Common workplace mistakes new graduates make and how to avoid them
By Keith Spencer, Career Expert with AI resume builder Resume Now Transitioning from college to the professional workforce is an exciting milestone, but it often comes with a steep learning curve, especially if you haven’t had an internship or worked in a traditional office environment. While your education equips you with valuable knowledge and transferable […]
The Ethical Resume Prompt Library: 10 Tested ChatGPT Prompts for Early-Career Applicants
Over 80% of job seekers now use generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to assist with their job applications. However, there is a fine line between using AI as an intelligent writing assistant and letting it generate exaggerated or fabricated experience. Most modern Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) do not auto-reject resumes simply because […]
The 7-Day Pre-Career Fair Checklist for New Grads & Seniors
Fall campus recruiting season is one of the fastest avenues for securing an entry-level job or summer internship. While submitting resumes online can often feel like sending applications into a black hole, campus career fairs—both in-person and virtual—give you direct access to recruiters actively trying to fill open seats. However, showing up unprepared with a […]
The 2026 Early-Career Compensation Index: Starting Salaries by Major & Location
Navigating your first full-time post-grad job search can feel like solving a puzzle where half the pieces keep changing shape. Between shifting economic priorities, evolving remote-work policies, and expanded pay transparency laws, understanding what you are actually worth in the 2026 job market is essential. Whether you are evaluating your first job offer, preparing for […]
Top 10 job search platforms in Southeast Asia for students, grads
Landing that first graduate role or internship across Asia and Southeast Asia can feel like a full-time job in itself, especially when you’re navigating intense campus competition, cross-border opportunities, and distinct regional hiring cycles. From tech hubs in Singapore and Seoul to booming graduate markets in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, the secret to […]
Nobody will fire you. They will just stop inviting you.
By Jim Stroud Here is a thing your career center probably did not cover. You will land the job. Months in, the meeting invites thin out. The interesting projects go to someone else. Your one-on-one gets moved, then moved again, then quietly dropped. Your workload doubles and your title stays put. Nobody says anything. That […]
Avoid these 4 post-job offer mistakes: Career advice for recent grads | From Dorms to Desks Podcast | ep105
Have you ever thought that your job search ends the moment you sign your offer letter? Think again. In this episode of the From Dorms to Desks Podcast, we dive into the “white space” of the hiring process—the critical, often overlooked time between submitting your application, interviewing, and your actual first day on the job. […]
What are the 10 best tools for employers hiring college and university students and recent graduates?
Hiring hundreds or thousands of college students and recent graduates is a massive challenge. If your team relies on basic job boards alone, you will quickly get buried under a mountain of resumes or miss out on top talent entirely. To recruit at scale, enterprise hiring teams need a complete technology stack built specifically for […]
The new grad job search playbook: Where to look, what to fix, and how to network
By: Toni Frana, career expert at Zety.com Job searching is an experience that most likely will come with some challenges, but ultimately ends with a win. Working through the challenges of a job search is normal, and for many new grads, any challenges come not from lack of talent, but often because of an absence […]