Thinking about starting—or maybe re-starting—college or a training program?
Be smart and think about demand and value before you invest money or time into education.
Category: Entry-level workers
3 questions to help focus your resume
Time to create or update your resume? It can be tempting to jump right in with a list of job titles and employment dates.
But you wouldn’t prepare any other document or report without at least reviewing your facts and sources—why would you skimp on something as important as your resume?
Need a license for that job?
Did you know you have to be licensed to work as a wrestling announcer in Washington (and many other states)? Or to be a beekeeper in Rhode Island?
Learn about occupational licenses and how requirements vary by state.
5 high-pay careers: no college degree required
Looking for a career with a decent paycheck, but not sure you have the time to start or finish a college degree?
Check out this list of five occupations that pay well and don’t typically require a degree.
Tagged with: career exploration
CareerOneStop’s Credentials Center coming March 2!
Beginning March 2, CareerOneStop’s brand new Credentials Center will be a one-stop site for your education and training needs.
Tagged with: education and training
Top 5 reasons your interview didn’t get you the job
Getting plenty of interviews but no job offers?
If you’re consistently missing out on offers for jobs you thought you had in the bag, you may be running into one of these five classic interviewing issues.
Tagged with: intervewing
What’s the ROI of your education costs?
Thinking about a class, program, or degree?
Follow these three steps to help make sure your training or education expereince will pay off for you—in terms of career happiness, employment stability, and wages.
Tagged with: education and training
Not seeing results in your job search?
You’ve done the research, found the jobs you want, created a killer resume, applied for a dozen job openings, and. . .nothing?
The fact is, there’s always a certain amount of tweaking you can do to your resume, your cover letter, and your interviewing skills.
Work and values: love what you do
Ever had a job you liked, but didn’t like the company you worked for? How about a career that sounded good, but just didn’t feel right?
The chances are it was a case of values mismatch.
Tagged with: career exploration
How’s your elevator speech?
CareerOneStop
Posted in Career changers, Entry-level workers, Job seekers, Older workers, Students, Uncategorized
Not sure how your elevator speech is—or even what an elevator speech is?
Now’s the time to dust off, create, or brush up your 30-second career pitch.
That’s your elevator speech: a quick and unique introduction to who you are, what you do best, and why someone should hire you.