Typography Tricks to Get Your Resume Read

September 26, 2009 Resume

The 10 Second Rule
You have 10 seconds to get the atten­tion of some one rea­ding your resume. The amount of infor­ma­tion that can be read in 10 seconds is limi­ted by the brain’s abi­lity to trans­late let­ters into words and trans­late words into mea­ning. If the rea­der may only spend ten seconds with […]

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Don’t Wait For New Nuclear Power Plants — Apply Your Nuke Skills Now

September 20, 2009 Green Energy Jobs
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Many for­mer Navy Nukes dream of the day of wides­pread nuc­lear power plant cons­truc­tion.  I don’t think that the dream is based so much in a love of nuc­lear power, but based in the idea that with new nuc­lear power cons­truc­tion the great nuke jobs would flow like manna from hea­ven.
We get angry at peo­ple who […]

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Borrow Copy Writer Techniques for a Better Resume

September 16, 2009 Resume
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Maxi­mize the impact of Head­li­nes
Copy wri­ters know that head­li­nes are the most valua­ble real estate on the pages.  Many resume wri­ters use default, boring hea­dings, Expe­rience, Edu­ca­tion, Skills. Using default hea­dings is a waste of an oppor­tu­nity.  Using desc­rip­tive hea­dings that pro­mote your value inc­rease the value of the copy.  Wri­ting with […]

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