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How do I use the Career FAQs?
Go to the Career FAQs tab to find answers to your career questions. Use either the drop-down window or key words and phrases to access information, products and services on job hunting, resumes, interviewing, negotiations, networking stock option, annual reviews, and more!

Here are our career stages to help you navigate the site:

  1. Getting Started - The best way to begin the program is with an honest and objective assessment of: your behavioral style, your past experience, and your skills. Then, understand how these factors impact your value for employers and colleagues, determine your career path, establish a game plan.

  2. Choosing the Right Coach - Selecting the right person to assist in planning your future is an important step.

  3. Preparing Resumes, Letters, and References - Tips for writing resumes and cover letters that sell you and confirm your experience.

  4. Finding Job Opportunities - Interview tips, networking, identifying research resources, and working with recruiters.

  5. Negotiating Your Offer, Closing the Deal - Negotiating salary, benefits, severance, relocation and related matters.

  6. Planning and Advancing Your Career - Annual performance reviews, adjusting to a new job, promotions, balancing work & life, and more.
Who are the career experts behind the Career FAQs?
All articles are written by leading New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling authors, who specialize in job hunting, resume and cover letter preparing, interviewing and negotiations techniques.

The career FAQ database continually grows in response to the questions you ask. Select the 'Alert me by email if this answer is updated' button at the bottom of each answer to get an email alert when we update an answer on a career question important to you.

How can I get personalized career help?
Everyone can use a personal coach at some stage of their career. Beyond online questions and answers, work one-on-one with a coach to develop and execute your career game plan.


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