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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, […]

One thing we see a lot here at Scouted is young job seekers, either right out of college or with only a few years experience, applying to jobs with resumes over two pages in length. Even if said job-seeker went to an amazing school, had the best internships, and spent every minute of free time in relevant extracurricular activities, there’s no reason why a recent grad should need a resume over 2 pages. Here, we want to give you a couple reasons for why you’ll want to keep your resume single (paged, that is) and how to do it if you’re having trouble cramming it all in.

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Ok so not all jobs are what you might have hoped them to be and that’s ok! There’s more fish in the sea. So what do you do when it’s time to turn down a job offer?

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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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The Email Template We Use to Stay Accountable

The email template we use to stay accountable

After screening thousands of resumes, this template is our favorite (and some resume advice to go with it)

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Whether you’ve been working in your industry for a number of years or you just graduated college and you're thinking to yourself, “I actually don’t want to do what I just got a degree in...” - Don’t panic.

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For most jobs, a reference is a crucial aspect of the vetting process. For some, though, it's not incredibly important, and they're not very interested in checking references. Because you can't be sure which one the job you're looking for will be, have your references ready in case they ask.

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