Job Search

A résumé is a document that helps recruiters to determine if you are a good candidate for a job based on your employment history, education level, and professional skills. 

This blog post is part of the Professional Stories Series, which collects stories about professionals with a degree in Spanish who did not follow the traditional path of being a school teacher or a university professor. Questions focus on skills, strategies for the job search, and career advice. 

In today’s post, we interviewed Toni Gozalbo Torner, a Supplier Relationship Manager. Toni speaks Spanish, English, and Catalan. Toni also has language proficiency in French and German.

Spanish is an asset in your résumé. Whether you have a Minor or a Major, showing proficiency in the language makes you a good candidate for a job. Employers understand that you put effort and time into acquiring knowledge that allows you to communicate with people from Spanish-speaking countries.

This blog post is part of the Professional Stories Series, which collects stories about professionals with a degree in Spanish who did not follow the traditional path of being a school teacher or a university professor.

In discussing retention strategies for students doing a Major in Spanish, one of the most common challenges is not to attract students. More often than not, the challenge is to convince parents or legal guardians in charge of paying for their children’s education that a degree in a foreign language can be a lucrative one. 

This post is addressed to those students with parents who are not fully convinced of the value of a foreign language degree or are not willing to support a student interested in doing a Major in Spanish or any other language.

An internship is a work experience offered by an organization or company for a limited period and, usually, with no or little remuneration. They are temporary opportunities. Internships allow students to gain relevant skills in a particular field and get a sense of what is expected in that industry. 

This blog post focuses on building a reverse chronological résumé. You can read about the three most common résumé formats in the post entitled Three Amigos: The Most Common Résumé Formats. Future posts will address other issues related to format and strategy. 

Although there are many ways and styles that you can use to strategize your résumé for an effective job search, there are sections that must be included. These sections are:

This blog post is part of the Professional Stories Series, which collects stories about professionals with a degree in Spanish who did not follow the traditional path of being a school teacher or a university professor. Questions focus on skills, strategies for the job search, and career advice. 

In today’s post, we interviewed Spencer Cappelli, an Email Marketing Specialist with Voces Digital, a division of Teacher's Discovery. Spencer speaks English, and Spanish.

This blog post focuses on how to use strong verbs in your résumé. You can read about the three most common résumé formats in the post entitled Three Amigos: The Most Common Résumé Formats and about the sections of a résumé in the post entitled How to Write a Résumé.

This blog post focuses on volunteering.

Volunteering is a great opportunity to develop skills, make a contribution, or support a cause. 

Less formal than internships, volunteering can be beneficial to you. When you volunteer, you receive intangible benefits that do not necessarily translate into a salary or promotion.