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Your Career
Your Alumni Association is an ongoing resource for information and online tools to help you move your career forward.
- Ask Career Connections
- Career Choice
- Job Search
- Advancement
Need answers to your career development or job-hunting questions? Colleen Condon, associate director for alumni career programs, holds a bachelor’s in psychology and has assisted job seekers and professionals at all levels for over fifteen years. She has presented nationally on career development strategies and believes that everyone should be doing a job they love! Read her career tips or email your questions to colleenc@admin.umass.edu.
Career Connections Tips
- How can I rejoin the workforce after raising two children?
- How can I do well on phone interviews?
- How do you answer questions about salary requirements?
- The curse of the overqualified candidate
- Do you have any tips on updating my resume?
- What should I say when asked if I have any questions?
- What is LinkedIn and how should I get started?
- Is it true that you no longer need to use a cover letter?
- Why haven't I been called back for any second interviews?
- How do I prepare for a job search to avoid layoffs?
- Is this recession making things harder for working moms?
- What are the first steps I should take to change careers?
- How can I find a job in a tight economy?
- How can I keep my job during this recession?
- Is it worth sending a resume to a company that has a hiring freeze?
Every month the Alumni Association offers a one-hour webinar on updating your resume with a review of your resume included. Check it out!