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HERE’S WHAT A RESUME LOOKS LIKE IN 2021

HERE’S WHAT A RESUME LOOKS LIKE IN 2021

Business Writing, Technical Writing

If it’s been awhile since you’ve sent out a resume or cover letter, you may be surprised by how SHORT they are today. And with so many people sending out resumes this year (unemployment has skyrocketed with the COVID-19 pandemic), you’ll want to make sure your resume...
RECRUITERS SPEND ONLY 7.4 SEC. ON YOUR RESUME

RECRUITERS SPEND ONLY 7.4 SEC. ON YOUR RESUME

Business Writing, Technical Writing

Sending out your resume?  Be prepared to share it with a VERY busy recruiter. TheLadders used eye-tracking software to study how 30,000 recruiters looked at resumes.  They discovered that recruiters spend only 7.4 seconds on a resume before making a decision. Here are...
1 SPACE AFTER A PERIOD—OR 2 SPACES?

1 SPACE AFTER A PERIOD—OR 2 SPACES?

Marketing Writing, Technical Writing

Should you use 1 space after a period—or 2 spaces?  There are lots of opinions about this, and several studies have even been done to answer this question. If you ask The Chicago Manual of Style, they recommend 1 space after a period.  But other publications argue for...
HIRING A WRITER?  Here are 9 interview questions to ask

HIRING A WRITER? Here are 9 interview questions to ask

Marketing Writing, Technical Writing

No matter what type of writer you’re looking for—technical writer, training developer, proposal writer, marketing writer, or business writer—here are 9 interview questions that I’ve used in the past with good results: Tell me about the types of documents you’ve...
9 STRATEGIES TECHNICAL WRITERS USE TO PROOFREAD DOCUMENTS + EMAILS

9 STRATEGIES TECHNICAL WRITERS USE TO PROOFREAD DOCUMENTS + EMAILS

Business Writing, Editing, Proofreading, Technical Writing

BY PAULA PETERS, author of The Ultimate Marketing Toolkit There are lots of good ways to proofread a document quickly and efficiently, but it’s hard to be perfect—unless you use multiple proofreaders, or unless you do multiple rounds of proofreading.  This is...

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