INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Before you can apply to a job opening, you'll need to put together a resume. Your resume should detail your education and work experience (if any). When putting together a resume, it's best to focus on quality rather than quantity; in other words, don't jam up your resume with a lot of clutter and filler. Focus on relevant and meaningful experience, and be honest about your accomplishments and abilities. The American Academy of Audiology offers free resume-review services online, which can help strengthen your resume and boost your chances of success.  List your education first if you're a recent graduate and don't have any professional experience yet. You should list education in reverse-chronological order, with your most recent degree (doctoral) listed first. List your professional experience in reverse-chronological order. Discuss your practicum assignments on your resume. This can help show employers what kind of experience you have working with various populations and equipment. If you list accomplishments, make sure you list them as they relate to your career. For example, don't list coursework unless you taught that class, and make sure it's relevant to the specific job you're trying to get. Explain any abbreviations you use when describing examinations and professional organizations. Otherwise an employer might get confused. Once you've put together your resume, you're ready to find and apply to jobs in your field. You can find jobs a number of ways. If you belong to any professional organizations, they often have job listings online available to their members (usually listed by state and/or by specialty). If you're not a member of any professional organization, you can still find job opportunities online or through your network connections.  Try searching through the American Academy of Audiology website's employment resources section. This section is free for anyone to use, and does not require any professional membership.  You can also find jobs through HEARCareers, which is managed by the American Academy of Audiology.  You may also want to try searching through professional job finder websites, such as LinkedIn, Indeed, and Monster.com. If you have a close rapport with any of your professors from college or graduate school, you can ask them if they have any contacts who could help you find a job in your field. Once you've applied to a few jobs, you should get a call back for an interview with one or more employers. Dress professionally for the interview (suit and tie for men, skirt and blouse or business suit for women), and make sure you show up on time. In addition, you should take some time to prepare for the types of questions that might be asked during your interview.  If the interviewer asks you to tell him/her about yourself, focus on your education and professional life. Do not divulge personal interests or hobbies, as these may be distracting and unprofessional. When discussing your strengths, talk about specific situations that demonstrate your abilities. When discussing your weaknesses (if you're asked to do so), focus on skills you wish to perfect, rather than on actual flaws. You may be asked why a given job interests you. Do some research on the institution you're interviewing with and talk about their strengths and reputation. Be prepared to discuss what you see yourself doing in five years. Giving a weak answer could suggest to employers that you don't have much professional direction or initiative. If the interviewer asks you what you could contribute to the institution if you were hired, you'll need a strong response. Highlight your professional strengths and your previous accomplishments as you frame your response.

SUMMARY: Put together an impressive resume. Find job listings for audiologists. Give a strong interview.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If you're blogging about sports, you have some flexibility in terms of subject matter. You may want to write about the sport itself, covering an entire league or even multiple leagues. You may want to focus on a sport's conference, an individual team, all the teams in a given city, or even an individual player. Unless you're extremely knowledgable about a sport and follow the entire league's play closely, it may be easiest to focus on an individual team or player (especially if this is your first blog). Once you've been following a team or teams to report on long enough to get some material, you'll want to find some kind of niche within sports blogging. There are countless sports blogs on the internet, and many of them are written by knowledgable, passionate sports fans. So what will set your blog apart from the rest and make people want to follow your posts? Some bloggers focus on subjects that sports fans are interested in across all teams and regions, such as collective bargaining agreements or other financial aspects of sports. Whatever niche you choose, it's important to find a subject that you have some kind of special knowledge or authority on, as this will help establish your blog much more quickly. Think about whether any aspect of your education, work experience, or life experience qualifies you to become an expert on a certain area of sports reportage. This can help you find your focus and may help you gain popularity more quickly. Depending on the platform you've chosen, you may have limitations with regards to how much you can customize your blog. But it's a good idea to make your page as unique as possible. Creating a logo, customizing the layout of your blog page, and adding colorful photos help set your blog apart from other sports blogs on the internet, which is important in getting your page off the ground. Having a meticulously-customized blog page might also help inspire you to be more active in writing posts and maintaining the page. Try looking at some successful sports blogs for inspiration and ideas about what kind of customization is possible. You can even search for "sports blog design" in an online search engine to find some striking and successful examples.

SUMMARY:
Follow a sport or team closely. Find some kind of niche. Customize your blog as much as possible.