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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - How to write a resume that stands out from the crowd
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Today's job market is competitive. Many companies receive hundreds of resumes a year, making it difficult for yours to stand out from the crowd. However, that should not keep you from getting interviews. The following 10 tips will help you learn how to get employers to read your resume and get your phone ringing.
1. Include a profile
Begin your resume ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - How to sell your e-book - (or other information product) - through quickie seminars
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I've been selling my own self-published information products (mainly e-books) online for the past 3 years. Is it profitable? Definitely.
But as any seasoned information marketer will vouch, it takes time to build up your name recognition online. You'll have to spend considerable effort to develop word-of-mouth web site traffic. It's rare that you start off making $1,...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - How to outgrow 'write what you know'
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Every writer has heard it time and again, and it's not without merit: ?Write what you know.?
When I began freelancing, I was just out of college, so what did I write about? College. I wrote profiles of collegiate entrepreneurs, I wrote editorials about college life... and after a while, I really wanted to move on and write about other things. But I didn't feel qualif...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - How to become a freelance copywriter in new york
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As a freelance copywriter in New York, your work is never done.
What?
Do you mean to say that it is hard to find regular freelance writing jobs, even here in New York City?
For those looking to succeed, employment is hard to find only because we lack the knowledge of where to find the work we want. However, for a freelance copywriter, Ne...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - How the writer survives
- So it's your dream to write novels? Be a freelance writer and make a living off of your articles? Or maybe you nurture an ambition to write and sell enough short fiction to put bread on the table, like those writers of the golden age of the pulps?
Well, those are all noble dreams to have. I'm smitten by the writer's glamour myself. Also I'm grateful for the others who were, those au...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - How do you write poetry?
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The very short answer is: don't write at all unless you have to. The short answer is: in numerous different ways. A somewhat longer answer is: find the way that best suits you - that comes only from experience.
But, one might reasonably ask, what different methods are there which can be tried in order to get started? Well...
Don't Wait For Inspiration ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - How are you plotting?
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Creative Writing Tips ?
Writing is a creative process and how every writer chooses to create, is individual to them. Likewise, with plotting, every writer plots at a level they are comfortable with.
Some just plot the bare essentials. They have a firm idea of the story they want to write and have a good memory to be able to memorize everything.
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Have you completed a character questionnaire?
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Creative Writing Tips ?
Complete a character questionnaire for each of your main characters or even secondary characters that play a vital role in your story. This way you will know your character(s) well before you start writing about them.
Fill in as much information about them as possible. Don't only answer what you will need in your story. The obje...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Great job resumes: the first step to landing great jobs
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How Important are Job Resumes in Securing the Perfect Job?
The function of outstanding job resumes is to get the attention of your potential employer. More than simply a listing of your accomplishments, education, skills and experience; a job resume is the first point of contact you have with the company with whom you are seeking employment. No matter what skill set ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Freelance writing on the internet
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So, you've decided to take up a career in freelance writing. You've hooked up the computer, installed the printer, and learnt the nitty-gritty of your word processor. You've maybe even been published a couple of times. You're all set to conquer the world of publishing. But wait. Do you know all the options available to you?
We've compiled a list of all the jobs a fre...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Four useful lies about writing
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Most writing ?experts? favor a particular way of looking at plot, and will adhere to it for years or an entire career. That's all well and good, but its important to realize that any way of modeling story is just that?a model, not the depths and living essence of story itself.
Problems arise when young (or experienced!) writers mistake a simplified structure for some...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Forget about "talent"!
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How is a writer to access her deepest and most powerful wells of creativity? How do we tap into our talent, our genius, our greatest potential for success? Writing classes often tell us how to plot, or structure, or build characters, or create poetic images, but the question of accessing our excellence is a slippery and elusive one. It is possible we'll need to go outside our usual...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Field notes on country linguistics
- As Suzy stammered, my ears perked up. For distraction I called out, ?Hey Kathy, put on another pot of coffee.? Suzy spoke again. The fact is, gouging my own eyes out with a ketchup bottle would not have distracted me. A linguistic calamity was eminent.
The hair on the back of my neck stood up, then it ran from the room. I knew where Suzy was headed. Her speech was like watching a ca...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Effective resume writing
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A lot of places around the world call it A Curriculum Vitae, in North America, it's a R?sum?. This is definitely one of the most important tools that any jobseeker has at their disposal. You may be THE best candidate for a particular job by a long way, however, if you don't make it to the interview stages the company will never know.
Many companies (especially the la...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Editorial freelancing: 5 must-know tips to getting your foot in the door
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So, you want to freelance as an editor, writer, copy editor, copywriter, graphic designer, proofreader, etc.? But, how do you go about it?
My mother was fond of saying, "If you want to know something, go directly to the source." Taking this advice to heart, I interviewed professionals in the industry for the e-book, How to Really Make a Living as an Editorial Freelan...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - E-matchmaking: can a computer program find love for you?
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I logged on to a dating site the other day and was greeted by a large, flashing message. It promised that if I took the time to answer a series of questions that they would find a "perfect match" for me. Imagine that? All the work and worry of being single - gone! We truly have evolved! Not only can computer programs manage the entire traffic system of a city and make chess grandma...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Cover letters
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Cover Letters :: Are you telling them what they want to know?
Let's face it. Recruiters (or employers) are smarter than we think. Bigger organizations pay a hefty salary to their HR department to filter out and sieve through hundreds and thousands of resumes. The idea is to build an organization with people of the right mental aptitude. Most of the top organizations ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Comparing publicity submitting articles online, pressreleases, book signings, and blogs
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Comparing Publicity: Submitting Articles Online, PressReleases, Book Signings, and Blogs
Your audience online awaits information from you. That's why they visit Web sites related to their interest area. With that in mind, know that writing and submitting articles is the number one Online publicity and promotion game around.
You already know that a grea...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Common writing mistakes
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Most books aren't rejected because the stories are "bad." They're rejected because they're not "ready to read." In short, minor stuff like typos, grammar, spelling, etc.
I don't mean places where we, as authors, deliberately break the rules. Those are fine. That's part of our job. Language always changes with use, and we can help it on its way. No, I'm referring to p...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Can your theme be proved in your story?
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Creative Writing Tips ?
Your theme has to be something you can prove in your story - It doesn't have to be a universal truth. This means that your theme doesn't have to be something that happens in real life all the time (providing our logic can accept it, in order for us to believe it).
Whatever story you choose to write, be it a contemporary or a sto...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - Book proposals 101.: what publishers want
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Lots of writers like to talk about writing books. You hear very few talking about writing book proposals. Maybe that's why it's easy to forget that a strong book proposal is the first step to getting a great deal for your non-fiction book. It's where you make the big pitch and tell the editor everything that's going to make him or her want to buy.
A book proposal is ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - About writing
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In this free email course, I'll tell you everything I know about improving your writing, publishing it electronically and in print, and promoting it after the sale.
Two questions you should ask:
(1) What will it cost me?
(2) What does this Michael LaRocca guy know about it?
Answer #1 -- It won't cost you a thing. The singl...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - 7 steps to writing effective cover letters
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A cover letter can be the ultimate compliment to your resume. With an effective and well-written letter, you can impress future employers with details that cannot always be found in the resume. Also, a cover letter may just be the reason your resume is even read. Employers are likely to ignore resumes that are unaccompanied. A cover letter makes it stand out.
However...
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- 2007-04-06 10:28:25 - 6 steps to a remarkable reapplication
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OK. You didn't get accepted at any of the schools you applied to. What should you do now?
Deal. Get over it. And consider what you're going to do next year. If you decide to re-apply, you need to assess what went wrong and resolve to improve it.
1. Determine what you need to change. You definitely need to do something different, because your previous a...