Dual Career Service Job Search Tips

A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

-Confucius

 

Job Hunting at UCSC
General Job Hunting Tips
Resume Writing Tips
C.V. Writing Tips
Cover Letter and Interview Thank You Letter Tips
Letter of Recommendation Tips
Interview Tips

General Interview Tips
Academic Interview Tips
Informational Interview Tips

General Job Hunting Tips

• Jobtrak
Advise on how to conduct an effective job search.
• Quintessential Careers
A career and job-hunting resources guide.
• BrilliantPeople.com

Great job search tips and information about working with recruiters.

• Finding a job in 8 easy steps

Resume Writing Tips

• Career Mosaic
Resume writing center provides tips for making a great first impression.
• Career Builder
Career Builder offers this collection of wisdom for fine-tuning a resume into a winner.
• BrilliantPeople.com
Helpful site explains the various types of resume types and formats.
• UCSC Career Center
Resume guide.
• Resume Tutor©
Resource from the University of Minnesota.

C.V. Writing Tips

• C.V. Tips
Tips for writing a successful curriculum vitae.
• Curriculum Vitae & Resume
Tips from the Graduate Information Program at UCSC..

Cover Letter and Interview Thank You Letter Tips

• Quintessential Careers
A formula for creating dynamic cover letters
• So You Wanna.com
Cover letter tips.
• CareerLab
200 sample letters for all sorts of career situations.
• UCSC Career Center
Cover letter guide.

Letter of Recommendation Tips

• Learn2.com
Good advise about how to write a letter of recommendation. Might be helpful to forward this information to anyone you ask to write a letter on your behalf.

Interview Tips

General Interview Tips
• Job Interview Net
Job interview question bank by field.
• Kaplan Careers
http://www1.kaplan.com/view/article/1,1898,537,00.html
• Career Builder
Common job interview questions.
• Job Interviews for Dummies
Large job interview question bank.
• UCSC Career Center
Interview guide - although geared towards students, the guide has good suggestions and sample questions.

Academic Interview Tips
• otal.umd.edu/~sies/jobquess.html
Questions one should be prepared to answer at an academic job interview prepared by Mary Corbin Sies.

Informational Interview Tips
• www.damngood.com/dgrguide/infointerview.html
Purpose of and process for scheduling informational interviews.
• danenet.wicip.org/jets/jet-9407-p.html
More information about informational interviewing. Sample questions to ask on your informational interview.
• www.advancingwomen.com/career/career_interview.html
Informational interviews explained by the Advancing Women web site with nice links to other helpful sites.

Career Networking Tips

• Monster.com
Networking timeline and resources.

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