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How to Negotiate Salary Requirements

Q: How do I respond when a job application asks me for my salary requirements? – Charles F., San Francisco, CA

A: The first time you see “salary requirements” requested on a job application, you may...

By Gradspot Dot Com on 6/29/09
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Top Ten Movies for Recent Grads

Commencement season is coming to a close once again, and around the country important people have been getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to grace the Class of ‘09 with some measured words that will be forgotten...

By Christopher Schonberger on 4/19/09
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Commando Job-Hunting: Top 10 University Career Services Websites

UPDATED: After meeting a ton of career service professionals at this year's Nace Conference in Las Vegas, we discovered some new contenders to the throne and decided to reassess the field. Though we like to poke fun at schools that host one recruiting fair and think they're doing big things for their kids, it's also no secret that we're huge fans of the many college career offices that actually do the job they're supposed to...

By Christopher Schonberger on 4/03/09
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How to Make the Most of Your Annual Performance Review

Today's guest post is by FiredUP Careers, a career counseling company with a firm believe that the way in which people think, act and feel about their career has a huge impact on their overall quality of life. Everyone hates performance appraisals ...

By Gradspot Dot Com on 6/16/09
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Interview Prep: Defining Your Strengths and Weaknesses

The following is an excerpt from the Ace Your Interview! book by WetFeet: No matter whether you’re interviewing for a position in investment banking or pizza delivery, potential employers are bound to ask the dependable, go-to interview question...

By Gradspot Dot Com on 6/09/09
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Don't Chase Down the Job Market

There's a concept in real estate called "chasing down the market." It refers to a seller of real estate who values his property way above the market, and only decreases his asking price when the market decreases (but in proportion to the decrease in the market). What ends up occurring is...

By Stuart Schultz on 6/09/09
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Get Paid for Your Notes. Seriously.

So, you're a poverty-stricken recent grad looking to make a little extra cash for the weekend. You've sold all your Air Force 1s on eBay, donated platelets to Red Cross, volunteered for a sleep study, and traded in your Sega at Gamestop. You probably think that, short of your vital organs, you've got nothing left in this world of any value. ...

By Christopher Schonberger on 5/11/09
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What Your Older Co-Workers and Boss Think of You (and How to Overcome It)

Today's guest post is from Kathryn Marion, author of Grads: Take Charge of Your First Year After College! Congratulations on graduating from the final playpen...

By Gradspot Dot Com on 5/28/09
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How to Get It In at Your Summer Internship

Today's guest post is from Wendy Wecksell, who is Programming Operations Coordinator at the Tribeca Film Festival. No stranger to fast-paced work environments, she offers some sage tips for this year's summer interns. ...

By Gradspot Dot Com on 5/04/09
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Researching Graduate School Options

We've discussed grad school options and Tweeted about the record numbers of business schools applications this year....

By Joan Mitchell on 4/29/09
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