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Scouted was a hiring marketplace that matched candidates to roles based on potential, serving clients from high-growth startups to Fortune 500 companies.

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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

“So, what do you want to be when you grow up?” Ah, a question both timeless and pervasive. It follows you through elementary, middle and high school, and eagerly tags along to college, growing brighter…

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Why Finance Majors Don’t Get Finance Jobs

Back when I was in college, it felt like everyone majored in Econ, or Econ and something else (CS in my case).  At a school with no undergrad business program, Econ was the gateway major…

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How to Find Your First Apartment in 6 Easy Steps

Finding your first apartment ain’t easy. Take it from me; as someone who recently just went through the process, finding your first grown-up place to live post-college is probably the second biggest decision you’ll make…

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Technical Resume

7 Ways to Improve Your Technical Resume

Looking to build your technical resume, but not sure how it differs from a traditional resume?  Read on for 7 tips to help your technical resume stand out from the masses. Be thoughtful about your list of technical…

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Student Entrepreneurs

Top 5 Scouted Student Entrepreneurs

You’ve gotta risk it to get the biscuit. Right? George Steinbrenner didn’t build the Yankee dynasty without some tough decisions: like firing  – and rehiring – baseball manager Billy Martin on five (!) separate occasions.…

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Screw up your Job Search

Don’t Let Trump Screw Up Your Job Search

While we are going to aim to stay out of the political fray on this blog, we want to be in the middle of the fray about getting hired.  So today we are taking a…

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From Diapers to Dartmouth

How to Prep Your Toddler for the Ivy League

A few weeks ago during Scouted team lunch, I joked that I’d write a blog post about how to prep your toddler for the Ivy League. So, true to my word, here are my initial…

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Degree

What Is the Value of a College Degree in 2017?

"If you go to school, you can get a good job, and make decent living”. For decades, it’s always been this same narrative. The common dialogue is that all kids go through high school, pick…

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job hunter

10 GIFs Any Job Hunter Can Relate To

Being a recently graduated job hunter can be a stressful time in one’s life. In times of stress, we like to use gifs as a coping mechanism, Here are 10 situations, as told by gifs,…

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