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Career Guides

  
Compelling Cover Letters Guide (PDF)
  
Excelling Within the Academic Job Search (PDF)
  
Résumés That Get Noticed 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)

 

 
 

 

  
Writing Your CV (PDF)

 

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Columbian College of Arts & Sciences

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