Advice

The Up Side of Outreach

Internal referrals are 5x more likely to get an interview and 12x more likely to be hired than online applicants.  Developing an advocate within your target company is critical to your job search success.  Conducting informational interviews is a great …

By Sarah Bugh
Sarah Bugh Associate Director & Career Coach
Read more

Keep Moving Forward

  In his For International Students Looking for Jobs During the Trump Presidency letter, Jia Jiang (the Rejection Guy), reached out to his friends (and other international students) that might be feeling anxious about their career prospects in the United States. …

By Mitch Lederman
Mitch Lederman Sr. Associate Director, Career Development & Coaching
Read more

Basic (but Very Effective) Job Search Tips

Navigating the job search process can be overwhelming!  When time is at a premium, the ability to focus on effective and high impact search strategies is essential.  In “6 Job Search Tips That Are So Basic People Forget Them,” Jenny Foss …

By Sarah Bugh
Sarah Bugh Associate Director & Career Coach
Read more

LinkedIn Gets a New Makeover!

LinkedIn has a new design and it is slowly being rolled out to members. It is currently not available to me but I know many of you may have been able to experience the new look. If you have questions …

By Sarah David
Sarah David Associate Director & Career Coach
Read more

Are You Fluent in Consultant Lingo?

It’s a must! If you are a prospective consultant, you must be able to speak the language during the interviews and site visits.  The lingo is quite common across firms.  To help you learn those unique consulting phrases,  Management Consulted …

By Kim Austin
Kim Austin Director
Read more

Is Your Job Search Stalled?

If your job search, career change, or other professional goal is stalled, look back at your follow-through. Did someone make a suggestion that you haven’t yet tried? Do you owe a networking contact a response? Have you been meaning to …

By Kim Austin
Kim Austin Director
Read more

The Power of Networking and Perseverance

This item showed up on my LinkedIn feed earlier this year.

“I reached out to 6,781 people on LinkedIn during my career search last year. I started at 4 AM and stopped at midnight daily. Out of all those people, …

By Mitch Lederman
Mitch Lederman Sr. Associate Director, Career Development & Coaching
Read more

Job Seekers: Know Your “In”

LinkedIn has introduced new insights to help with your job search.  No longer is it enough to simply know the job requirements.  In today’s job search, you also need to know if you have any connections at the company, if …

By Kim Austin
Kim Austin Director
Read more

Effective Email Communications for US Job Search

So much is communicated when conducting your job search via email.  Sometimes it’s not what you’re intending! Watch this brief video from Beyond B-School for insights.

By Desiree Wilson
Desiree Wilson Associate Director, Employer Services
Read more

Think Strategically About Your Career Development

Insights from Harvard Business Review on managing your career.

https://hbr.org/2016/12/think-strategically-about-your-career-development

By Desiree Wilson
Desiree Wilson Associate Director, Employer Services
Read more

Sidebar

Powered by uConnect| Manage CareerLaunch Alerts