Practical advice on the best ways to send out résumés and cover letters, to interview and to follow up. Plus, checking out a company's diversity quotient to make sure it's where you want to work.
Job interviews can be stressful, especially if you aren't sure you'll fit in with the dominant corporate culture. With the proper preparation, however, a candidate can diminish the stress and perform much better in the interview. Read tips from the experts.
What major television network wants you? If you are a young person of color, it's Disney-ABC, which came up with a great way to get more diversity for its entry-level jobs. More»
Should you tell a prospective employer that you have a hidden disability, that you are gay or lesbian, or that you plan to start a family soon? There are two schools of thought on this. See which one works for you.
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Rich Donovan's résumé reads like a "Who's Who" of the financial world: an MBA from Columbia Business School, positions at Citibank and the Ontario Ministry of Finance. Now an equity trader at Merrill Lynch in the company's New York City office, Donovan is like any other trader on the high-pressure trading floor, buying and selling equity securities, including stocks and their derivatives. The only difference is that he can't write.
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"Before you quit your job and sell the farm, you should have some idea of the direction you're heading in," says Lynn Avitabile, managing director, global head of HR for JPMorgan Global Asset Management. (JPMorgan Chase is No. 25 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list.) "If you're independently wealthy, it doesn't matter. But most people aren't in that situation. Some simply hate what they're doing and aspire to do something different. The key is trying to figure out
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You've been job interviewing for months with no real sign of progress. But just when you're ready to overhaul your résumé and rethink your career objective, good news strikes. You get a job offer! But before you have a chance to let it sink in and fully contemplate the offer, your phone rings again. Yes, it's another job offer. What then to do?
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Taking that first civilian step of leaving the military can be the trickiest of all. Read this story from the July 2005 issue of DiversityInc magazine.
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