Step 1 — Career Planning and Testing

• You would like to explore new career options
• You would like to examine your interests, aptitudes, values or priorities at this stage in your life and career
• You want to discover what you do best and would most enjoy
• You would like to identify your marketable and transferable skills
• You would like to know more about your work style, management style, communication style, and the environment best suited for you
• You would like to consider a new course of study

• Find your dream career
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Step 2 — Resumes & Cover Letters

• You need to design a professional resume
• You need to discover if you have possible screen-out factors in your resume
• You would like to create an effective keyword electronic and scannable resume and cover letter
• You would like instructions for scannable resume submission, online submission via e-mail, and submission via form on job sites
• You have more than one job target and would like to know how to approach each of them differently
• You would like to know how to write a professional cover letter, when to use one and what to include
• You want to know how to effectively handle requests for salary history and salary requirements in your cover letters

• Keyword e-resume tutorial
• Expert advice on resumes and cover letters
• Professional resume & cover letter examples

Step 3 — Job Search

• You want to learn more about job search strategies, including online, traditional, or hidden job market strategies (networking)
• You would like to conduct online and/or traditional research in industry publications and trade journals
• You are in a job category where there are few openings, e.g., mid- to senior-level managers, etc.
• You would like to identify target organizations
• You are seeking a position in an emerging technology or industry where requirements and objectives are yet to be defined
• You would like to develop a complete job search campaign

• Job search advice and strategy

Step 4 — Interviewing

• You want to increase the number or quality of offers you are receiving
• You would like to learn how to handle tough interviews along with tough interviewing questions
• You would like to learn how to effectively handle salary discussions and negotiations
• You want to sharpen your interviewing skills to feel more in control of your interviews
• You would like to develop success strategies for the interviewing techniques used by employers
• You want to learn more about the most effective ways to follow-up after the interview

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• Expert advice on interviewing
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