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First Year/Sophomore Newsletter

How to Account for a Gap in Your Resumé

In a world where employers seek the most experienced prospects to get a job, accounting for a gap in your resumé can be daunting. Though it depends on how long the interval took place and the circumstances surrounding it, employers will be skeptical about hiring you if you have a significant career gap and will be curious as to why you took that much time off. As such, it is crucial to adequately address resumé gaps in an interview setting …

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Tips on Securing Last-Minute Internships

As summer is around the corner, many things can stress us out. While the first thing on people’s minds can be finals, for other students, it’s the fact that the semester is almost over, and they still haven’t secured an internship. For some, the right opportunity has yet to come up, they have yet to have time to plan their summer, or some have waited until the last minute. Still, there are ways to get around this and secure an …

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How to Answer the Hardest Interview Questions

Tackling job interviews can be tricky, and they’re even more challenging when an unexpectedly difficult question puts you on the spot, and you try to make sense of an answer. Usually, the most complicated questions you’ll hear come out of a recruiter are the ones where you’ll need to self-assess or prove to a company that you are an excellent fit for them. However, preparing some answers will also be crucial so these questions don’t keep you from interrupting your …

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How to Decide Between Multiple Job Offers

You’ve secured more than one job offer! Congratulations! However, the problem now becomes deciding where to work. Though having multiple companies interested in you seems like the dream life, choosing which offer to take is a different challenge. This decision can be stressful, especially if you see yourself working for several options. There can also be a lot of pressure, as you will, realistically speaking, only have a limited time to make this critical decision. It can get to the …

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