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How to Approach End-of-Year Salary Negotiations
Tips on negotiating salary or discussing year-end bonuses with employers. By Ellie Santonato Negotiating salary or discussing year-end bonuses can be a delicate yet crucial aspect of professional growth. As the end of the year approaches, employees often find themselves contemplating their achievements and contributions, making it an opportune time to address compensation. Here are…
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Managing Burn Out During a Job Search
By Megan Boone “Searching for a job is essentially a full time job.” While this may not always be technically true, it often can feel this way. Let’s face it, searching for a job can be overwhelming, challenging, and exhausting. Depending on the current job market and current trends of hiring, the job search process…
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How to Find Shadowing Opportunities
By Jocelyn Torres-Barbosa Searching for shadowing opportunities? Job shadowing is a unique way for students to explore different professions and gain a better insight into a specific field. Many professionals are open to helping out those exploring and seeking careers. This is a great opportunity to see what something is like without the long term…
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Compassion in Action: Social Work vs. Counseling – A Comprehensive Comparison
By: Kate Quick Many aspiring helping professionals struggle to understand the difference between Social Work and Counseling. While these fields are similar, there are key things that distinguish them, and it is important for students to understand these differences so that they make smart decisions on which career to pursue. Let us begin with the…
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Navigating the Haunting World of Interviews: A Student’s Guide to Interviewing
By: Flavio Diaz In the world of career development, interviews can often feel like venturing into a haunted house, filled with eerie uncertainties and unexpected surprises. Just as a brave soul would prepare for a spooky adventure, students need to be well-equipped for the challenges that come with the traditional recruiting timeline. This blog post…
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How to Craft a Stand Out Personal Statement
By Megan Boone Applying to Graduate School? Oftentimes, personal statements are an essential piece of your application needed to apply to many graduate programs. You may be asking yourself, what is a personal statement? How does a personal statement differ from a resume or CV? How should a personal statement be formatted? A personal statement…
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