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How to Land a Job After College [1 Ridiculously Easy Strategy You're Probably Not Using]

How to Land a Job After College – A Ridiculously Easy Strategy You’re Probably Not Using

Updated: January 2021 College graduation is a huge milestone and one of your greatest accomplishments. You feel like you’re on top of the world until you enter the job search. The job search can be a total downer after college graduation but it doesn’t have to be. With a smart approach and a little persistence,…

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NG Career Strategy Awarded Top 25 Job Interview Blog and Applicant Website!

NG Career Strategy Awarded Top 25 Job Interview Blog and Applicant Website!

At NG Career Strategy, our mission of helping job seekers becoming smarter about the job search has always been a labor of love. Hearing the success stories of our clients and followers makes every bit of that labor worth it but it certainly doesn’t hurt to receive an award for all that hard work as…

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20 Questions You Should Absolutely Never Ask in an Interview

20 Questions You Should Absolutely Never Ask in an Interview

Updated June, 2020 Preparing questions to ask your interviewers, is an important part of job interview preparation. Your interviewer wants to know that you are genuinely interested in the role and have the ability to engage in conversation. Questions to the interviewer help to achieve this. The questions you ask will also provide you with…

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Should You Apply for the Job or Not?

Are you applying for jobs, but not landing interviews? This is one of the most common challenges faced by job searchers today and one that has a simple solution of presenting yourself, in your resume, as the best fit. In this blog post, we will share the best tool for assessing job fit, how to…

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10 Resume Buzzwords Hiring Managers Hate [And Words to Use Instead]

Resumes can make or break your interview process. With some hiring managers reading through hundreds of resumes for a single job opening, it is important to make yours stand out with the most effective resume keywords. Some people include buzzwords in an attempt to get the attention of a hiring manager. In reality, however, these…

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Negotiating the Perfect Benefits Package [What to Consider]

Updated: January 2021 When a job offer is on the table it can be difficult to know how much leverage you have for negotiation, particularly when it comes to putting together a comfortable benefits package. Most people have a hard number in mind salary-wise when they head into a job interview, but leave benefits more…

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How to Write the Perfect Entry Level Resume

Updated: February 2021 If you’re fresh out of high school or college and looking for an entry level job, it’s important to know that the job market is quite competitive. Companies are overwhelmed with entry level applicants who are convinced they are the right ones for a position. Since you will be competing with hundreds of other…

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50 Informational Interview Questions to Swear By 1

50 Informational Interview Questions to Swear By

Updated: January 2021 Informational interviewing is a great networking technique for the job search. It allows you to create casual yet targeted conversations in order to establish and build relationships with key contacts. Since questions are a key part of the informational interview conversation, we’ve created a list of our all-time favorite informational interview questions. These…

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Business Etiquette Tips for College Graduates

Updated: January 2021 You took your final college exams and received your diploma. Now you’re officially a college graduate, which means it’s time to begin your search for a full-time job in your career field. As you begin going on interviews and start your first job, it’s important to study up on proper business etiquette….

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What Employers Look for on Your Social Media Profile

Updated: January 2021 Finding a job once you graduate can be tough and will require a lot of work. Over the past decade employers have been using social media more and more in order to weed out potential job candidates. For that reason, it is more important than ever to make sure each of your…

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How to Get Your Money’s Worth When Hiring a Resume Writer

Updated: January 2021 If resume writing is a daunting prospect for you, you’re not alone. Maybe you’ve tapped into your savings before and you were disappointed with the results. Or you tried using a deal from Groupon at one of the larger resume mills and you felt the writer wasn’t listening to you. The point…

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Everything You Need to Know About Informational Interviews

Updated: January 2021 The informational interview is a great strategy for making valuable industry contacts. Informational interviews also land jobs quicker than submitting online applications. In this blog post we will explain everything you need to know about conducting a successful informational interview. Informational interviews can be a great way to get a foot in…

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