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How to Negotiate Salary as an Entry-Level Candidate (With Examples!)

You’ve landed your first job offer—congrats! Now comes the next challenge: how to negotiate salary as an entry-level candidate. It might seem like salary negotiation is out of reach, and that you should simply accept what’s offered. But the …

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Financial Analyst vs. Accountant: What’s the Difference?

Both accountants and financial analysts exist at the intersection of data, finance, and business. These finance professionals analyze financial data to help clients, companies, and institutions make informed decisions. However, the main difference between a financial analyst vs. accountant is …

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Hedge Fund vs. Private Equity: What’s the Difference?

The main difference between a hedge fund vs. private equity firm is the types of investments they make. Private equity firms typically invest in private companies and see returns on investment by improving the company’s profits. On the other hand, …

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Featured Resources

The following career resources were selected to support alumni within this career community with their career needs.

Microsoft Learn

Microsoft Learn is a free, online training platform that helps you become proficient in Microsoft technologies with interactive content that’s …

Skill Syncer (ATS)

SkillSyncer is a free resume keyword optimizer and job application tracker for job seekers. The tool intelligently identifies skills and …

Click on “View All Resources” for additional resources featured for alumni within this career community.

Job Market DataIn partnership withLightcast logo

Are you looking to use real-time job market data to make informed decisions about your future career path, explore relevant salary data, or identify the skills you need to build or market to get your next role? Use the following tool to explore your options.

There are two ways to navigate this tool:

  1. Keyword Search: Search for the title of the job you’re looking to pursue, or skills you may have that could be relevant for a particular career path.
  2. Narrow Down by Industry + Occupation: If you have a general sense of the industry you’d like to pursue, you can narrow down the occupations within a given industry to help you decide.

First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Skill Building Through Virtual Company Projects

Build valuable career skills and get a taste of industry experience via short virtual projects created by top companies across the globe on the Forage platform. Click on "View All Projects" to view all experiences for this career community. To check out projects across all the career communities and relevant practice interview questions, here.

Wondering how to list a completed project on your resume/CV or LinkedIn profile? Review the Forage referencing policy.

Featured Industry & Career Guides

Vault offers comprehensive industry and career guides that provide insights into industry work life and advice for students and alumni on kickstarting their careers. You can access 170+ guides on our Custom Career Content site to help you explore career paths and gain valuable information that will help you make informed career decisions.

Vault Career Guide to Insurance, Fourth Edition
Vault Career Guide to Consulting, Fourth Edition
Vault Guide to Investment Management Jobs, Third Edition

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

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Cane2Cane Mentors

Cane2Cane is an exclusive community that connects UM students, alumni, and community members to close the gaps between college and careers. As an alum, you can join the community to network with other alumni and industry professionals on the platform and/or serve as a mentor to your fellow 'Canes.

Magaly Park

Community Mentor
  • Miami, Florida
  • Board Member GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI INC
Meet Magaly

Ellen Ruch

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Surety Intern Frankenmuth Insurance
Meet Ellen

Tahz Rashid

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Investment Banking Associate Cassel Salpeter and Co.
Meet Tahz

Robert Drake

Alumni Mentor
  • Clarkesville, Georgia
  • SVP, Market Executive, Private Banking Bank of America, US Trust
Meet Robert

Jeffrey Smith

Community Mentor
  • New York, NY
  • Global Equity Research Analysts ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN/SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN
Meet Jeffrey

JUSTIN FALCON

Alumni Mentor
  • Homestead, FL
  • Program Security Manager Homestead Air Reserve Base
Meet JUSTIN

Alexander McPhee

Alumni Mentor
  • Atlanta, GA
  • Investment Analyst The White Oak Group
Meet Alexander

Grant Mizel

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, Florida
  • Senior Manager, Forensic Accountant Ampcus Forensics
Meet Grant

Adele Devito

Alumni Mentor
  • Coral Gables, FL
  • Tax Consultant Deloitte
Meet Adele

Andrew Mouacdie

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Fund Accountant Dimension Capital Management
Meet Andrew

Patrick Adams

Alumni Mentor
  • Washington, DC
  • Intern US International Development Finance Corporation
Meet Patrick
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • Manager Protiviti
Meet Remington

Join your fellow ‘Canes on Cane2Cane and share your career story!

JOBSCAN

The more effectively you can tailor your resume for a specific job, the better your chances are. Easily optimize your resume by completing a scan below. By scanning and comparing your resume versus any job description Jobscan will give you an instant analysis of how well your resume is tailored for a particular job and how it can be even better optimized for an applicant tracking system (ATS). To start, paste in the text of your resume then paste the text of the job posting you’re interested in, and press Scan.