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How to Follow up After a Job Interview

We get it. Applying for a job is no easy task. It can take hours to find a job that looks like a good fit, […]

Lack of job experience got you down? Maybe you’re starting to believe you’ll never get your foot in the door and started on the right career path. Or maybe… freelancing and side husting might just be the magic potion you’ve been searching for to get you the job you want. Read @Scouted’s latest blog post on creating a side hustle to prove that you can do a job, with or without 5 years experience.

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Sure. Everyone uses words on their resume. But, trust me, if your hiring manager sees "Attention to detail" one more time, they might consider a career change themselves. Two mistakes that so many resume-writers make are 1. Pointing out even the most basic of skills that literally any company would want an employee to have (ie. attention to detail) and 2. copying and pasting their past job descriptions under the "experience" section of their resume. What employers really want to know is what you can do. What can you do for their company?

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If you were given 3 wishes before a job interview (and you weren't allowed to wish to skip it), what would you wish for? Our guess is that you’d wish: To be completely prepared, To knock the hiring manager’s socks off, And for 0 awkward silences. Well, your wish is our command! There’s just one catch.

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What size startup should you join

Unless you plan to stay with the same company for 30+ years, everyone will need to write a resignation letter at some point in their career. Doing that right as well as handling the transition period well could be an important factor in whether you’ll be able to add your current employer to your list of references. Do it wrong, and you may end up burning some bridges.

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5 Tips for Working at a Startup

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There are several factors that contribute to making your office somewhere you want to go to everyday. While a lot of it is (hopefully) the work that you are doing, a significant part of it is also the company culture, the office environment, and the various perks that your workplace offers that make you feel valued. These factors are intermingled, but it’s important to not get them confused. Sometimes, companies can provide superficial perks in lieu of building out a robust and supportive culture.

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