Job Search Advice

Jessica Hunter (JH): Jesse, for those of us that have not had the pleasure of meeting or working with you, please tell us a little bit about who you are and how you got to where you are today.

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1. Research the standard pay for a similar role in your location.

This is pretty straightforward, you can do this through glassdoor, google, or industry-specific communities in your area (e.g. LA Marketers, Paris Growth Hackers, Denver Agile Developers, etc.).

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Sending your resume into the job search ether—and hearing nothing—can be disheartening. But you don’t have to sit on pins and needles waiting for a response. If you’ve applied for a job and haven’t heard from the hiring manager in …

Are you struggling to find your unofficial transcript? If you have located this document, are you struggling to print it or save it as a PDF?

If you answered “Yes” to the either of these questions, please follow the steps …

Need an internship but also starting that post-grad job search? Do both! 

The Department of the Auditor General is now looking for driven, undergraduate college students like yourself. Gain valuable experience as a paid intern, then get hired full-time after …

When you need to provide references to a potential employer, the best way to do it is to create a reference list to share with them. You don’t want to include the list on your resume. Create a separate list …

Before the Event
1. Find Out What Companies Will Be There

Review a list of all the companies who will be attending prior to the event, and prioritize the ones you want to approach. And while a career fair is …

When evaluating potential employment, you must be careful to avoid scams and fraudulent postings. While Edinboro University makes every attempt to block them, scammers constantly find new ways to bypass the system. Fake job postings can be found not only …

3 Things To Do When You’re Ghosted Post-Job Interview was originally published on Firsthand.

Being ‘ghosted’ is a new and unpleasant way of ending a relationship in the digital age. It happens when someone stops responding to your communications. And, …

By Monica Torres

07/23/2021 05:45am EDT | Updated August 9, 2021

If you look for a job long enough, you’re bound to run into the phrase “pay is competitive.”

This vaguely promising but subjective line appeared in more than 500 job …