It can sometimes be challenging to come up with ways to describe your accomplishments, especially those from academic settings. Here are a handful of resume phrases that may be helpful for students majoring in Psychology:
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Guest Author: CareerAlley
Guest Author: CareerAlley This is the second post in the Job Search Marketing Toolkit series and today’s post will focus on Cover Letters. While not as important as your resume, your cover letter is typically the first thing a recruiter or company HR representative sees. If it is missing or poorly put together it is unlikely they will even look at your resume so it is important to get this right. Cover letters generally date back to the days of “snail mail” (for more on Snail Mail, please see my post – Job Hunting with “Snail mail”) but have made the transition to the Internet as the content of your email sent when forwarding your resume. It’s that time again when I ask U. This week, I’m wondering where you go FIRST for career advice? Are you more likely to ask for help from your parents, alumni, professors? Please fill out the embedded poll and leave comments below! |
Okay, so you graduated in May and still don’t have a job. Just your luck to graduate in the worst economy since the Great Depression. But, believe it or not, there are jobs out there and one of them has your name on it. “Ha” you say? I kid you not. You just need to focus your approach in the right place, redouble your efforts and you will be on your way. The job search process has changed dramatically over the last 5 years and technology drives the process. No one is better equiped to leverage the Web in the most efficient way then today’s college grads. Key word search is today’s focus.