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Job Search Techniques
For Graduate Students and Postdocs

We at Career Services have prepared resources on a wide range of topics to help you with your job search efforts. Be sure to read through our blog postings - we are constantly updating content with tips on job search techniques. Below, you will see links to resources that can help you with your career plans and job search.

Networking and Informational Interviews

• Building a Network
  • Penn Alumni can use the Penn Alumni Career Network (PACNet) to search for other alumni willing to talk about their experiences getting hired, how they did it, and what it is they do - a great tool for informational interviews.
  • See additional information on networking and informational interviews from Harvard University's Office of Career Services
• Working the Room
• Guide to Navigating Career Fairs
• Penn Career Fairs
• Creating an Online Presence – tips for using social networking sites, blogs, and Twitter in your search
• Getting the Most Out of LinkedIn - Presenting Yourself & Networking Online

Interviewing Tips

• Interview Guide
• InterviewStream: Practice-interview software that allows you to conduct and watch your own interview using a webcam. Access InterviewStream by logging in to PennLink.
• Business and Professional Interviews: What to Expect and How to Prepare for It
• Interview Preparation Worksheet
• The Sixty-Second Opportunity: Approaching Potential Employers
• Skype Interviews: One job hunter's experience being interviewed via Skype
• Interviewing While Dining - Basic etiquette video
• Academic Job Search - Humanities and Social Sciences
• Academic Job Search - Science, Mathematics and Engineering

Negotiating Job Offers

• Negotiating an Offer (nonacademic positions)
• Negotiating an academic job offer - a guide to what you might see in your job offer letter
• For more information on negotiating academic offers, see the "Academic Job Search" links in the section above.

Salary Information Websites

• VAULT Online Career Library (Pennkey and password required)
  
• Profession Specific Salary Surveys
  
• Salary Wizard
  
• Glassdoor.com
  
• PayScale
  
• Salary.com