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Seven first-time resume concerns
What's your objective?
Writing a concise resume
Keywords that work
10 resume do's and don'ts
Get the interview
Leverage volunteer work on your resume
Get the employer's attention with your cover letter
Cover letter ettiquette
What do employers ask your references?
References without work
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100 Potential interview questions
Research the company before the interview
Take an entry-level virtual interview
Make your mistakes in a mock interview
What if your interview is tomorrow?
What should you wear?
Master the phone interview
Nonverbal communications: Escape the pitfalls
Asking questions during your intervew
Using your hobbies and interests
Follow the interview with a thank-you note
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Entry-level salary isn't as negotiable as you think
What are you worth?
Creating a salary range
Beyond the paycheck
Top 10 tips for salary negotiation
Create a salary history
Job offer evaluation checklist
The negotiation dance
Three steps to making smarter counteroffers
Five negotiating no-nos
Before you sign a noncompete benefit
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Why network?
Networking 101
Network on Campus
Networking without the awkward phone calls
Seven tips for social networking online
How to keep your networking confidential
Broaden your network
Use old friends, co-workers to network
Networking, Hollywood style
Audio: Women and Networking
Be the star of your own network
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Kimberly Stephens (left), director of higher-education partnerships at Graduate! Philadelphia, works with Tyrone Mays, 52, who is going back to the Community College of Philadelphia to study criminal justice and get his degree. "Now I have the fire and the desire" to return to college, he said.

Getting dropouts back to college

By Jane M. Von Bergen, Inquirer Staff Writer

In Philadelphia, unlike Boston, Chicago or Washington - in fact, unlike most cities - there are more college dropouts than citizens holding just a bachelor's degree.

Full speed ahead: Finding a part-time job sometimes requires full-time effort

Rather than rushing through the application process to submit applications as quickly as possible, it's better to take your time and make sure the they're complete, accurate and professional.
Colleges wary of Harvard's tuition deal: By Kathy Boccella , Inquirer Staff Writer

Two words to students hoping to get a break on college tuition now that Harvard and a handful of rivals have increased financial aid to middle-class students: fat chance.
Yale will expand aid, limit tuition increases: Yale University yesterday announced that it was boosting its financial-aid packages for middle-class families, joining a number of top colleges that are increasing grants, eliminating loans, and tinkering with financial-aid formulas to reduce the amount that even well-to-do families are expected to contribute.
University City Science Center finds a new leader: By Henry J. Holcomb , INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

After several tries, the University City Science Center has "finally found someone" who can execute a strategy to turn technology into businesses that transform the region's economy, its board chairman said.
Editorial: College Tuition: Degree in debt

Several leading universities have taken steps to reduce the exorbitant tuition rates for middle- and lower-income families. That's good news for the elite few who get in to the Harvards and Yales.
West Chester University among top 100: Kiplinger's found the school a bargain for in-state and out-of-state students.

By Will Hobson , For The Inquirer

For many high school students, the ideal college is hundreds, if not thousands, of miles from home. Those who are bent on finding a school that provides a sizable buffer zone from Mom and Dad should take heed, though, as they may be overlooking the better education bang for their buck closer to home.
Letters | Getting into college needs more than etiquette: As one of the few people on the planet who still writes thank-you notes routinely and advocates, as an educator, that others do the same, I am amazed at the presumptuous nature of Elliot Weinbaum's request ("How to wow a college recruiter," Dec. 26).

Getting dropouts back to college: In Philadelphia, unlike Boston, Chicago or Washington - in fact, unlike most cities - there are more college dropouts than citizens holding just a bachelor's degree.
Worried about your job? Start networking: Barbara Pachter used to take pictures for the Evening Bulletin. But when the newspaper nearly everybody read printed its last edition 25 years ago, it didn't matter whether Pachter was good - she was out of a job. What mattered was her position as acting president of the Philadelphia Photographers Association.
Charming Shoppes loses exec, plans layoffs: It was a tough day at Charming Shoppes Inc. The Bensalem women's-apparel retailer yesterday lost a key executive to a local rival; announced that it was cutting its management staff by 150, or 13 percent; and would be closing 150 stores, 100 of them in its popular Fashion Bug chain.
Unions: Minority membership 20%; most in one trade: One in five members of local construction unions belongs to a minority group, according to numbers released yesterday by the unions in the lead-up to City Council's vote to move ahead with the $700 million Convention Center expansion.
Yahoo may lay off as many as 700 workers: SAN FRANCISCO - After seven months as chief executive officer, Yahoo Inc. cofounder Jerry Yang has concluded that hundreds of employees will have to be fired to help the slumping Internet icon recover from years of misguided management.