Gradspot.com’s Top 5 Things Your Commencement Speaker Forgot to Mention

Guest post by Chris Schonberger – Class of 2009, congratulations!  Hopefully your commencement speaker was hilarious, inspirational, witty, warm, sage, eloquent, or at least famous enough that you’ll still remember who it was at the end of summer.  (The only person who would fulfill all those criteria at once is clearly Ellen Degeneres!)  But no matter » Read More

College Grad Job Search Tip #3

Be prepared for the interview phone screen. Phone screening helps the employer weed out candidates who are not a fit for the position because of salary requirements, knowledge inadequacy, location requirements, etc. These calls can also be a time of assessing personality, energy and overall interest in general. Employers do not want to waste time » Read More