Note that, while many tools are available now, this article is compiled also from the advice and experience in many articles listed in Google searches for “online interviews.” I also got wonderful suggestions, both from colleagues I know face-to-face and…
More important than the title on your degree... Ask yourself "What skills have I gained?" and then focus on the skills you most want to use. Historians have a wide range of transferable skills, 99% of which are marketable. The…
Books The Start-Up of You, Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha I’m on LinkedIn – Now What? Jason Alba How to REALLY Use LinkedIn Jan Vermeiren and Bert Verdonck (free download at http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/) LinkedIn Success Wayne Breithbart Job Searching With Social…
It was so easy to find grim news on tenure-track jobs for academics in general (not just historians and anthropologists), that I'm going to include links to a few of the best and yet the most depressing articles, just for…
I've just discovered LinkedIn's new blog of networking success stories (only 5 so far), written by members of LinkedIn, who have achieved something desirable while using LinkedIn. Interestingly, only one is a job-getting success. You can find them all linked…
I recently got this question and am sorry to tell you that the only possible answer is, "It depends." I have seen both extremes in the government hiring process (when I was a career counselor at a major university). The…
Especially if you are in grad school in the US, it is in your best interest to know about how H-1B visas work, if you hope to work in the US for 1-2 years after you attain your degree. The…
“Assessment” Tools for Discovering and Articulating Strengths http://www.reachcc.com/360reach 360 Reach Personal Branding assessment tool (Basic tool is free) http://www.dependablestrengths.org/ Dependable Strengths (self-assessments) http://www.strengthsfinder.com/home.aspx Clifton StrengthsFinder (1.0 and 2.0) Code accessed through several books by Marcus Buckingham, Douglas Clifton and/or…
Outline of talk to the grad students of the UW School of Pharmacy PORPP, May 6, 2011. (Note: two additional pages of good information sources have been added, and if you were there and have further questions, please do feel…
NCEEA-Trends in Resumes & Cov lts This was actually a presentation for the NCEEA Conference in Seattle, WA, in April of 2010.