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How to Follow Up After a Job Interview (With Example Emails)

The right moves to make while you're waiting, and a ready-to-send follow-up email template for when a week has passed.

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, fill out an application, edit your resume, rewrite your cover…

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Tips for How to Respond to a Job Rejection Email

How to Respond to A Job Rejection Email

You wrote a stellar cover letter. You aced the phone interview. You visited the office and interviewed with the entire team. Then after a few days of silence, you receive an email from the hiring…

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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.

Smart Strategies for Job Interview Success

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…

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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.

How to Make a Career Change With the Right Cover Letter

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...”…

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How to Create an Office Plan for Your Next Vacation

There’s a reason that Americans are infamous workaholics: a whopping 52% of Americans didn’t use all of their time off in 2017. In fact, forfeited vacation days added up to the equivalent in $62.2 billion…

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Almost every candidate believes they should get the job, but putting the "why" into words isn't as easy as it seems. At some point in the interview process, the hiring manager is likely to ask, “Why should we hire you?” Your answer to this key question could be the difference between getting the job and losing out to someone else.

How to Answer ‘Why Should We Hire You?’

Almost every candidate believes they should get the job, but putting the "why" into words isn't as easy as it seems. At some point in the interview process, the hiring manager is likely to ask,…

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