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Graduate School Workshops (scheduled every quarter)
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Graduate School Recommendation Letters
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GRADUATE SCHOOL
Are you wrestling with the question of whether you should go to graduate school or get a job?
Don't decide to go only because you don't want to look for a job.
Years of commitment in a Master's or Ph.D.

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My graduate school advisor called this technique "carefrontation," confrontation done in a caring way. When your career counselor challenges you - for example, by telling you you're saying one thing but doing another -- he isn't trying to be annoying.

Many graduate schools and an occasional employer will require you to submit letters of recommendation.
Give your recommendation writers as much advance warning as possible, preferably at least a month.
What credentials service does BC offer?

He toyed with graduate school and was even offered a fellowship that would have paid for continuing his education in math and computers.

Helpful college or graduate school courses include English, foreign language, government, geography, international history, economics, public speaking, and commerce.

Most people who are knowledgeable of the academic job market advise prospective graduate students not to attend graduate school if they must pay for it; ...

* Resumes provided for graduate school admission showcase your skills, professional experience, accomplishments, and academic history in much the same way as "job" resumes.

As you may know, I am presently the Director of Development in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver.

With a Bachelor's degree, you could get a job with cultural resource management consulting firms, or go on to graduate school to pursue a Master's degree or a PhD. From there, teaching and/or research are the best options.

Resumes sent to admission directors for graduate school can list Education before Professional Experience or after, depending upon these factors: ...

DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management
ITT Technical Institute
More ...

Contact your schools (high school through graduate schools) to see what alumni services they offer.

What Else Can I Do?
Career Exploration Links
Extensive collection of links to career information and graduate school/educational options from the Career & Educational Guidance Library, UC Berkeley.

Good for applying to graduate school, but seen as fairly worthless in job-hunting because no one who would write you a recommendation letter would say anything negative about you. See reference list.

After a couple of years, though, he realised that things were unlikely to work out and that he should seriously rethink his career. This led to a decision to study labour relations and industrial safety in graduate school, ...

than it being the perfect fit for you for the rest of your life, think about how it might help you develop some expertise or give you additional experience that will either lead to a better resume, a decision on what to study in graduate school, ...

Don't glorify your past experiences - getting into a job for which you are under qualified is not recommended.
Don't assume that all employers will be delighted to hear of your plans for graduate school.
Don't smoke, chew gum, etc.

To use as a covering piece or addendum to another form of job application, as part of a grant or contract proposal, as an accompaniment to graduate school or other application.
To put in an employer's personnel files.

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