UMD Career Services

Welcome!

New to Planning Your Career?

Select from the table of contents menu below. We suggest that you start at the top and work your way through the handbook sequentially. You may also view or print a .pdf of this handbook or you can pick up a hard copy at the Career Services Office at 21 Solon Campus Center (free to UMD students and alumni).

Know What You Need?

Use the Table of Contents below or skip to one of these main categories:

• General Information
• Take Job Search Quiz
• Plan Your Career
• Beginning Your Job Search
• Resumes
• Letters
• Interviewing

Table of Contents

• Career Services
  • Services
  • Resources
  • Important Events
• Where Are You in Your Job Search?
• Planning Your Career
  • Self-Assessment
  • Other Ways to Assess Yourself
  • Exploring Your Career and Educational Options
  • Transferable Skills
  • Decision Making and Goal Setting
  • Informational Interviewing
• The Job Search
  • Getting Started: Tools for the Job Search
  • Job Search Resources
  • Job Search Strategies
  • Using the Internet
  • Small Companies
  • On-Campus Recruitment
  • Resume Writing
  • Basic Resume Principles
  • Action Verbs
  • Resume Examples
  • Effective Career Search Letters
  • Letter Examples
  • Sending Resumes and Letters
  • Developing and Using a Portfolio in Interviews
  • Interviewing
  • Handling Rejection
  • Travel Expenses
  • Negotiating
• Asking for References
• Deciding on Graduate School
• Employers on Campus 2001-2004