These three activities could help improve post-graduate outcomes
August 29, 2018 By Brandon Chinn It’s an all too common story: Around the middle of senior year of college, students become overcome with a sudden, acute dread that the “real world” is imminent. Despite a hazy enthusiasm for post-college life, many are blanketed with fear—especially those students who took out student loans and are
How to Get a Job
What Delta Wants in Job Seekers: New Skills
At Delta Air Lines (DAL), the competition for flight attendant positions is exceptional. According to Jennifer Carpenter, Delta’s global head of talent acquisition, less than one-half of 1 percent of those candidates get hired. The odds may be slightly better for other positions, but job seekers can dramatically improve their chances by looking at hiring
How to Get Hired without Experience
The LinkedIn editors asked me to respond to this question for an email newsletter called the Weekly Rundown: Why do recruiters and hiring managers almost everywhere ask for years of experience in a certain job field or industry and overlook the overall work experience, volunteer experience and life situations? How are we supposed to gain