Spotlight on: Quintessential Careers – recommended website
QuintCareers is a powerhouse. There are more than 4000 pages of high quality information for career changers, students and graduates, job coaches and job hunters in general. Whether you are looking for resume help, tips for networking, cover letter samples, interview tutorials, salary negotiation strategies, career assessment tools and tests, you'll find it in Quintessential Careers.
Here are a few of the links we have added to Career Bookmarks from QuintCareers over the years.
10-step plan to career change Most studies show that the average job-seeker will change careers (not jobs) several times over the course of his or her lifetime. Here's help with that transition.
Job interviewing tutorial for job-seekers Interview preparation, your body language, tough questions and more.
10 easy ways to improve your resume Simple tips that pay off.
Quintessential guide to job search 2.0 Personal branding, job boards, how to be found online, social media and micro-blogging and more. Links to job search resources.
Tools for networking on the internet Includes business, job networking and online communities, online discussion groups, employment-issue discussion groups, newsgroups, school and alumni online boards, chat and internet messaging, blogs and more.
Transferable skills A complete collection of transferable skills resources.
Job search checklist Check out how you are doing by reviewing this checklist.
Want to see what else Quintessential Careers has to offer? The QuintCareers FAQ lists some of the features of the site. Or use the search or A-Z index
Randall and Katherine Hansen of QuintCareers have published job help books too. Here are three that Toronto Public Library has in stock now. A new book Tell Me About Yourself is on order – place a hold.
Visit us again at torontopubliclibrary.ca/jobhelp
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