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Career Guides

  • Compelling Cover Letters Guide (PDF)
  • Excelling Within the Academic Job Search (PDF)
  • Federal Résumés for Success Guide (PDF)
  • Interviewing for Impact Guide (PDF)
  • Leveraging LinkedIn (PDF)
  • Negotiating Your Compensation Package Guide (PDF)
  • Networking Meetings: More Than Just Informational Interviews (PDF) 
  • References and Recommendation Letters (PDF)
  • Résumés That Get Noticed Guide (PDF)
  • Writing Your CV (PDF)

If you’d like more one-one-one assistance after you go through these guides, make an individual advising appointment.

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