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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 & internship 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


Cover letters and other letters for the job search
	Guidelines for correspondence in your job search
	Guidelines and business etiquette for e-mail in your job search
	Researching employers — why and how
	Cover letter types and samples
	Thank you / follow up letters
	After your interviews / follow up / thank-you letters
	Acknowledging a job offer
	Declining a job offer
	Requesting extension of deadline to accept/decline offer
	Accepting an offer and withdrawing from the job search

Good stuff off-site:
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•	Follow-up after applying for jobs: the employer view DON'T BE A STRANGER, February 3, 2006 (Confirmed correct URL; if link does not produce this article, see "Press Room > 2006 press releases") Robert Half International Survey Suggests Job Seekers Should Follow Up Within Two Weeks of Submitting Resume. (Only 5% said don't follow up; read up on how they want to hear from you.)