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Q-Tips: Quick and Quintessential Tips to Guide Your Job Search and Work Life

 

Job-hunting tips from the April 18, 2011, issue of QuintZine.

 

 

 

"Thanks to improved job opportunities," reports The Christian Science Monitor's Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, "this year's crop of college graduates won't have to hit the pavement quite as hard as their counterparts did in the past few years. Their spring job outlook is the best it's been since 2007, with employers planning to hire 10 to 20 percent more new graduates this year than they did last year, according to two recent surveys." Some "hot" majors include e-commerce, entrepreneurism, math, and public relations. Khadaroo's slide-show-style article offers a breakdown of hiring and salary prospects for various industries, college majors, and skill sets.

 

 

 

On Monster Thinking, a Monster.com blog, Charles Purdy offers 10 tips for new grads to stand out from the crowd:

1. Make yourself easy to find online.
2. Clean up your social profiles.
3. Avoid the temptation to go “undercover” online.
4. Start blogging.
5. Match your avatars.
6. Network offline.
7. Prepare a great elevator pitch.
8. Dress the part.
9. Ask for informational interviews.
10. Maintain connections in a genuine way.

 

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AfterCollege offers The Employer Popularity Index -- the most popular companies on college campuses, according to 50,795 respondents. The companies are graphically represented, and the bigger the company's font size, the more popular it is. You can click on any company name to learn its exact numerical rank and more about it. You can also filter the list by the type of student you are (e.g., business, tech) or the type of company (e.g., financial, healthcare) that Interests you.

 

Go to The Employer Popularity Index.

 

 

 

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Maximize your career and job-search knowledge and skills! Take advantage of The Quintessential Careers Content Index, which enables site visitors to locate articles, tutorials, quizzes, and worksheets in 35 career, college, job-search topic areas.

 

 

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