Salary info and negotiating

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Career Services Building (0128)
Corner of Washington Street & West Campus Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
phone 540-231-6241 fax 540-231-3293 www.career.vt.edu

Career Services is for all students: freshman, sophomore, junior, senior,
and graduate level, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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JOB SEARCH TOOLS & SKILLS:

Resumes and vitae

Cover letters & other letters

E-mail

Telephone

References

Researching employers

FINDING JOBS & EMPLOYERS:

How VT grads did it

Who hired VT grads

How to start your job search

Pros & cons of ways to job-hunt

Hokies4Hire & the On-Campus Interviewing Program

Job listing web sites

On-line job search advice & privacy protection

MEETING EMPLOYERS:

Handshakes

Career fairs / job fairs

Employer info sessions

Interviewing

Interview attire

Business casual attire

Dining etiquette

DECIDING ON A JOB OFFER:

Salary, benefits, negotiating

Responding to job offers

Acknowledging a job offer

SPECIAL INTERESTS:

International students

Students with disabilities

LGBT students

Graduate students

Salary, benefits and negotiating

	Responding to employers who ask your salary expectations: don't be taken by surprise
	VT bachelor's degree new graduates' salaries By major in the Post-Graduation Report
	National salary information for new college graduates From NACE, National Association of Colleges and Employers, published 4x annually. Includes bachelor's and master's new grad salaries.
	Salary information sources
	Salary relocation calculators Do salary comparisons by location
	Great job! Good benefits...? Article on CampusCareerCenter.com with overview of various types of benefits.
	Negotiating salary