Career Center Table of Contents

Career Advice & Planning

Top Five Ways to Prepare for a Pending Layoff
What to Do After a Layoff
Layoff Rumors? Get Ready To Get Busy
Managing Your Manager
Women Find Nontraditional Ways to Network for Advancement by P Capell
My Winning Resume Makeover: A Case Study
U.S. Work Easier to Get for Foreign Workers
Dealing with Family Emergencies
Six Powerful Secrets of Career Success
Women of Color Execs Share Their Strategies
What are Some of the Best and Worst Jobs?
How Career Management Is Like a Game of Hopscotch...and Twister
Beat the College Look-for-Work Rush
How to Find a Mentor
How to Get a Job in the USA: Top Ten Hottest Jobs in the States for 2005
Effective Strategies for Career Changers
Avoiding the Ax: Where the Jobs Are
Special Report: Campuses Hit Hard by Economic Downturn
Tips for New Grads: What to Do if You are Unemployed at Graduation
Tips for New Graduates: Job Search Strategies to Help Find a Job
The Job That Follows You Wherever You May Roam
Q&A: How Do I Explain to Employers Why I Suddenly Quit My Last Job?
Ensuring There's Longevity In a Newly Created Position
Eight Resolutions to Enhance Your Career
Employment Options Abroad for the Accompanying Partner

Career Issues & Trends

Immigrants Rule When It Comes to Setting Up Shop
Student Parents Find Support Where They Can
Unemployment Shouldn’t Destroy Friendships
U.S. Work Easier to Get for Foreign Workers
A Career in Languages Translates Into Success
Outlook for Executive Jobs in 2005
Test Scores Must Not Underpin Merit Pay for California Teachers
Diversity Organizations Strive to Improve Minority Retention by P Sappal
How to Get a Job in the USA: Top Ten Hottest Jobs in the States for 2005
Effective Strategies for Career Changers
Women Still Earning Significantly Less Than Men
Overseeing Workers Who Are Closer in Age to Your Parents
Highlight Skills Rather Than Age
The Age Wave: America's Retiring Workforce
Working with the Effects of Trauma in Organizations
Ensuring There's Longevity In a Newly Created Position
Getting in the Game -- Pursuing a Career in Sports
Bend Without Breaking: Women Execs Discuss Flex Schedules
Businesses Looking for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Diversity & Inclusion

Women and Minorities Lose Ground on Fortune 500 Corporate Boards
Why Applicants Should Care About Diversity by L Stevens
New York's Ethnic Media Honored
Business Diversity at Stake in Same-Sex Marriage and Civil Unions Bans, Too
Editorial: Barack Obama, Diversity and the New America
Outwitting Discrimination: New Job Market Tactics for Women and Minorities
Hiring Diverse Talent Is the New Imperative
Poll Finds Millions in America Turn to Ethnic Media
Too Big to Work? Obesity Screening Called Unfair
Merrill Lynch Hosts "Affirmative Action: A View From Wall Street"
Librarianship: A Career as Diverse as You Are
Diversity Organizations Strive to Improve Minority Retention by P Sappal
Difference as Advantage: Maximize the Benefits of Your Cultural Identity on the Job
Nation’s Population One-Third Minority
Edward Jones Diversity Series
Minnesota Professor Teaches Diversity
Review: The Race Myth: Why We Pretend Race Exists in America
ASNE Report Finds Percentage of Minorities in Newsrooms Declining
Knocking Down Affirmative Action -- What It Means for America
NY Executive Diversity Career Fair Attracts 750 Job-Seekers
Google Tops 2006 "IDEAL Diversity Employers" Ranking
Silicon Valley's Lead Role in Idea Economy Relies on Foreign-Born

Discrimination, EEO and Fairness

Why Applicants Should Care About Diversity by L Stevens
Impact, Not Intention: On Bullying in the Workplace
Business Diversity at Stake in Same-Sex Marriage and Civil Unions Bans, Too
Too Big to Work? Obesity Screening Called Unfair
Igasaki EEOCorner: The Glass Ceiling - Roadblock to Promotions
Igasaki EEOCorner: Is Age Discrimination [Baby] Booming?
Igasaki EEO Corner: Sexual Harassment - A Sea Change in the Workplace
Igasaki EEOCorner: Civil Rights for Young Workers
Race & Resumes: Does Your "Name" Keep You From Getting Hired?
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Assails Bush Administration Record on Civil Rights
Igasaki EEO Corner: Diversity - What a Concept!
Igasaki EEO Corner: Retaliation - Is Complaining Worth the Risk?
Igasaki EEOCorner: George Bush, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Number of Discrimination Suits Soar
Ida Castro on Equal Opportunity
Defeating Discrimination in the Workplace
Women See Progress, but Also Inequity
Igasaki EEO Corner: Racial & Ethnic Harassment in the Workplace
Bush vs. Berry: Battle Over Future of Civil Rights Panel
Igasaki EEOCorner: Diversity in the Ivory Tower
Affirmative Action Ban Passes in Michigan
How a Resume Can Catch the Eye of Diversity-Minded Employers

Education & Training

Student Parents Find Support Where They Can
"Earn a Law Degree while Surfing the Web": Distance Ed Finds Growing Legitimacy
U.S. Universities Face Turbulent Times Ahead
Race on Campus
World's Largest Scientific Society Seeks Minority Students for Scholarships
Students: Bolster Your Job Search Over the Winter Break
Admissions Coaches Become More Popular by E Gunn
An M.B.A. Student Asks: Where Are the Women?
New Degree Combines Business and Science
Minnesota Professor Teaches Diversity
Trends: Students Craft Internships to Fit Interests
Escape Route: Seeking Refuge in an M.B.A. Program
Q&As: Getting the Most from a Career Center
Bypass Reality TV for Reality Learning
Who Will Teach Tomorrow's M.B.A.s?
Underused College Tool: Campus Career Services

Employment Trends

Where Are the Jobs?
Are You an ‘Average’ Worker?
A Career in Languages Translates Into Success
Review: Students Say Goodbye Wall Street, Hello Pre-Med
Employers Are Beefing Up Their Summer Hiring Plans
Summer Jobs Easier to Find in 2006
Communications Majors: Why Graduate School?
Transformation and Opportunity in (New) Media and Mass Communications
ASNE Report Finds Percentage of Minorities in Newsrooms Declining
Getting in the Game -- Pursuing a Career in Sports
Google Tops 2006 "IDEAL Diversity Employers" Ranking
Silicon Valley's Lead Role in Idea Economy Relies on Foreign-Born
Immigration Matters: U.S. Badly Needs Workers, but the System Won't Let Them In

Job Hunting

4 Keys to Effective Job Offer Negotiation
Power of a Cover Note
You’re downsized…..now what?
Four Elements of a Killer Resume
Highlight Skills Rather Than Age
Trends: Students Craft Internships to Fit Interests
M.B.A.s Skip On-Campus Recruiting
Getting the Right Job in Tough Times
Employers Are Beefing Up Their Summer Hiring Plans
Subtly Is Best to Determine Aspects of Job
Tassels, Pantsuits and Other Interview Attire Don'ts
Race and Other Tricky Online Application Questions
Six Things You Should Know About Pre-Employment Tests
Why Did You Leave Your Last Position?
NY Executive Diversity Career Fair Attracts 750 Job-Seekers
When You Can't Ask the Boss for a Reference

Find a Job

Four Elements of a Killer Resume
Kick-Start a Stalled Job Search
Network Your Way Into a Job
Do Spring Cleaning to Find a New Job
Job Hunting After 40
Beating the Job Search Blues
Students: Bolster Your Job Search Over the Winter Break
Tips for New Graduates: Job Search Strategies to Help Find a Job
Strong Labor Market Greets '06 Grads
Tips for New Grads: What to Do if You are Unemployed at Graduation
Six Things You Should Know About Pre-Employment Tests

Resume Writing

Power of a Cover Note
Four Elements of a Killer Resume
My Winning Resume Makeover: A Case Study
Skeptical Resume Reader Tells How He Really Thinks
Proven Resume Techniques for New College Graduates
How to Create a Global Resume/CV
Effective Strategies for Career Changers
Resume Makeover: A Sales Exec Gets a New Marketing Document
How a Resume Can Catch the Eye of Diversity-Minded Employers
What to Do (and Not Do) When Emailing Recruiters

Interviewing

4 Keys to Effective Job Offer Negotiation
Q&A: Privacy and Prospective Employers
What Interviewers Really Want to Know About You
Don't Ask for a Job During an Informational Interview
Subtly Is Best to Determine Aspects of Job
Tassels, Pantsuits and Other Interview Attire Don'ts
Q&A: How Do I Explain to Employers Why I Suddenly Quit My Last Job?
Six Things You Should Know About Pre-Employment Tests
Why Did You Leave Your Last Position?
Interview Blunders Often Trip up Applicants

Job Negotiations

My $alary Tool$ and Compensation Wizard
Understanding Company Benefits
Negotiating Effectively When You Feel Outgunned
Compensation Tips: Everything is Negotiable
Want to See the World? Ways to Snag a Foreign Transfer at Work
Congratulations, You Received a Job Offer! Now What?

Keep the Job

How to Be a Star at Work
Ensuring There's Longevity In a Newly Created Position

Promotions on the Job

How Minority Execs Make It to the Top
Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America
Tips for Developing a Leadership Style

Job Resources & Search Tools

QuickSearch: Internships, Coops, Jobs for Students and Recent Graduates
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QuickSearch: Jobs in Business Administration/Management, MBA and Other
QuickSearch: Jobs in Banking, Financial Services and Accounting
My $alary Tool$ and Compensation Wizard
QuickSearch: Jobs in Academia, Education and Training
QuickSearch: Jobs in Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
QuickSearch: Jobs Preferring Bilingual / Multilingual Candidates
QuickSearch: Jobs in IT, Software Engineering, and Computing-related Fields
QuickSearch: Human Resources, Staffing, and Diversity-related Jobs
QuickSearch: Jobs in Media, New Media and Mass Communications
QuickSearch: Jobs in Athletics-, Sports- and Fitness-related Fields
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QuickSearch: Jobs in Healthcare and Related Fields
Featured Jobs at IMDiversity
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QuickSearch: $100K+: Jobs Offering Salaries in the Six Figures or Hourly Equivalents

Life Lessons

Student Parents Find Support Where They Can
Edward Jones - "Mentoring Program Helps Young Women Believe The Sky Is The Limit"
An Apple Pie Teaches About Life
Edward Jones - Newlyweds, New Financial Future: Financial Checklist for Newlyweds
Create a Feeling of Newness
Bend Without Breaking: Women Execs Discuss Flex Schedules