Prepare
Research the company & industry
Know your resume
Have situational examples prepared

Practice
Become familiar with typical interview questions
Have someone you trust quiz you

Punctuality
Make sure you know how to get to the location of the interview
Always arrive at least 15 minutes early
 
Professionalism
Dress to impress but not over the top
Be clean and well-groomed

Presentation
Take a moment to think before you speak
Remember to speak slowly and with confidence
Keep answers brief and be natural
 
Politeness
Be gracious and friendly to everyone you see including the front desk person
Remember to send a thank you note or email to everyone you interview with
First impressions matter!

The President, HR Manager, and Campus Coordinator at The School for Field Studies are all Tufts alumni!

Learn more at – http://www.fieldstudies.org/

In the meantime…I stumbled on this incredibly useful blog that everyone in the Boston area should check out: http://bostonhiringblog.com/ .  I am so very into this blog because it has useful advice from the people who hire…something all of us could use a bit more of.  Check it out, and send us some comments on information you find particularly useful from their site!

A monthly e-newsletter for recent Tufts grads

October 2009

Tufts Alumni Career Services

If your job search needs a jump start please check us out on the web at http://careers.tufts.edu/alumni/ or call us at 617.627.3299, to set up a career advising appointment on campus or via telephone. You can also tap into our database of over 8,500 alumni who have offered to give you advice through the Tufts Career Network, http://careers.tufts.edu/alumni/TCN.asp.

Career Events

Communicate More Effectively in Interviews

October 15, 2009

Tufts Campus, Dowling Hall Room 745, 6:30pm registration, 7:00-9:00pm program

Program is free, parking in Dowling Garage, 419 Boston Avenue, $5 per car

To register, please go to: http://careers.tufts.edu/alumni/additional/Accomp.Stories.asp

For those who are engaged in a job search or pursuing professional development, each face-to-face encounter is a unique opportunity to showcase skills, highlight professional experiences, and create a lasting positive impression. This session focuses on how to describe career accomplishments using the characteristics of story-telling to increase your effectiveness in job interviews and career conversations.

International Affairs Virtual Career Networking Forum

Tuesday, October 27th through November 17, 2009

Please join us for the second annual “International Affairs Virtual Networking Forum. http://careers.tufts.edu/alumni/additional/IAForum.asp

Fall 2009 Tele-seminars

All you need is a phone and a computer to join these small group telephone seminars! To register and for more info visit our website: http://career.tufts.edu/alumni/additional/careerprograms.asp

All seminars begin at 12:00pm Eastern Daylight Time unless otherwise noted

· Time Management, October 7 at 7:00 pm

· Job Search Correspondence: Emails, Cover Letters and more, October 14

· Ace that Interview! October 27

· Networking for Success, November 3

Regional Career Fairs and Conferences

· Annual Out for Undergraduate Business Conference
October 2-3, 2009
New York City

http://www.outforbusiness.com/

· Northeastern University Regional Career Fair
Thursday, Oct 8, 2009, 2-6pm
Northeastern University, Cabot Gym, Boston Campus, 400 Huntington Avenue
No fee or pre-registration required.

http://careers.tufts.edu/students/additional/enews/NortheasternOct8Fair.pdf

· Criminal Justice & Non-profit Career Fair
Wednesday, October 14, 1:30-4:00
Westfield State College, Woodward Center

http://wsc.ma.edu/careerservices

· 25th Annual Minority Business Conference
Saturday, Oct 17, 2009
State Street Corporation, North Quincy, MA

http://www.nababoston.org/

Career Articles

A new job could be just a Tweet away

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204584404574393102737256542.html

How to make employers want you

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125218563695188895.html

Why Contracting May Be Your Next Move

http://www.boston.com/jobs/bighelp2009/september/articles/pros_of_being_a_contractor/

Why I Love My Gen Y Assistant

http://www.lindseypollak.com/archives/on-fastcompany-com-why-i-love-my-gen-y-assistant

Thinking of applying to Grad School, check out the grad school blogs on Idealist

http://www.idealist.org/en/psgerc/blog.html

8 Ways to Manage Your Digital Job Search

http://www.boston.com/jobs/galleries/digitaljobsearch/

Forget about Monster.com and careerbuilder, check out these niche job search sites

http://internsover40.blogspot.com/2009/09/top-100-niche-job-boards-09-edition.html

Job Search Web Sites

http://k12jobs.com/ great resource for teaching jobs in the US

http://hillzoo.com/ wonderful link for job searching in DC

http://www.idealist.org/ non-profit resource and job search site

http://www.bridgestar.org/Home.aspx non-profit resource and job search site

http://www.usajobs.gov/ official job site of the US Government

http://www.wetfeet.com/ Provides insightful profiles of companies, careers and industries to guide job seekers toward finding the right career.

http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/index.html Read up on the news of the Boston business community

Featured Job Listings

Here are a few of the many opportunities available right now on Tufts Career Connect, http://careers.tufts.edu/alumni/

Project Assistant, Woodard & Curran, White Plains, NY

Market Research Associate Analyst, Affinnova, Inc. Waltham, MA

Entry Level Project Coordinator, TransPerfect Translations, NY, NY

General Engineer, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Morgantown, WV

Disease Intervention Specialist/Health Education Coordinator, Boston, MA

Research Associate, Library Associates Companies, Waltham, MA

Payroll/Account Payable Disbursement Supervisor, Kennedy-Donovan Center, Inc., Foxboro, MA

Sales Representative, Infotrieve, Inc. Wilton, CT

Software Engineer, Palantir Technologies, Inc. Palo Alto, CA

Health and Welfare Associate, Towers Perrin, Boston, MA

Human Capital Management Analyst, Goldman Sachs, NY, NY

Interaction Designer, Buyer Zone, Waltham, MA

But, as I am for the moment exhausted from all of the job searching, apartment finding, interning and am in a fairly comatose state from the wonderful Brazilian food from around the corner of our lovely alma mater (Oasis for the win!), I will be sharing some more links to sites that will be useful to your searches. This list is courtesy of http://www.jobprofiles.org/library/job-search/100_best_blogs_for_your_job_search.htm.  Go there for active links (or do an organic search for blogs that catch your eye).  They have some  other really interesting lists on their site as well.

Onwards!

General Job Blogs

These blogs address a number of job-related issues, including improving your resume, networking and finding a new job.

1. Monster Blog: Through this blog you’ll get a number of job search tools and loads of advice to help you find the kind of work you’re looking for and ease the process.
2. Applicant: This blog offers readers job-related news as well as tips for marketing yourself and links to some of the best resources on the web for workers.
3. BostonGlobe Job Blog: Check out this newspaper-based blog to read the latest updates on finding jobs, in the local area and around the world.
4. Job Hacking: Blogger Dave Hardwick offers his insights into the recruiting process in this blog.
5. Jibber Jobber Blog: Read articles about what the recession may mean for your job search, tips on using LinkedIn and more on this blog.
6. Alison Doyle: Visit this blog to read advice and commentary on jobs, careers, work and life.
7. jobology: This blog, all about jobs, offers inspiration, personal stories and informative articles about searching for jobs and life in the working world.
8. Here We Are. Now What?: Readers of this blog will find everything from advice for management to personal stories of job hunting.
9. Employment Blawg: Share your job search experiences and read about the latest work related news with accompanying commentary on this blog.
10. Insourced: From commentary on current work policies to tips on finding a new job, this blog can be a great resource.
11. Job Mob: Written by a number of bloggers, this site has loads of advice, tips and articles to offer to readers searching for jobs.

Job Hunting

Check out these blogs for some assistance during your job search.

12. Career and Job-Hunting Blog: This Quint Careers blog will keep you up-to-date on job search news and provide professional advice that can help make you more successful.
13. About.com Job Searching: From hunting for jobs on the international scale to tips on making the perfect resume, you’ll find it all on this About.com blog.
14. lachmaba: Check out this video blog to learn more about a variety of job search-related topics.
15. Job Search Secrets: This blog will help you tweak your cover letter, prep for interviews and hone your job search process.
16. Adventures of the Job Search Ninja: Blogger Todd Bavol shares his thoughts on job searching in this blog.
17. Job Openings Blog: Here you’ll find all kinds of articles, helping you to find greener work, create a great resume and get the job you want.
18. Work Bloom: With tips that range from helping workers get ahead in their current positions to helping the unemployed find a suitable job, this blog has a lot to offer.
19. The Simple Job Search: Learn about the importance of networking, job fairs, how to choose between job offers and more on this blog.
20. Personal Branding Blog: Part of selling yourself to potential employers is creating a personal brand. Learn how to do so on this blog.
21. Secrets of the Job Hunt: This blog contains loads of news blurbs from around the nation that can help you determine where the kind of jobs you want may be located.
22. Finding a Job Soon: Visit this blog to get tips, ideas and resources on the whole job search process.
23. Jobless and Less: This blogger has experience with layoffs having gone through 4 in only 8 years. Get some advice from the trenches from this blog.
24. The “MAN” Experience: While this blog touches on a number of topics it does offer a number of tips to help you build your career and find work.
25. Unemploymentality: The unemployed can commiserate and gain valuable ideas and a few laughs on this blog.

Career Advice

These blogs can help give you a little advice on your career, even if you’re in the market for a new one.

26. Careerealism: This blog comes with the slogan that “every job is temporary,” and offers insights into how to change careers and get back into the working world.
27. Career Renegade: Focused on working happy, this blog offers tips to help you not only find a job but to find one that you actually want.
28. Jobacle: Here you’ll find career advice, employment news and links to web resources.
29. Career Slave: This blog is home to posts that can help you prepare for interviews, how to approach salary negotiations and more.
30. The Career Doctor Blog: Get answers and advice on your career-related issues from this blogger.
31. Career Key Blog: Explore the posts on this blog to get some advice on what might be the best career path for you to take.
32. Career Hub: Offering advice from career experts, this blog can help you learn to deal with the stress of job loss and get on your feet again.
33. Career Tips Blog: This blog contains short tips on ways you can advance your career and get hired.
34. Keppie Careers: Here you’ll get advice on career planning, interviewing, job hunting and much more.
35. Career Marketing Strategies: Read this blog about how to grow and advance in your career even in hard times.
36. Career Rocketeer: From personal branding to dealing with depression, this blog is full of advice for job hunters.

Resume Help

Make sure your resume is representing the best of you it can by using the tips and advice provided by these blogs.

37. ResumeBear: Through this blog you’ll learn how to do everything from avoiding faux pas on Twitter to building a killer resume.
38. Career Resumes: Learn how to get your resume out there, network better and even make the most of web tools through this blog.
39. VisualCV Blog: Get some tips on building a great resume, as well as a number of other topics, on this blog.
40. Career Pier: Focusing on the troubled economy, this blog offers a range of resume and job search advice.
41. Resume Help Blog: Visit this blog for quick tips on creating a winning resume.
42. blueskysresumes: Read this blog to get advice on getting and keeping the job you want– starting with your resume.
43. Resume Edge Blog: Learn how to create a resume that conveys exactly why you should get the job from the experts on this site.
44. Pongo Resume Blog: On this blog you can get advice on dealing with recruiters, avoiding resume mistakes and staying cool in an interview.
45. Optimal Blog: This blog offers advice on making the optimal first impression.
46. Resume Boutique: Get tips on looking great on paper and in person from this blog.
47. CV Resume Blog: You’ll learn great ways to make your cover letter and resume stand out from the crowd with this blog.

Freelancing

Those looking for freelance work can make the most of these blogs that are full of information, job leads and help for freelancers of all kinds.

48. Freelance Folder: This blog is an essential resource for freelancers, offering tons of articles about getting clients, organizing your work and a whole lot more.
49. Freelance Switch: No matter what kind of freelancing you do you’ll find helpful articles, links and tips here.
50. All Freelance Work: Learn some ways that you can make yourself more successful in the freelancing field through this blog.
51. Wake Up Later: Those looking to work in the online world will appreciate the postings from this blog on a variety of tech topics.
52. Freelance Zone: This blog focuses on issues specific to freelance writers and bloggers.
53. Freelance Venue: Read this blog to learn how to create business plans, use Twitter and more.
54. WebWorkerDaily: If you design, program or write freelance, you’ll find helpful articles for web workers here.
55. ProFreelancing: If you want to go professional as a freelancer or if you already are, check out this blog for some killer tips on finding work and marketing yourself.
56. Guerilla Freelancing: This blog contains loads of posts that are helpful to freelancers trying to get clients, manage their lives or get their business together.
57. Anywired: Online work is becoming ever more common and you can learn how to market and work in this web world from this blog.
58. Seth Godin’s Blog: While it deals with more than freelancing, this blog offers quite a few articles that pertain to marketing, client relations and blogging.

Business News and Information

Help keep yourself abreast of the latest trends, news and issues in the business world through these blogs.

59. Business Pundit: This blog provides commentary and advice on the working world.
60. The Career News: Get tips, tools and news to help you build a better career here.
61. Talking Biz News: Pay this blog a visit to learn where to go to get the best and most useful business reporting.
62. Business News Blog: With updates on banking, startups, economics and much more this site offers a great collection of business news.
63. News and Economics Blog: Like the name implies, this blog focuses on providing stories about the financial markets and the latest news.
64. The Job Market Blog: This blog will keep you posted on the job market and how it changes everywhere in the world.
65. BusinessWorks: Check out this blog for posts on a wide range of business topics, from staying healthy to the latest news.
66. Fresh Inc: This business news blog focuses on entrepreneurship, marketing and much more.
67. All Business Blog Center: From the impact of Twitter on business to the new rules of PR, you’ll get tons of business reading from this site.
68. Business 360: This CNN blog will keep you in the loop about all things business.

Entrepreneurship

For some, the loss of a job can be the push needed to start a business. These blogs can help explain how to get yours off the ground.

69. Entrepreneur: Get advice on great startup industries, risk management and tips for first time small business owners on this site.
70. SmallBizTrends: Those looking to start their own business will appreciate the advice on everything from customer loyalty to getting health insurance.
71. SpringWise: This blog offers a collection of entrepreneurial ideas to spark your interest.
72. Venture Hacks: If you’re planning on starting a business you’ll need some funding and this blog can explain how venture capital works.
73. Just for Small Business: Keep up with trends and information in small business through this blog.
74. The Entrepreneurial Mind: Read this blog to learn about small business and startup news and commentary.
75. Startup Spark: This blog is home to all kinds of startup news.
76. Duct Tape Marketing: Learn some of the most cost-friendly ways to market your small business through this blog.
77. Young Entrepreneur: Check out this blog if you’re fresh out of college or even younger to get advice on starting and running a business.
78. Work Happy.net: Here you’ll find some great resources and information on running your business.

New Graduates

Many graduates fresh out of college are having a hard time finding work in an already over-saturated market. Give these blogs a read for advice catered towards new grads.

79. The Big Time: Here you’ll find real-world advice and insight on finding and keeping a job.
80. One Day, One Job: This blog focuses on posting interesting and challenging entry-level job opportunities.
81. Grad to Great: Whether you’re still in school or just graduated this blog hopes to give you a few tips to get the job you worked so hard for.
82. BeyondGraduation: Gain some insights into networking and working after college from this blog.
83. Water Cooler Wisdom: Get some job and career advice from someone who’s been there and done that.
84. Gradspot: This blog is all about life after college, including the post-graduation job search process.
85. GrouperEye Blog: This recruiting blog will help you learn some of the ways recruiters may be able to help you find a job.
86. Employee Evolution: Check out this blog, geared towards Gen Y workers, to find tips on making the most of your college resources, starting your own business and much more.
87. RiseSmart Blog: Get some tips on a smarter job search and how to more quickly rise through the ranks here.
88. CollegeRecruiter: Learn more about the recruiting process through this blog.
89. Lindsay Pollack: From recruiting to making the most of the time you’re spending unemployed, this blog aims to help fresh college grads figure out the real world.
90. Brazen Careerist: Written by the founder of three startups, this blog offers advice to young people just starting out in their careers.

Field Specific

These blogs offer advice focused on a specific field or type of job.

91. Green Career Central: This blog will give you updates on finding work in green fields.
92. Science Career Blog: Learn about the latest research developments and funding opportunities in science through this site.
93. Nursing Jobs: Nurses are in high demand across the nation but many hospitals don’t have the money to hire. Learn where you can maximize your career options here.
94. SalesForce Search: Check out this blog to get some advice on finding a job in the sales field.
95. Graphic Design Blog: Designers who are looking for work, freelance or full time, will find inspiration and assistance on this blog.
96. The Working Geek: This blog offers work-related tips for workers in a range of tech fields.
97. Beyond the Job: Librarians struggling to make a career with their degrees will find some helpful advice through this blog.
98. Teacher Job Blog: Teachers of all kinds can find work and advice through this blog.
99. Problogger: Bloggers and online writers can find job leads and advice on finding more success in the blogging world from this site.
100. Working World: If you work on a global scale you’ll appreciate this blog focused on international education, development and exchange.

Think about what you want and how to ask for it
What are you hoping to gain from a mentoring relationship? Good conversation with a respected person who shares your interests and can give you advice? Excellent answer! Rather than calling or emailing him/her to say, “Hey, will you be my mentor?” use a more casual approach. Perhaps your first conversation is a “getting to know you” exchange of information. Assuming you get along well with him/her and would like to continue your discussions, you may then ask if he/she is willing to talk with you on an ongoing basis.

Discuss mutual expectations and do your part
How often will you connect with your mentor? What is reasonable given your respective schedules? You may start out thinking that it will be easy to talk by phone or meet every few weeks, but make sure your plans aren’t overly ambitious. What will your mentor expect from you? Remember, as the “mentee,” it’s your responsibility to develop the relationship by proactively engaging your mentor, rather than waiting passively for him/her to reach out to you. Setting clear expectations in the beginning of the mentoring relationship will add to its longevity.

Don’t force it
Mentoring relationships develop organically. When you think about the people whom you would refer to as “mentors,” I’m guessing that most are family members, teachers, family friends, coaches, and others you met naturally in the course of your life – who then became mentors over time. With this in mind, remember to be patient when cultivating a relationship with a potential mentor. Not all mentoring relationships work perfectly or last forever, but that’s okay! It takes time and sometimes a few tries to develop the kind of rapport that one hopes for with a trusted mentor.

Consider chatting with Career Services for more advice on finding a mentor in your field of interest. We’d be glad to help you get started. For more on mentoring, check out these articles:
The Value of a Mentor: http://tinyurl.com/o8jonr
How to Find a Mentor: http://tinyurl.com/l8273z

-Susannah Krenn, Career Services
Thanks Susannah!

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-from an incredibly interesting article on Quarterlife Crises…check it out here:
http://www.eyeweekly.com/article/55882