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Robert Pearl Starks

Advice for Social Media

What is your #1 piece of advice for job seekers as they navigate the challenges of social media and search engines?

Robert Pearl Starks

A New Standard for Job Seeking

What has your experience been regarding the influence of the web and social networks relative to employersâ€™ decision-making processes for sourcing, recruiting, and hiring? What are you learning from employers in your area?

Robert Pearl Starks

Portfolios

In your view, what do the most successful portfolios contain? Can you think of exceptional examples that students have developed over the years?

Robert Pearl Starks

Cover Letters

What is your single most common piece of advice for students to correct poor cover letters?

Robert Pearl Starks

Additional Supporting Collateral

Are there any other pieces of supporting collateral that you would recommend as beneficial (or essential) in marketing your graduates? (These could be career-specific or general.)

Robert Pearl Starks

Emerging Trends in RÃ©sumÃ© Design

The course mentions URLs in the header of a rÃ©sumÃ©, QR Codes, and "Search Me" buttons as emerging trends in rÃ©sumÃ© design. What emerging trends have you observed other than these?

Robert Pearl Starks

Objective vs. Summary vs. Headline

Which do you recommend for most student rÃ©sumÃ©s: Objective Statement, Summary/Profile, or Headline? Under which circumstances would each be most advantageous? Have you found any circumstances where one is a poor choice?

Robert Pearl Starks

RÃ©sumÃ© as Marketing Device

When advising students on rÃ©sumÃ© development, the conversation must often be more of a marketing discussion than one on how students can summarize themselves. What are some of the best strategies that you have found to teach this distinction and encourage the necessary skills for students to market themselves successfully?

Robert Pearl Starks

Challenges

What have been some of your greatest challenges in assisting students with this type of rÃ©sumÃ© development, and how have you overcome them?

Jany Perez

Work succes

Having good work habit from the begining increasing your potencial to get a succes job. it's not only collecting paycheck, the students need to love working in the field.

Jany Perez

Prepare Interview

We prepare our students and graduates for their job interview until the students is confortable and at the level needed to be succesful.

Jany Perez

Resume writting

It's important that the resume reflects your personality in a professional way. All the student's qualification and professional stadards will allows to create an excellent resume.

Jany Perez

Find a job

The most important thing for students to find a right job for them are their skills or abilities to perform. They also can create their resume and take interview review online, make good decision and tell their education experience.

Jany Perez

Surveys

Our Institution makes one survey a months to check how students feels about the school operation and one after their graduates regarding placement department. we also make an annual graduation ceremony after graduation.

Jany Perez

Create a resume

Our Institution teach the students and graduates how to create their own resume with their profile and objetive, also we instructed them to make change to make their resume more individualized.

Jany Perez

Create a resume

Our Institution teach the students and graduates how to create their own resume with their profile and objetive, also we instructed them to make change to make their resume more individualized.

Jany Perez

Interview or job offers

The graduate students needs to understand the differents expectations of the jobs and convine with their experience in the school and workplace. Also they need to like working in the field.

Jany Perez

Placement Department

Our Institution prepare the staff to assist the students and our graduates the best as we can with continuing education training. Also we call resent graduates and ask them question regarding graduates employment duties and if they research of job's opportunities.

Robert Pearl Starks

Common Barriers

It looks as though we've identified some common barriers that exists for non-traditional students. Some of those mentioned are: transportation, child care and family issues. What are some best practices that you've employed to help mitigate these barriers for your graduates?

Shawn Snider

Licensure and career services

All of our graduates require state or national license before they can become employed in the field. Most graduates of our College actually open their own business upon receiving this license. As part of our career services offered, I believe that it would be beneficial to incorporate more business management practices - thereby helping our graduates become more successful in their professional lives after they graduate.