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Job Search Video

"Three Steps to Job Fair Success"

The simple truth is that without preparing properly, you shouldn't expect to be successful at a job fair. It takes some effort on your part to get ready, but a job fair allows you to make first contact with multiple companies in just a few hours. Be confidant when you walk in to a job fair by watching our one-minute-video tip:

www.CollegeGrad.com/job-search-videos/three-steps-to-job-fair-success.shtml

CollegeGrad.com features more than 60 job tips in one minute video format. Review them all at:

www.CollegeGrad.com/job-search-videos

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Job Search Tip of the Week, by Brian Krueger, author of "College Grad Job Hunter," the #1 book for entry level job search:

"Best College Resumes"

Most college students utter an audible grunt the first time the "resume reality" hits them: "Uugghhh. I gotta do that resume thing." Do you really need a resume? Yes, you really need a resume. It will not get you the job, but you will not get the job without it. Anyone who tells you that you do not need a resume is out of touch with the entry level job market. Do not depend on it to magically produce the job offer for you, but know that anytime you make a serious job contact (including networking and interviews, both on campus and off), it will be a requirement.

Do not procrastinate on this important activity. Students often tend to wait until a resume is required before developing their resume. Then it is often cranked out with just the basics in hopes that it will free you to go on to the more important steps. But if you properly understand the purpose of the resume and where it fits into the entry level hiring process, you will see that it requires a great deal more thought and preparation than just "cranking it out."

Your resume is a professional reflection of you as the potential product: professional resume, professional product; poor resume, poor product. Take the time to develop your resume as the very best reflection of you.

From the perspective of the hiring company, your resume is your initial marketing brochure. Nothing more and nothing less. Once you view the resume from a marketing perspective, you are on your way toward developing one that is more effective. It cannot "make the sale" any more than a marketing brochure can sell you a car—there still has to be a look under the hood, a chance to kick the tires and the test drive. But if the marketing brochure is effective, you are already sold on the car before you enter the showroom. The same holds true for resumes.

Next newsletter: "The Very Best Way To Create Your Resume"

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Education Center

"Why Earning Your Master's Degree Makes Cents"

You know that continuing your education will improve your earning power, not to mention open new career doors, but is a master's degree really worth the investment? Research suggests it is. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a master's degree holder earns more than $10,000 more on average each year than one with a bachelor's degree alone, and nearly $500,000 over the course of his or her working life. Advanced education also improves your employment and advancement potential, opening up career doors you'd never imagined. What's more, online degree programs and flexible campus scheduling makes earning a degree while keeping your day job easier than ever before.

Find a Master's Program Today:

www.CollegeGrad.com/schools/masters.shtml

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- Job Search Book Online

There are at least two other entry level Web sites that offer books on job searching, proclaming that they will tell you everything you need to know about entry level job search.

However, there is a very important point about these books they don't mention up front: they cost money.

At CollegeGrad.com, we give you two things they don't:

  1. The #1 entry level job search book ("College Grad Job Hunter").
  2. It's free.

It's that simple. So don't buy the hype. Read the real information you need for FREE:

http://www.CollegeGrad.com/book

Don't ever pay for books or reports or resources of lower quality when you can access the very best quality information for free.

P.S. Yes, you can buy "College Grad Job Hunter" in hardcopy format as well at Amazon.com for $15 (actually, 30% off that price), but the online version is better. Why? Because the version at Amazon.com is being continually updated at CollegeGrad.com. So the most current version of the book is actually the online, free version.

Disclaimer: please note that all of the links were active as of the newsletter publication, but some may become inactive over time.


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