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Employment Skills

A selection of resources to enable the school-to-career transition.

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How to Take a Great Profile Photo

Did you know adding a profile photo will get you up to 21x more profile views? LinkedIn employee Tara Ogawa shows you how you don’t need a professional photo shoot to get the perfect profile photo.--Summary from Youtube

 

Looking for a Job? Highlight Your Ability Not Your Experience by Jason Chen

Very few of us hold jobs that line up directly with our past experiences or what we studied in college. Take TED Resident Jason Shen; he studied biology but later became a product manager at a tech company. In this quick, insightful talk about human potential, Shen shares some new thinking on how job seekers can make themselves more attractive -- and why employers should look for ability over credentials.--Summary from Youtube

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