by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Note: In April 2005, Dr. Hansen amazingly celebrated his sixth anniversary of writing
The Career Doctor column. In that time he has written more than 150 columns, helping
more than 600 job-seekers with their college, career, and job-search problems by offering his free professional advice.
This article, the fourth in a series, addresses answers to common college, career, and job questions.
I have now been writing my career advice column,
Ask the Career Doctor, for
six years, and in that time I have received thousands of emails from all types of students, job-seekers,
and career counselors -- from teens struggling with part-time work or choosing a college to
older workers fighting age discrimination -- and everything and everyone in between! From
all of these email questions seeking advice, I offer you my annual list of 10 of the most
common career, college, and job-hunting ailments I get asked about -- and my cures and remedies.
I hope you'll find the answer to your problem or question in these 10 career ailments,
but if not, please feel free to send me an email to the
Career Doctor and
then continue reading my column while you await a response. You might also look
at some of the other 30 questions I have addressed in
Career Doctor Cures Part I,
Career Doctor Cures Part II,
and Career Doctor Cures Part III
in this series.
Finally, as you read these questions and answers, please remember that while I offer the
best advice to your questions, you should always seek multiple opinions to your job-hunting
and career problems… so take my free advice to heart, take two aspirins, and begin
your job-search anew in the morning!
10 Common College, Career, Job Questions
- Why do employers ask
oddball questions at job interviews -- and how should I handle them?
- How do I go
about finding an internship?
- What's the
deal with job-seekers and career portfolios?
- What's your
take on survival jobs?
- How
do I find time for job-hunting when I'm working fulltime?
- Where can
I get the experience I need to successfully change careers?
- Is there
a way to climb out of the low-wage cellar?
- How do
I make a salary counter-proposal?
- Can you
describe the process for finding job leads?
- Is
there a strategy for completing job applications?
See a list of
all
the most common college, career, and job questions -- and Dr. Hansen's solutions.
Who is the Career Doctor? Learn more, read his current career column, or browse the column
archives when you visit the Career Doctor's homepage.
Dr. Randall S. Hansen is a nationally recognized career and job-search expert.
He is Founder and Webmaster of Quintessential Careers, as
well as publisher of its electronic newsletter, QuintZine.
He writes a biweekly career advice column under the name,
The Career Doctor. He is also a tenured, professor
of marketing in the School of Business Administration at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.
He can be reached at randall@quintcareers.com.
Read more about Dr. Hansen.
