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Career Decision Making

• Career Decision Making Worksheet
• Identify Your Transferable Skills
• Identify Your Personal Qualities
• Work Values
• Career Information Collection Sheet
• Information Interviewing
• Sample Questions to Ask at a Panel Discussion
• Choosing a Major (QuickTime Video Clip)

Gaining Experience Before You Graduate

• What's Right for You? (Identifying the Right Kind of Experience - Internship, Co-op, etc.)
• Internships: Getting Started
• Cooperative Education: Getting Started
• Skills & Qualities Employers Consider Important

Resume & Vita Preparation

• Resume Writing/Cover Letter Packet (includes cover letter guidelines and sample)
• Resume Writing/Cover Letter Packet - Text Only Version
• Vita, Curriculum Vita or CV
• Verbs to Use in Resumes & Functional Headings
• Scannable Resumes

Job Search

• Employers Give Advice to Freshmen, Sophomores, & Juniors
• Developing a Job Search Plan
• Networking Packet
• Networking Packet - Text Only Version
• Company/Organization Information
• Career Fair Tips for Students
• Career Fair Tips for Recruiters
• Is a Third Party Recruiter Right for You?
• Job Sectors
• Federal Employment
• Job Search for Internationals
• Dining Etiquette (QuickTime Video Clip)

Interviewing

• Interviewing Packet
• Interviewing Packet - Text Only Version
• Behavioral Interviewing Questions
• Questions Employers Ask
• Illegal or Impermissible Questions
• Interviewee Questions
• Successful Salary Negotiation
• Asking Questions in a Job Interview (QuickTime Video Clip)
• The Telephone Interview (QuickTime Video Clip)

College Work Transition

• College to Work Transition

Graduate Study

• Thinking About Graduate Study Packet