Ways to Make Your Resume Stand Out to a Law Firm Recruiting Department

If a job interview is where you make your case for employment, your resume is the opening statement. It should tell a compelling story about your candidacy, presenting relevant facts as concisely and persuasively as possible. It should lead employers …

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Legal Career Spotlight: Supreme Court Clerk to BigLaw Associate to Academia

David Van Zandt has served as the president of The New School (the alma mater of three of Vault's editors!) since 2011. After receiving his J.D. from Yale Law School, he clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun and …

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What Is a CV (Curriculum Vitae)?

As you’re searching for a job, you may notice that some postings ask you to submit your resume and others ask you for a CV. While you likely already know what a resume is, you might be wondering about a …

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5 High-Paying Careers in Physics

Physics is an area of study in which practitioners employ a variety of methods in order to better understand the world we live in, as well as the entirety of the Universe at large. The demand for roles in physics …

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Reading Between the Lines: Finding Your Ideal Workplace While Dodging Bad Bosses

Landing a coveted job interview is an exciting milestone.

Still, the thrill of the opportunity can sometimes overshadow the crucial task of evaluating whether the prospective workplace is the right fit for you. While there are constraints on what you …

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Who’s Hiring? 8 Organizations Addressing Food Insecurity

Food is an essential component of life; without it, we cannot survive. But in the U.S. alone, an estimated 14.3 million people are food insecure; globally, 345 million people are facing acute food insecurity.

According to the UN, food insecurity …

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Interview with a Clinical Psychologist

I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I have been working in the social services industry for 25 years. Specifically, I have worked for school districts, university counseling centers, the justice system (county and …

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Prompt Engineering Is the New ChatGPT Skill Employers Are Looking For

Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene, prompt engineering has become the hot new skill employers are looking for. Consider that on LinkedIn, the number of job postings that mention “generative AI” has risen 36-fold in 2023 over 2022. Or that …

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8 strategies for students and recent grads to stand out when applying to jobs

In a highly competitive job market, standing out is crucial. We asked eight professionals, including a Chief Human Resources Officer and a Head of Growth, to share their unique strategies. From harnessing the power of cover letters to telling a …

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Soft vs hard skills: Striking the right balance for success

Navigating a job market is like walking a tightrope these days, especially for freshers and enterprise customers on the hunt for early-career talent.

On one side, you have you’ve got hard skills – those technical know-hows that make you a whiz …

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HOW-TO: International Relations Cover Letter

Alexander Borum| December 8, 2022 |  5-minute read
HOW-TO: International Relations Cover Letter | LinkedIn

Where a CV is the bread and butter of your application, your cover letter is the garnished cold cuts you put on top to satisfy recruiters. While …

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5 Quick Tips for Applying to Law School

Author: Gabriel Kuris | January 3, 2022 | 5 minute read

Source: 5 Quick Tips for Applying to Law School (usnews.com)

Here are some answers to common last-minute application questions.

If you find yourself scrambling to put finishing touches on your law …

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Gabriel Kuris 5 Quick Tips for Applying to Law School
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Part 6: Career Readiness Guide: Prepare For Success With Your Liberal Arts Degree | Job Search Communication Tools, Résumés & Job Interviews

This is the sixth of seven articles in this series, click here to go to the first article. If you’re searching for a remote internship, go to our search results page that lists all of the remote internships and other …

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How to show off your soft skills to employers—with samples

Tell a story on your resume and cover letter to demonstrate your personal qualities.
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What are soft skills?

When employers are searching for candidates on Handshake, they’re usually looking for hard skills: specific competencies like Python, Spanish, or …

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Do you ever feel like job hunting is a part-time job? It’s because it is.

Searching for jobs isn’t an easy task, especially when it’s your first time entering a field or you are a new professional. I’d like to pay it forward and share a few tips that helped me secure a role in …

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22 Cover Letter Tips for Job Seekers in 2022

Ready to write a cover letter that lands you the job you want? We’ve organized the 22 best cover letter tips for job seekers in 2022 all on this page. If you follow the cover letter advice in this article, …

By Geoffrey Scott
Geoffrey Scott Hiring Manager
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SWE Internship: a Focused-Track Approach

 

Scarlet Nguyen
SWE Intern @ LinkedIn, Slack | UBC ’24

 

For those of you who thought I was crazily smart: I’m not. I have the average IQ score, I’m bad at math and numbers, my GPA represents a …

By Richard Reese
Richard Reese Career Design Consultant
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