers.
What kind of information and resources can I find?
Quintessential Careers is one of the most comprehensive career development sites on the Web.
We offer helpful information, resources, and key links on all aspects of college and graduate studies,
on career exploration and assessment, and on job-hunting strategies and tools.
Quintessential Careers has resources for people of all ages -- from teens to older workers;
for job-seekers in all industries; and for job-seekers in all parts of the U.S. and around the world. Check out these:
What types of career resources do you have?
Quintessential Careers offers a comprehensive career toolbox, including:
Find our entire catalog of resources in our Career
Resources Toolkit.
How do I find the best job boards and resume posting sites?
Quintessential Careers is constantly searching the Web for the best job sites for job-seekers.
Here's how we categorize the job boards for you:
Can I search for jobs with your site?
Job-seekers who are searching for internships, part-time, and full-time positions can
use our job-hunting portal to find job listings employers across the U.S.
Looking for employment?
Use the
Quintessential Careers Job-Hunting Portal.
Can I post my resume on your site?
Job-seekers who are seeking to maximize the job-search should consider posting your
resume on one or more job sites. Our job-hunting portal allows you to post your
resume -- and other career correspondence materials -- with full confidence...
and confidentiality.
Post your resume today!
What college or graduate school information do you have?
Quintessential Careers publishes numerous articles on all aspects of college and graduate studies,
from finding the best program for your needs to succeeding once in school. We also provide links
to the best college and graduate school sites. We even have information about distance learning
and educational resources for older students.
Go to our college planning resources
page, or go to one of these pages:
Where can I find free job-hunting samples and examples?
Quintessential Careers truly believes that sometimes the best learning comes from seeing and doing,
thus we provide numerous samples and examples -- of all types of college, career, and job-search
activities.
We offer:
- Job-Search Correspondence Samples and Examples
- Job Interview Question Samples and Examples
- Other Job-Search Samples and Examples
- College and Grad School Samples and Examples
Find them all in this section of our site: Job-Hunting
Samples and Examples.
Do you have any career tests and quizzes?
Quintessential Careers offers numerous tests and quizzes on all aspects of job-hunting, including:
- Career Change Quiz
- Career Coaching Quiz
- Consultant/Free Agent Quiz
- Cover Letter Quiz
- Distance Learning Self-Assessment Quiz
- International Job-Seeker Quiz
- Job Flexibility Quiz
- Job-Hunting Etiquette Quiz
- Job Interviewing Quiz
- Job Skills Quiz
- Marketability Test for Job-Seekers
- Resume Writing and Strategy Quizzes
- Salary Negotiation, Compensation, and Job Offer Quiz
- Workplace Values Assessment
Take one of our tests or quizzes today by going to: Tests
and Quizzes for Job-Seekers.
Where can I find a list of all your college, career, and job-search articles?
Quintessential Careers has more than 100 articles on all aspects of college, career development, and
job-searching. We average about one new article a week. Articles basically fall into one of these
categories:
You can find an alphabetical listing of all our articles here:
College, Career, and Job-Related Articles.
Is there a way for me to keep informed when you add new resources to the site?
Quintessential Careers publishes a free biweekly e-zine, QuintZine, that keeps visitors updated on
new articles, tutorials, tips, links, and all other new additions added to Quintessential Careers.
Learn more about QuintZine.
Get your free subscription to QuintZine
today!
How do I find the definition of a job-search term?
Quintessential Careers is a depository for all things college, career, and job related. Thus,
we have a very detailed Job-Seeker's
Glossary of Job-Hunting Terms.
Where can I find the best college, career, or job book?
Quintessential Careers realizes that some people may prefer getting career, college, or job
advice through traditional channels, such as books. Books also have the luxury of covering a
subject in much greater depth. Thus, we do our best to review and include only the very best
career, college, and job books in our bookstore.
Go to our Career and Job-Hunting Bookstore.
For in-depth reviews of some of the books we recommend, please go to:
Quintessential Reading -- Career and Job Book Reviews.
Who can I hire to get help with my resume or cover letter?
The management team behind Quintessential Careers has more than 40 years of combined career
and job-hunting experience, and thus, besides offering job-seekers a comprehensive collection
of free resources, we also provide a variety of paid services.
Quintessential Resumes & Cover Letters,
our sister site, offers job-seekers the chance to hire experienced career professionals to help
jump-start your job-search with professionally produced original resumes, cover letters, and other
job-search correspondence.
How do I ask a career, college, or job related question?
As yet another service to our loyal visitors, Quintessential Careers helps sponsor
The Career Doctor.
The Career Doctor -- Quintessential Careers Webmaster Dr. Randall Hansen -- answers
visitor questions on a wide variety of college, career, and job topics. While he does not
have the time to answer individual questions, he does respond to two questions per week and
publishes his responses online and in print.
For more details, please visit The Career Doctor.
How can I learn more about this site?
Quintessential Careers, which has been online since 1996, offers visitors such a wide
array of career, college, and job resources, advice, tips, articles, tutorials, and more.
In fact, some visitors comments about having such a great wealth of information that a visitor
could easily get lost for hours on our site.
To learn more about everything Quintessential Careers offers, to learn more about the history
of the site, or to simply learn more about the QuintCareers.com management team, go to:
All About this Site.
I'm an employer. Can I post job openings on your site?
Quintessential Careers, while mainly focused on students and job-seekers, also keeps track
of critical resources for employers, including the ability to post your job openings on our
job-hunting portal.
Post a job listing.
Also see our A Resource Guide for Employers
and our collection of Employment Job
Resource Guides/Books for Employers.
