Greetings from the Tufts Career Center
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| Resiliency Resource of the Week: Create Your Own Wellness Strategy
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What do you need to do to be at your best during this difficult time? Consider these 5 wellness categories:
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Think about the ones that need attention and create small goals for yourself, e.g., walk 2x a day, arrange extra video chats with friends & family, drink more water, or find time to sit quietly and reflect.
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Job Search During a Crisis -- Adapt Your Strategies
Many tried-and-true job search tactics will remain the same during a crisis, while other strategies will need modification. Check out this article for ways to fine-tune your methods.
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Strengthen Your Resume & Cover Letters
In past messages, we’ve talked about the importance of understanding what is happening with the employers that interest you, and your self-marketing materials should reflect that awareness.
Your willingness to go above and beyond in customizing your documents will help you stand out, both now and throughout your career journey.
- Guidance for Resumes, Cover Letters, and More: Visit our site for information about content and formatting for a variety of self-marketing documents.
- Customize Your Resume Sections: These examples demonstrate the variety of ways you can adapt summary, education, experience, skills, and project sections to align your background with an employer’s needs.
- Learn About Online Portfolios: It is becoming increasingly common for artists, engineers, designers, computer scientists, and others to have online portfolios to showcase their work. Visit this page to learn more!
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Check Out Sample Documents
As you view these samples, try to think about the different ways that students have adapted their documents to tell a particular story.
The majors or minors aren’t important. Instead take a quick scan through ALL the documents to see how they've used tailored experience sections, skills listings, and more to highlight their competences. Have they mentioned relevant courses and projects? How have they included campus involvement and leadership roles? Think about which strategies best fit your background.
Resume Samples
Cover Letter Samples
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FAQs from Students
Each week, we'll answer FAQs related to our featured career topic. Here are this week's questions:
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Upcoming Virtual Career Events
(Please note: These virtual events may require pre-registration.)
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| Some Good News (SGN) Episode 2 is here!
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Past issues of Career eNews
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