What Are Technical Skills and How Should You Include Them On Your Resume? (Plus a List of Examples)

Whether or not you can do a job—and whether or not you can land that job—often depends on your technical skills. Technical skills are a subset of hard skills, which are the knowledge or abilities needed to perform specific tasks. …

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9 Jobs for Computer Science Majors—You Don’t Have to Be a Software Engineer

As companies clamor for people with programming skills, it’s no surprise that computer science has become a popular major at many universities. But coding isn’t the only skill you develop when you study CS, and a computer science degree doesn’t …

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The (Simple) Guidelines You Should Follow When Naming Your Resume and Cover Letter Files

When you’re first creating a document—even an important one like your resume or cover letter—you might give it a placeholder file name while you’re working on it. So if you’re job searching, you probably have at least one document named …

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Here’s What You Should—and Shouldn’t—Capitalize on Your Resume

As a career coach, I’ve worked alongside recruiters and heard their complaints as they review resumes. I remember one squinting at the screen as she tried to read a resume with tiny font, and another telling me she doesn’t even …

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7 Questions to Ask Yourself That Are More Important Than “What’s My Passion?”

If you're a millennial or a Gen Z’er, you've probably been taught that the key element to choosing a career involves “discovering your passions.” Perhaps a counselor, teacher, or parent has even told you that “if you love what you …

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We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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To Repress or Not to Repress One’s Culture

https://lemonly.com/work/latinos-work-infographic

An infographic about a recent study exploring the pros and cons of repressing one’s Latinx culture in the workplace.

By Ramon Garcia
Ramon Garcia Graduate Assistant
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The Latina Experience

https://www.catalyst.org/2020/11/02/latinx-womens-stories/

Read a collection of stories about what the Latina experience is like in corporate America.

By Ramon Garcia
Ramon Garcia Graduate Assistant
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Authenticity at Work

https://blog.powertofly.com/tips-authentic-self-work-latinx

Karli Henriquez, Senior Manager of Artist Relations at SoundCloud, offers 3 tips on how to bring your authentic self to work.

By Ramon Garcia
Ramon Garcia Graduate Assistant
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The Best Part-Time Jobs for Grad Students

Some students may need to work while in grad school for living expenses. Others start working in positions that are related to their degree to get a career head-start. See what jobs are ideal for current graduate students. Full article …

By Jessica Pugliese
Jessica Pugliese Assistant Director, Employer Relations
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Non-binary Inclusion in the Workplace

Check out this guide from Out & Equal about best practices for non-binary inclusion in the workplace!

https://outandequal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/OE-Non-Binary-Best-Practices-Final.pdf

By Alyssa Lombardi
Alyssa Lombardi
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