WELCOME!

Week 1:  Your Career Toolkit

Resources and guidance on how to:

- Write an impactful resume

- Dazzle the audience with your cover letter

- Prepare for that big interview

- and more! 

Week 2:  Standing out from the crowd:  How to build your brand

• Creating a Portfolio on LinkedIn with Jessica Norton (Video)

• Candid Career Video “Building Your Personal Brand” (Video)

• How to Create a Compelling LinkedIn Profile (PowerPoint Slide Deck)

Week 3:  What Employers are Looking For When Hiring

• Human Resources Panel: Resume & Cover Letter Tips (with Associate Director for Employer Relations, Tiffany Appleton)

• What is Professionalism? (Video)

• "Career Readiness Defined" by NACE (National Assocation of Colleges & Employers) (PDF)

Week 4: How to Be Successful in a Virtual Career Fair

• Kforce Internal Recuiter Shares Virtual Career Fair Tips (Video)

• Land's End Assistant Retail Merchant Describes Experiences in Virtual Career Fair (Video)

• FlexJobs.com | Virtual Job Fairs: The Benefits to Job Seekers & Tips for Success (*and link to register for their Virtual Job Fair on April 16th) (Video)

• GettingHired.com | 10 Tips to Prepare for a Virtual Career Fair (Blog)

• UMass Amherst & Parker Dewey have partnered to provide opportunities for "Micro-Internships" (Find out More + Register + Enroll) 

• TheBalanceCareers.com | Tips for Text Messaging and Interviewing with Recruiters (Article) 

Week 5: Job Searching Resources

• FULL LIST: Job Search Websites for Full-Time and Internship Positions (PDF)

• VIRTUAL Job & Internship Website Resources (PDF)

• Candid Career | Job Searching 101 (Video)

• Candid Career | Landing a Job with No Experience (Video)

• Basic Overview of Handshake (Video)

• How to Set Up a Handshake Profile (Video)

• Effectively Searching for Jobs and Internships with Handshake (Video)

   

   

Week 6: Networking

• Networking Beyond LinkedIn (PowerPoint Slide Deck with Audio)

• Networking 101 (Video)

• How To: Informational Interview/ Related to Networking (Video) 

• How to Introduce Yourself (Video)

• YOU CAN DO IT! (Video)

Week 7: Interviewing

• What Not to Do in an Interview (Video)

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• An Employer's Input (Video)

• Virtual Interviews (Video)

• Answering Tough Behavioral Interview Questions (Video)

• What Would YOU Say? More Tough Questions (Video)

• Second Interviews (Video)

• For more interviewing tips (and to practice, practice, practice!) check out UMass Amhert's Big Interview Resrouce

Week 8: Deciding Between Job Offers & Negotiating Offers

• Juggling Job Offers (Video)

• Negotiating Salary (Video)

• UMass Guidelines for Accepting or Declining an Offer (PDF)