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Articles on Writing a Successful Resume & CV:

Business Insiders: What Recruiters Look at during the 6 seconds they spend on your Resume

CBS Money Watch: How to Write a Resume

CBS Money Watch: 7 Ways to Ruin Your Resume

Forbes Final Cut: Words to Strike from Your Resume

The Chronicle of Higher Education's: The CV Doctor Returns 2010 (examples of CV's)

The Ten Most Overused Buzzwords

What Recruiters Look at During the 6 Seconds they Spend on your Resume

11 Things You Should Never Put on your Resume
 

Articles on How to Write an Effective Cover Letter:

Forbes: The Worst Cover Letter in the World and How to Avoid Its Mistakes

 

Articles on How to Ace that Interview:

US News: 10 Best Interview Questions to Ask (You ask the interviewers)

CBS Money Watch: Top 10 Interview Mistakes

NDSU's Dress for Success link

Forbes Magazine: Top Executive Recruiters Agree There are Only Three True Job Interview Questions
 

Articles on the Current Job Market:

Psychology Today article: Graduating? No Job? Do this Now!

NACE: What Qualities Employers are Looking for in Candidates

Bachelor's Degree is Still the Best Path to Middle-Class Jobs and Earnings

NACE: The Unemployment Rate for College Graduates

Wall Street Journal: Large Firms See More College Hiring

8 Job Search Tips from the Co-Founder of LinkedIn

5 Ways to Land that Post-College Job (Even if You Graduated Years Ago)

 

Articles on Graduate School:

Harvard's Unofficial Guide to the MBA Interview

Fastweb's Master's Degree or PhD?

US News: 5 Things You Need to Know About Graduate School

US News: Getting Schools to Fight Over You
 

Articles on Networking:

LinkedIn's Top 8 Rules of Networking

5 New Ways to Network that You Won't Dread


Articles on Entry Level Jobs:

Fin's 10 Worst Mistakes of First Time Job Hunters

Resume Doctor's Entry Level Candidate Resume Advice

Resume Doctor's Job Seeking Advice

Employers Say College Grads Lack Job Skills

Audio:

NPR: Unpaid Interns: Real World Work, or Just Free Labor?

Would-Be Accountant Takes to the Streets to Find Work