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Tools and Techniques for Brainstorming and Tracking Accomplishments


Tailoring Accomplishments to Self-Evaluations for Performance Reviews and to Status Reports to Your Boss


The Goals, Accomplishments Equation: Conducting an Annual Self-Review


Have Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) Ruined Recruiting, Hiring, and Job Search?


10 Ways Toastmasters Can Boost Your Career


Frequently Asked Questions About Interviews: Comprehensive Job Interviewing FAQ


15 Indispensable Career and Job-Search Books


Use Stories to Prove Your Skill


Dependable Strengths®: Finding Your Unique Excellence


New Web-Based Twists on Resumes: Best Ways to Construct a Resume?


Top 20 Executive Interview Pet Peeves from Hiring Decision-Makers


Handling Pre-employment Screenings and Assessments


Top 5 Career Networking Strategies for New College Grads and Entry-level Job- Seekers


How to Get Started on Your Resume: A Five-Step Primer for Established Job- seekers and Career-Changers


The Unspoken Secrets of Job Interviewing: How Your Nonverbal Presentation and Behaviors Impact the Impression You Make


Surefire Cover-Letter Technique: Using Emotional Stories in Job-Search


Silver Linings in a Financial Meltdown: How Workers and Job-Seekers Can Make the Best of a Bad Economy


Addicted to Internships: How One College Student Just Said No to Service Jobs and Started Building a Career One Internship at a Time


How the Lessons, Skills, and Values You Develop in College (and Maybe Even High School) Prepare You for the Job Market


College Students: You Simply Must Do an Internship (Better Yet: Multiple Internships)!


Frequently Asked Questions About Resumes: The Complete Resume FAQ


Top 30 Executive Resume Pet Peeves of Hiring Decision-Makers


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Career Networking


Interviewing Prep: Job Interview Checklist for Job Seekers
Mind Mapping: A Tool for Job-Interview Prep


Job Interview Post-Mortem: Deconstructing Your Job Interview’s Highs and Lows


Use Your Blog as a Resume? Part I: Pros and Cons


Use Your Blog as a Resume? Part II: Tips and Examples


24-hour Countdown to the Interview


Plotting the Story of Your Ideal Career

Ten Surefire Ways to Organize Your Job Search


FAKTSA: An Easy Acronym for Remembering Key Resume Enhancers


Deploying Your Intuition to Find Your Ideal Career


Promising Interview-Prep Technique: Composing Written Responses to Interview Questions


Closing the Sale and Overcoming Objections in the Job Interview


Best Bet for Interview Prep: Rehearsed, Mock, and Videotaped Interviews


Why Hire a Professional Resume Writer?


Tips from Reps: Advice from Real Pharmaceutical Sales Reps on How to Break into Pharma Sales


So You Want To Get Into Pharmaceutical Sales


Do’s And Don’ts for Launching a Career in Sales


Ten Ways to Market Your Liberal Arts Degree


The Elevator Speech is the Swiss Army Knife of Job-Search Tools


Fantastic Formulas for Composing Elevator Speeches


Elevator Speech Do’s And Don’ts


Special Cover-Letter Formats Can Grab Employers’ Attention


Turning a Temp Job Into a Permanent Position


The Scoop on Resume Length: How Many Pages Should Your Resume Be?


Turning Your Internship into a Job


Sleuthing Out Hiring Managers Is Key to Job-Search Follow-up


Posting Your Resume on Job Boards


What Do Employers Really Want? Top Skills and Values Employers Seek from Job-Seekers


The Value of a Mentor


Don’t Make These 8 Cover Letter Mistakes


Certifiably Empowering: Hot Fields in Which Certification May Boost Your Career


10 Reality Checks of Job-Hunting: Overcoming Common Job- Search Mistakes


Making Your Case for Telecommuting: How to Convince Your Boss


Research Companies and Careers Through Job Shadowing


Your E-resume’s File Format Aligns with its Delivery Method


How to Write an Electronic Resume for Online Submission


What Resume Format is Best for You?


Should You Work with a Coach to Enhance Your Career?


A Web-Ready Resume Can Be a Major Advantage in Your Job Search


How to Write a Cover Letter to a Recruiter


Don’t Get Stumped by Off-the-Wall Job Interview Questions


For Networking and Support, Join or Start a Job Club


Researching Employers through Informational Interviews


Job Interview Strategies for Teens


Tapping the Power of Keywords to Enhance Your Resume’s Effectiveness


10 Powerful Career Strategies for Women


New City, New Job: How to Conduct a Long-Distance Job Search


Informational Interviewing: A Powerful Tool for College Students


Networking Do’s and Don’ts


Networking Timetable for College Student


What Good is a College Education Anyway?


Positive Attitude is Key When Fighting Prejudice Against Older Worker


For Job-Hunting Success: Track and Leverage Your Accomplishments


Mastering the Case Interview


Ten Easy Ways to Improve Your Resume


Cover Letter Success is All About Specifics


Life After Temping: How to Portray Your Temping Experience When You Seek a Permanent Career


Temping Offers a Way to Build Your Resume – and Much More


Behavioral Interviewing Strategies


Online Career Assessments: Helpful Tools of Self-Discovery


Career Assessment Do’s and Don’ts


Tips for Working Professionals in Search of Advanced Degrees


Ten Questions to Ask Yourself if You Still Haven’t Found a Job


Using a SWOT Analysis in Your Career Planning


Crafting a Personal Mission Statement


Strategic Portrayal of Transferable Skills is a Vital Job Search Technique


FAQs About Thank You Letters


Cover Letter FAQs and the Competitive Edge in the Job Market: What Every Job-Seeker Needs to Know


Cover Letter Do’s and Don’ts


How to Make the Most of Your Campus Visit


Resume Do’s and Don’ts


Seeking Out Professional Development for Biopharma Professionals


A Guide to Researching Life Sciences Employers


Could You Start a Life Sciences Business?


New Tools and Tricks for Rising Above Applicant Tracking Systems


Advancing Your Career in a Pandemic


Differentiate Yourself: How to Gain the Competitive Edge in Your Job Search


Preparing to Return to Work in a Pandemic


Confronting the Challenges of Working at Home


Mastering Phone and Video Job Interviews


How to Look, Sound and Behave in an Online Interview


Savvy Prep for the New Normal: Online Job Interviews


How to Relocate for Your Life Sciences Career


Should You Work with a Coach to Enhance Your Life Sciences Career?


Using a SWOT Analysis in Your Life Science Career Planning and Marketing


Creating a Life Sciences Job Where One Doesn't Exist


Informational Interviewing for Life Science Professionals


Following Up After a Life Sciences Job Interview


How Life Sciences Professionals Can Find Jobs in the ‘Hidden’ Job Market


Your Online Presence as a Professional


Life Sciences Lean-In: How Women Can Excel in the Discipline


Personal Branding for Life Sciences Professionals


How to Write the Best Cover Letter for a Research Scientist Job


50 Powerful Keywords to Put on Your Resume to Indicate You’re a Leader


Making the Most of Working with Recruiters


Benefits of a Targeted Job Search and How to Get Started


What’s Wrong With Your Job Hunt? Diagnosing an Unproductive Search


Leap of Faith: Persuading Life Science Employers to Hire You When You’re Not Quite Qualified


How to Ace an Interview With Job Success Stories


How to Create an Effective Resume Focal Point


Practicing for an Interview: Rehearsed, Mock and Video-Recorded Interviews


A Guide to Setting – and Achieving – Career Goals
Demystifying Job Interview Questions: ‘What Are Your Career Goals?’


Develop a 30-Day Plan to Make a Positive Impression During Your First Month on the Job
Mastering the Case Job Interview: A Guide for Life Sciences Professionals


Using Networking Cards to Give Your Contacts a Tangible Way to Remember You


How to Build Rapport with Your Interviewer


Conducting a Post-Interview Self Evaluation


Behavioral Interviewing Strategies



Leveraging the First Few Interview Minutes to Make an Unforgettable Impression



How to Research and Evaluate a Job Offer



Second, Third and Subsequent Interviews: How to Keep the Momentum Going



10 Unexpected Ways to Use Cover Letters



6 Sticky Interview Situations and How to Handle Them



When and How to Reach Out to Recruiters


The Type of Cover Letter You Need Based on Your Situation


Tempted to Ghost Someone While Job Searching? Here’s What to Do Instead


Follow-Up Communications that Keep You Top of Mind for Hiring Managers


Top Interview Pet Peeves from Hiring Managers


Disrupting Yourself to Strengthen Your Career


Cover Letter Power is in the Specifics


Identifying and Leveraging your Unique Selling Proposition in a Job Search


Demystifying Interview Questions: “Tell Me About Yourself”


Demystifying Interview Questions: ‘What Are Your Strengths?’


What Does an Employer Really Mean When Asking "Why Should We Hire You?"


Cover Letter Strategy Checklist


Identifying and Communicating Transferable Skills for Life Sciences Professionals


Background Checks for Life Sciences Professionals: What to Expect


Targeting Life Sciences Employers Based on Their Needs


Red Flags and Green Lights: How Employers View You


Landing a Job Offer: Closing the Sale at the Interview


Landing a Job Offer: How to Overcome Objections During an Interview


Preparing for Your Annual Performance Review


Handling Pre-Employment Screenings and Assessments


Cover Letters, A to Z


Cover Letter Do's and Don’ts


Word Choice Can Make a Big Difference in Resumes and Cover Letters


Special Cover-Letter Formats Can Grab Employers’ Attention


From Mentor to Sponsor: Enlisting Others to Help Boost Your Life-Science Career


Advanced Active Reading to Learn Key Concepts


College Reading: How Much Effort and How Much Spending on Textbooks?


College Reading: Making the Most of the Whole Textbook


College Reading: Set Yourself Up for Success


The Course Syllabus: Know It, Love It, Understand It, Benefit From It


How to "Package" Your Paper or Writing Assignment to Please Your Professor


Stories Humanize Your Life-Science Communications and Help You Stand Out in the Workplace
Eight Ways to Improve Your Memory

A Five-Component Plan for Writing a Research Paper

Five Tips for Managing Multiple Deadlines

Four Student Behaviors That Will Endear You to Professors


Going the Extra Mile to Impress Your Professors


How to Develop a Topic for Your College Research Paper


How to Write a Research Paper Abstract


How's Your Word Usage? Common Word Usage Errors That Students Should Avoid


Identifying, Understanding, and Evaluating Research Sources


The Power of Outlining When Writing College Papers


Classroom Presentation Skills Checklist


Punctuation and Grammar Do's and Dont's: Avoiding Pesky Mechanical Errors that Hurt Your Writing Grades


A Seven-Step Plan for Writing, Editing, and Revising Your Assignments


Strategies for Planning Writing Assignments


A Student's Brief Overview of the Analytical/ Sequential Learning Style


A Student's Brief Overview of Argumentative Essays


A Student's Brief Overview of Comparative Essays


A Student's Brief Overview of Descriptive Essays


A Student's Brief Overview of Expository Writing


A Student's Brief Overview of the Global Learning Style


A Student's Brief Overview of the Kinesthetic/Tactile Learning Style


A Student's Brief Overview of Narrative Essays


A Student's Brief Overview of the Research Paper


A Student's Brief Overview of the Visual Learning Style


A Student's Brief Overview of Using Keywords to Search for Research Sources


A Student's Guide to Making the Most of Your Time


Successful Intelligence: Use Your Smarts to Solve Problems in School


Superb Sentences: Building Blocks to A+ College Writing Assignments


Three Powerful Tips to Improve Student Writing


Time Management Do's and Dont's: Conquering the Time-Management Monster


10 Expert Tips for Time Management


10 Ways to Build and Use Your Vocabulary


Tips for Class Presentations: A Baker's Dozen


Tips for How to Polish Your Writing: A Baker's Dozen


Two Secrets to Interacting Constructively with Professors


Understand What You Read Through Active Reading Techniques


Using Research Sources Effectively


What's Your Learning Style -- and How Can You Make the Most of It?


Fear and Loathing and the College Paper


The Importance of Good Writing Skills