How to Add Extracurricular Activities to Your Resume—So They Actually Help Your Job Search

How to Add Extracurricular Activities to Your Resume—So They Actually Help Your Job Search was originally published on The Muse, a great place to research companies and careers. Click here to search for great jobs and companies near you.

When …

By Milo Orr
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How—and When—to Include Projects on Your Resume (Plus Examples!)

How—and When—to Include Projects on Your Resume (Plus Examples!) was originally published on The Muse, a great place to research companies and careers. Click here to search for great jobs and companies near you.

If you’ve completed a project you’re …

By Milo Orr
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3 Things To Do When You’re Ghosted Post-Job Interview

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 Milo Orr
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What It Really Means When Companies Say ‘Pay Is Competitive’ In Job Listings

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 …

By Milo Orr
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Average Salary by Education Level: The Value of a College Degree

By Tim Stobierski published June 2, 2020

If you’re considering going back to college, you may be considering the various arguments for and against the value of earning a bachelor’s degree.

Many professionals cite “the ability to make more money” as …

By Milo Orr
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First-Generation College Grads Face More Hurdles in the Job Market

CHRISTELLE LOUIS’ SINGLE mother, a Haitian immigrant and certified nursing assistant at a nursing home, never went to college. But she always pushed her daughter to get the education she needed for a good job—maybe as a doctor or an engineer.

By Christina Moreschi
Christina Moreschi Director of Career Events and Outreach
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3 Ways to Retain Essential Information During the Job Search

Organization is key when you’re on the job search, especially if you’re holding out for the right role and may be on the hunt for months. It’s easy to lose track of important details about job postings when you’re applying …

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Internship Experience the Most Influential Factor in Tough Hiring Decisions

When choosing between two otherwise equally qualified candidates, employers deem having an internship with its organization or within its industry to be the most influential factors, according to NACE’s Job Outlook 2022 report.

Those attributes, however, were the only two …

By Christina Moreschi
Christina Moreschi Director of Career Events and Outreach
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The 3 Must-Haves on Your Handshake Profile

Want to quickly and easily increase your chances of finding the job you want on Handshake? Add your job interests to your profile.

When you fill in your interests, two really great things happen:
We send you better, more relevant …

By Christina Butler
Christina Butler Customer Success Manager
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