Career Guide
Looking for a job? Need to write a résumé? Want interview tips? The Central Piedmont Career Guide is a tool to help you on your path to career success.
The Central Piedmont Career Guide details the job search process from beginning to end. The following are a few highlights
Section 1: Introducing You – Prepare to Begin Your Job Search
- Develop your brand (page 7)
- Network (page 8)
- Job Shadow (page 10)
Section 2: "Getting it in Writing" — Résumés and Cover Letters
Review résumé examples for a variety of programs, including Associate of Arts, air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration technology, business administration, information technology, medical assisting, and mechanical engineering technology.
- Popular keywords or buzz words to use (page 14)
- Spice up your writing with action verbs (page 16)
- Functional résumés (pages 18–19)
- Chronological résumés (pages 20–21)
- Combination résumés (pages 22–23)
- Cover letters (pages 25-27)
Section 3: "Interviewing Me, Interviewing You – Interview Tips
- Commonly asked interview questions and tips for answering
- What to wear to an interview (page 29)
- Discrimination (page 32)
- Salary negotiation (page 36)
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