All the tips and techniques you need -- articles, tutorials, books, job sites -- to help you land that first "real" job after graduation... we call it job-search for grads.

My First Job Tools:

• Search for Jobs on our Job Board
• Post Your Resume on our Job Board

My First Job Articles:

• 15 Myths and Misconceptions About Job-Hunting
• Job Search Checklist
• A Job-Seeker’s Guide to Successfully Completing Job Applications
• Mastering the On-Site Interview: A Guide to Company Visits
• Maximize Your Internet Job Search
• Powerful New Grad Resumes and Cover Letters: 10 Things They Have in Common
• The Real World: What Entry-level Workers Wish They’d Known When They Graduated
• So You’ve Graduated College... What's Next for You? Eight Critical Issues Facing New Grads
• The Ten Keys to Success at Job and Career Fairs
• Ten Tips for Landing Your First Job
• What Do Employers Really Want? Top Skills and Values Employers Seek from Job-Seekers
• Your First Days Working at a New Job: 20 Tips to Help You Make a Great Impression
• College, Career, and Job-Related Articles -- more than 100 articles on a wide variety of topics, including career exploration, cover letters, resumes, networking, interviewing, salary negotiation, and more. If you are looking for specific information, you'll find it here.

My First Job Tutorials:

• A Student’s Guide to Job-Hunting on the Internet -- an excellent guide for students conducting a complete job search on and off the Internet.
• Dynamic Cover Letters Tutorial For Developing a Stunningly Effective Cover Letter -- covers the most important points about writing dynamic cover letters, with more than 100 pages of information and examples.
• Job Search 101 -- the 10 things you need to know and do to land your first job.
• Quintessential Careers Resume Tutorials -- offering you two different resume tutorials depending on whether you need a quick resume tune-up or a longer refresher course on resume writing.
• Salary and Job Offer Negotiation Tutorial -- takes you through the major steps and decisions you will be faced with in the salary negotiation process.

My First Job Tips:

• Critical First Job Tips: Key Job Search Advice -- #1
• Critical First Job Tips: Key Job Search Advice -- #2
• Critical First Job Tips: Key Job Search Advice -- #3
• Critical First Job Tips: Key Job Search Advice -- #4
• Critical Career Subject-Specific Tips
• Critical Career-Related Job-Seeker Do's and Don'ts
• Q TIPS: Quick and Quintessential Career & Job Tips

My First Job Books:

• The Career ToolKit for High School Students: Making the Transition from School to Work, by Carol Carter, Gary Izurno, Sarah Lyman Kravits, and Diane Lindsey Reeves (Prentice Hall).
• The Back Door Guide to Short Term Job Adventures, by Michael Landes (Ten Speed).
• Life After School. Explained (Cap & Compass).
• Success After College Books -- check out these books written especially to help recent college grads cope with the many challenges and opportunities you face upon graduation!
• Career and Job-Hunting Bookstore -- a detailed collection of job-search and career development books, including books about finding your first job out of school. Our bookstore also includes many other career books on topics such as career exploration, cover letters, resumes, interviewing, networking, salary negotiation, and more.

My First Job Tools:

• Cover Letter Quiz -- test your knowledge of cover letters with this detailed quiz.
• Job-Hunting Etiquette Quiz -- see if you know all the rules or protocols that should guide a job-seeker’s conduct.
• Job Interviewing Quiz -- see if you're really ready for that next job interview.
• Job Skills Quiz -- test your knowledge of basic job-hunting skills and strategies.
• Marketability Test for Job-Seekers -- see what the results say about your readiness for your job search.
• Resume Quizzes for Job-Seekers -- test your resume-writing and resume-strategy skills.

My First Job Job Sites:

• General Job Sites
• Job Sites by Industry
• Quintessential Directory of Company Career Centers
• Resume Distribution Services
• Volunteering and Nonprofit Career and Job Opportunities

My First Job Other Resources:

• Career Resources Toolkit -- all the best career resources...the central location for finding information, advice, and samples on career exploration, researching companies, cover letters, resumes, interviewing, networking, salary negotiation, and more -- all the things you need to help you find a better job or career.
• Job Expo and Career Fair Resources -- key tools to help you make the most of job expos and career fairs -- as well as key resources for finding your next career or job fair.