Day: February 17, 2005

While discussing a machine that supposedly can predict the future:

‘There’s plenty of evidence that time may run backwards,’ says Prof Bierman at the University of Amsterdam.

The box has apparently predicted the 9/11 attacks four hours before they happened and the tsunami 24 hours before it happened as well as many other world events.

DEEP in the basement of a dusty university library in Edinburgh lies a small black box, roughly the size of two cigarette packets side by side, that churns out random numbers in an endless stream.

The box is being used as evidence to support the concept of a global consciousness.

CareerBuilder brings us some suggestions for our resumes. 7 mistakes:

1. No Career Summary/Introductory Statement
2. Lack of Keywords and Phrases (The article suggests this book)
3. No Evidence of Your Experience
   
   

   Describe a Problem, the Action you took, the Results you achieved and Skills you applied.

4. Use of Personal Pronouns and Articles
5. Irrelevant Information
6. Poor Formatting
7. Typos and Misspelled Words

The article finishes by reminding us that the purpose of the resume is to “communicate your experiences and accomplishments as they relate to an open position and to obtain a job interview” and that the resume should be customized for each opportunity.