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Graduate School Resume/CV (Sample, Guide & Tips)

Are you ready to apply for graduate school? In this guide, we detail how to write a resume / CV for grad school admissions, with expert tips and examples to help you along.

How to Write a Pain Letter to Get Callbacks in 3 Steps

Yikes! 2% of cover letters get interviews. Yet 25% of pain letters get calls. Show the hiring team you’re their knight in shining armor with this wow-getting pain letter example.

How to Negotiate a Salary: 30+ Tips and Examples

How to negotiate a salary and get what you deserve. Learn how to ask for more money in an interview and beyond! (Extra information on negotiating perks and benefits!)

How to Conduct an Interview: Best Interviewing Techniques for HR Pros

Here’s how to conduct a professional job interview to make sure you find the best candidates—and make sure they want to join! Real data for 2019.

Glossary of Career, Employment & HR Terms (50+ Definitions)

Have trouble understanding some employment or career words and phrases? Don't worry; you're not alone. Human Resources and job recruiters often have their own recruitment lexicon, but with our glossary of career, recruitment, and HR terms, you'll be able to understand what they mean right away.

Event Manager Resume Sample & Guide [20+ Examples]

An event manager is responsible for organizing events, meetings, and conventions. The aim of your event manager resume is to show off with your communication, organization, and leadership abilities.

Nonprofit Cover Letter Sample & Writing Guide (15+ Tips)

The opportunity to change the world may be just around the corner. Write a perfect non-profit cover letter and get a job that treasures your contribution.

Executive Cover Letter: Samples, Proper Format, & Writing Guide

You can make a business operate like a machine. The truth is executives do a little bit of everything. How to put it in an executive cover letter? Find out!

Just Got Fired? Do This [187 Career Experts' Tips]

Imagine you just lost your job. If you’re one of the 141,667 U.S. employees facing that this month, you don’t have to imagine. In your near future? Financial troubles, marital stress, a thundering whack to your self-esteem… Wait. It doesn’t have to be like this. Here’s what you need to do in the next few days to make sure you’ll handle this nightmare well.

Worst Career Regrets People Have (but You Can Avoid)

Career regret is common, but you don't have to make the same mistakes others have made. Learn what most people regret and avoid these bad career decisions. Otherwise, you'll live with them for the rest of your professional life.

Pharmacy Technician Cover Letter: Samples, Format, & Writing Guide

Writing a pharmacy technician cover letter sounds like a bitter pill to swallow? Don’t sweat it. With this guide, you’ll be advising customers in a flash.

Marketing Coordinator Resume: Sample & Complete Guide [20+ Tips]

Whether you’re applying for marketing coordinator jobs in branding, digital media, real estate, or sales, this guide will help you market yourself with the perfect resume example.

Restaurant Manager Cover Letter: Sample & Writing Guide [20+ Tips]

Ready to take the helm of a restaurant, diner, or other eating establishment? Prove it to the restaurant owner or managing partners by handing them a perfect cover letter.

Restaurant Manager Resume: Sample & Guide [20+ Examples & Tips]

Ready to manage a restaurant or bar, fast food or fine dining? This complete resume guide and the expert tips will get you at the helm of the food establishment in no time.

Legal Assistant Cover Letter: Samples, Proper Format, & Writing Guide

Need to win over a jury of HR managers with a biting legal assistant cover letter? Follow our tips and you’ll get a unanimous verdict from all hiring managers.

Working Too Hard? The US States with the Most Amount of Free Time

Check our nation-wide report to see which states rank as having the most amount of free time, leading employees to maintain a healthier work-life balance.

Make Your Resume Great Again: How World Leaders Rose to the Top

You win some, you lose some... but you can still be a world leader. Learn how the most influential people on Earth got to where they are.

Budtender Resume: Example & Writing Guide [20+ Tips]

Writing a resume for a job that isn’t even legal in most states feels like a bad trip. Relax, we’ll sit you through it and help you get the best legit budtender jobs.

HR Coordinator Resume: Sample & Writing Guide [20+ Tips]

You’ve helped hundreds of people succeed at their work. Now, let us help you write a topnotch HR coordinator resume that gets you the job.

How to Put LinkedIn on a Resume: Quick Guide and Examples

What should a link to your LinkedIn profile look like on a resume? And where to put it anyway? Read on to learn how to customize your LinkedIn URL, and where to display it.

Entry-Level Cover Letter with No Experience Example & Writing Guide

A sample entry-level cover letter with no experience that will get you a first job that rocks! Learn how to write a cover letter for a job without experience and fix your application. No matter the field, our first job cover letter template example will present you as the strong candidate you are. Got you *covered*, read on!

Catering Resume: Sample & Writing Guide [20+ Tips for Catering Jobs]

You can serve food to large groups, organize complex menus on the go, and keep it all healthy and safe. Now, here’s how to serve the hiring manager a mouthwatering resume.

Esthetician Cover Letter: Samples, Proper Format, & Writing Guide

Writing an esthetician cover letter might feel like waxing your hair off. Take heart. In 5 minutes, you'll learn how to pen yours the way it will make Francesca Paige blush.

Work-Life Balance Is Dead, and Here's Why

When you finally come home at the end of a long day of work, you want to have an actual life. You socialize, shop, catch a movie, and maybe go to your favorite restaurant. The truth is, all that time, a thought lingers in the back of your mind: “I have to wake up early tomorrow.” And there’s nothing wrong with it. We’re looking into whether it makes sense to try and achieve a perfect balance between your work and life—and if not, what are some alternative attitudes.