Blog Posts tagged as: into the details

Into the Details: Salary Negotiation

Ellen, Business & Career Center

[This post has been updated]

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Many job seekers feel less than confident when negotiating salary, and may fear that they could lose out on an opportunity or end up with less money than they could have had, if they don’t do it correctly. In this post we’ll discuss what you need to know, how to prepare, and some things to avoid, when discussing salary with a potential employer. Some employers will include a minimum salary or salary range with their job postings; many do not. (In NY State, there…

Into the Details: References

Ellen, Business & Career Center

Employers can ask for references with your resume and cover letter, during an interview, or after an interview. But exactly what are they looking for when they request your references? In this post we’ll discuss do’s and don’t’s, tips for cultivating references, and how to be prepared when you are asked for them.

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You should hold on to your list of references until they are requested; have them ready, but don’t offer them proactively. Employers will usually ask for three references. Some will ask…

Into the Details: Lean Staffing

Ellen, Business & Career Center

Many employees have experienced understaffing at their workplaces, especially recently, a situation exacerbated by COVID. They may not realize, though, that the circumstances they find themselves working in are not necessarily incidental or accidental. In this post we’ll discuss “lean staffing”, what the experience of this practice is like for employees, and what you can do as a job seeker to avoid it.

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Lean staffing, simply put, is intentional, severe understaffing. This is often …

Into the Details: Applicant Tracking Systems (ATSs) 

Ellen, Business & Career Center

When job seekers are writing or editing their resumes and cover letters, they are not always thinking about what happens to their application documents once they are submitted. In this post, we’ll talk about Applicant Tracking Systems (ATSs), which are often the first hurdle to get past in the job search process.

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What is an ATS? Why do employers use them? The ATS is software that scans the text of your resume (and/or cover letter), for certain pieces of information (including keywords), to determine how…

Into the Details: Virtual Interviews

Ellen, Business & Career Center

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It remains to be seen when and if face-to-face job interviews resume as the norm, or whether virtual interviews become employers’ first choice even after the pandemic ends. In some ways interview prep is the same whether the interview is virtual or in-person, and in other ways it is, of course, very different when you are not meeting your interviewer(s) in person. These things haven’t changed: · Do some research on the employer, so you can answer their questions and demonstrate what you know…

Into the Details: The Resume Summary

Ellen, Business & Career Center

This is the first of a series, “Into the Details”, where we discuss a specific aspect of freelancing, job hunting, entrepreneurship, or other work-related topic. For this post we’ll be covering do’s and don’ts and tips for writing the Summary section of your resume. Summary vs. Objective Resumes used to begin, right after the applicant’s name and contact info, with a brief Objective statement, which either gave the reader information they already knew (“Seeking a position as a [title]”) or were so general that they offered no useful information at all (“Seeking a position where I may…