Alumni Career Services - Resources

Alumni Career Services has scoured the internet and interviewed many career advisors to get the top resources available in front of you. Helpful advice for the recent graduate, young alumni or more experienced alumni is just a click away.

Fairfield University Career Planning Center

The Career Planning Center offers a host of services to assist alumni in the job search process. Whether you are re-entering the job market, evaluating a career change, or seeking to move into a different organization, our services can support you in reaching your career goals.

Services

Online Career Management

The following resources have been reviewed and are recommended for insight on career development, resume writing, job search techniques, and other quality career content.

Recommended Websites for Articles on Job Search Topics:

Career-intelligence.com (founded by Annette Richmond MA’99) is a by women, for women career resource with a philosophy of Stretch, Grow, Achieve. Her mission is to help you achieve personal and professional satisfaction by providing the information, support and tools you need to succeed in today's competitive economic environment.

Fairfield University Alumni exclusive career management tool. View many featured articles on resume writing, interviews, networking and career management. Manage your portfolio, search for jobs, and sign up for your free newsletter.

Quintessential Careers: Your career site. Today. Tomorrow. Always. The leader in expert career, college and job search advice since 1996. This site offers 4,500 pages of free content to empower you success in college, career, and life.

Vault is the web's most complete resource for career management and job search information. Vault gives millions of high potential students and professionals the competitive edge — to land a great job or make a critical career decision.

WetFeet
Wet Feet helps more than 1 million job candidates each year nail their interviews, avoid making ill-fated career decisions, and add thousands of dollars to their compensation packages.

Leading Job Aggregator Sites:

Indeed.com is a search engine for jobs, allowing job seekers to find opportunities posted on thousands of company career sites and job boards. Unlike many job boards, Indeed provides job seekers with an aggregated list of the freshest job opportunities available - free to all users.

Simply Hired is a vertical search engine company working to build the largest online database of jobs on the planet. Their goal is to make finding your next job a simple yet effective, enjoyable journey. They can't always promise you'll discover your dream job, but they'll give you the best chance possible to get a bigger paycheck, a more considerate boss, or a shorter commute.

Tips and Articles from Our Experts

The Interview: Your Most Important Presentation by Debbie Fay
Debbie Fay is the founder of bespeak presentation solutions, llc, a public speaking coaching, training and presentation development company. From Fortune 500 companies to entrepreneurs and start ups, Debbie helps her clients design and deliver presentations that get heard and get results. For more information go to; www.bespeakpresentations.com. Watch Debbie's webinar.

Career Boot Camp Presentation - View the slides from Karen Pinkman's presentation on how to Reassess, Recreate and Redeploy Your Job Search Strategy. Karen presented to Fairfield County alumni on October 4, 2011. Watch Karen's webinar on How to Get Ahead of the Candidate Pack.

10 Key Steps to a Successful Job Search

Young Alumni Career Services

A Stag for 4 years = a Stag for life! Alumni Career Services is here to help you from your first job through the many possible career changes you may see in your lifetime.

Recommended Articles for Young Alumni

Articles found at Career-Intelligence.com Founded by Annette Richmond MA'99

"How to succeed in your first full-time job"

Making the right decision is easier when you know what you want,

How to create a job specific resume

How to show employers you're right for the job

"The Changing Mode of Communication - and how this impacts your job search!" by Karen Pinkman, Chief Career Strategist at Executivejobsearchstrategies.

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