Writing a Cover Letter – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Professionalism & Career Development

Cover Letter GuidelinesIf given the opportunity, you should always submit a cover letter along with your application for employment. In this article, we break down what is a cover letter and provide you with a format or approach to writing one. To start with, a cover...

Guidelines for Writing a Resume – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Professionalism & Career Development

Guidelines for my ResumeLength: Limit your resume to 1 Page Explanation: If a hiring manager is holding it, she needs to be able to read everything quickly while holding it in one hand without flipping pages. You can certainly keep a Curriculum Vitae (CV) which can...

One-on-One Neworking – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Professionalism & Career Development

How Do I Have a Professional Conversation for Networking?In this article, we discuss tactics and approaches to person-to-person or one-on-one networking.Also take a look at our article, Benefits of Networking. To create opportunities (or the potential for future...

Benefits of Networking – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Professionalism & Career Development

What are the Benefits of Networking for Business Students?Networking is, without question, the single most important undertaking for creating opportunities. You will rarely find an individual who became successful in their careers without the assistance of others....

Business School Career Resources – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Professionalism & Career Development

What Career Resources are Available for Business Students?Business schools offer a wealth of career resources to students. In fact, many students see business schools as somewhat of a professional recruiting center. That’s not to say that a business school does...

Setting Up a LinkedIn Profile for Business Students – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Professionalism & Career Development

How Business Students Should Set Up LinkedIn Profile?LinkedIn stands alone as the most prolific and important professional networking platform. It is extremely important to put the same amount of effort into setting up your profile as you would in developing a resume...

Professional Business Recruiters – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Professionalism & Career Development

What is a Jobs Recruiter?A recruiter is a professional, hired by one or more companies seeking to fill open positions, who seeks to locate, screen, prepare, and nominate candidates for positions within one or more companies. If a nominee gets an interview, the...

Business School and Changing Career Paths – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Professionalism & Career Development

Changing Careers through a Business DegreeA business degree can be beneficial for individuals who seek to change or enter new careers. In this article, we discuss the two major business degrees – Bachelors degree and MBA – and how they can allow you to...

Accounting Concentration – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Professionalism & Career Development

What is an Accounting Concentration?What is generally included in an accounting concentration or major? This will vary across institutions, however, there are a common set of courses that you will find in any business school. The first classes that an accounting...

Consumption Tax – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Taxation

What is a Consumption Tax?A consumption tax refers to a tax, levy or tariff imposed on the purchase of goods and services. Consumption taxes are money or taxes that individuals pay on consumption, examples of such taxes are sales taxes, tariffs, value-added taxes,...