Job Search Etiquette

Job search email etiquette including choosing an email account, formatting your email messages, what to put in the Subject Line of your message, how to create an email signature, and how to send email messages when job searching.

Advice and tips for applying for jobs online, including online job applications, uploading a resume, online employment tests, and what you need to apply for a job online.

Advice and tips for applying for jobs in person, including how to find companies that are hiring, getting ready to apply for jobs, what to bring when you apply in person for jobs, how to prepare for an on the spot interview and following up after you have applied for jobs.

How to ask for a referral including where to find connections who can refer for you a job, who to ask for a referral, tips for asking for referrals, and sample referral letters.

Information on how to ask for a reference for employment, including the best way to ask someone to be a reference for you, how to make sure the references you get are good, plus sample reference request letters and email messages asking for a reference.

When you schedule a job interview, be sure to confirm the interview location, as well as the date and time. Here are tips for confirming a job interview and ensuring you get to the right place at the right time.

How to dress for an interview including advice on what, and what not, to wear on a job interview, appropriate interview attire, how to impress a prospective employer, business vs. business casual attire, and tips on dressing for success.

You've sent a resume to a company you'd like to interview with and you haven't heard back right away. What do you do next? You can either wait patiently, presuming the employer will contact you if they are interested or you can opt to follow-up with the employer.

Here's information on when to say thank you, different types of thank you letters and when to use them, along with sample thank you letters, thank you notes, letters of appreciation, and thank you email mesages for a variety of business and employment related circumstances.

It's important to know what you shouldn't do, along with what you should do when you are applying for jobs. Here's how not to apply for a job.

Knowing proper job interview etiquette is an important part of successful interviewing. How you dress, what you bring to a job interview, how you greet the interviewer, and how you communicate all can make a difference in the outcome of the interview.

You have just left a job interview and it's a position you would love to get. What can you do next to help ensure that you get a second interview or a job offer?

Perfection counts when writing letters for employment. All your job search correspondence should be simple, concise, grammatically correct and error-free. Here are tips and suggestions for writing employment letters which will help you stand out from the crowd.

Phone interview etiquette is just as important as in-person job interview etiquette when it comes to getting hired. That's because, regardless of how you interview, a successful interview will get you to the next stage of the hiring process.

When you tender your resignation from employment, paying attention to proper resignation etiquette is important, because how you leave your job can impact your future employment. Here are resignation etiquette tips and advice for resigning with class.