| Keys to crafting a first-rate resume
Think of a resume as a personal advertisement, where you're trying to sell yourself to a prospective match. A resume should stand out to a hiring manager who's looking for the right person for a company.
This is especially important in a competitive job market. Recruiting experts say hiring managers have at most 45 seconds to scan one of countless resumes they receive.
In fact, 27 percent of human resources managers say they get on average more than 50 resumes for each open position, according to a survey released last week by Careerbuilder.com, an online job search site partly owned by Tribune Co., parent of The Sun. And more than 13 percent of HR managers receive more than 100 resumes per job opening. (The study, which surveyed 360 hiring managers, has a margin of error of 5 percentage points.)
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Woman Sentenced In Telemarketing Fraud
CONCORD, N.H. -- A Canadian woman who pleaded guilty to defrauding elderly Americans in an international telemarketing scheme has been sentenced in federal court in New Hampshire. Rita Kajoyan, 28, of Montreal was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to repay $900,000. She was one of 15 Canadians indicted in 2002 after an investigation revealed the group defrauded about 80 victims by telling them they had won large lottery prizes but had to prepay Canadian taxes and fees to get the cash. .
Lieberman, Kingmaker?
The neolib message has gotten through! In state after state, mediocre teachers can now be efficiently fired, so the taxpayers are confident that any added resources will actually go to better education, as opposed to the same old mediocre teachers. That battle's been won. I should be celebrating. ... Oh wait ... where am I? That was a deluded Drum dream. On the non-astral plane of reality the teachers' unions are a large part of what's left of the institutional Dem party and are busy frustrating worthwhile education reform around the nation. Wouldn't want to attack them! ... Similarly, the PC left is now pushing an immigration semi-amnesty that will, among other things, lower wages for unskilled workers and make it much harder to fight poverty among Americans earning way less than 400X less than CEOs.
Maple Leafs turning to Cliff Fletcher?
With the board of directors at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment desperately trying to figure out what to do with their hockey team, all kinds of different scenarios are being considered. Apparently, one of those scenarios is bringing back Cliff Fletcher on an interim basis. Please understand, I am not saying Fletcher will get an executive job with the Leafs. I am saying that his name has been brought up as a replacement if/when the board shakes off the cobwebs and decides to do something. Fletcher, reached on Sunday afternoon, said he had not been contacted by anyone from the organization. He didn't really want to comment, but did say that “there are hundreds of people in hockey who would be interested in that job." One of them, Scotty Bowman, indicated Saturday in an interview with CBC's Ron MacLean on Scotiabank Hockey Tonight that he still might consider a senior executive position with the Leafs.
Text of Granholm's State of the State address
In a moment, Ill introduce a remarkable young hero, Michelle Rudzitis, of the Michigan National Guard who lost her left leg a year ago while deployed in Iraq. Id like to ask Sgt. Rudzitis to give us the privilege of honoring her and all of our service men and women. .
Gov. and Libby Pataki's guide to NYC sightseeing
Museum of Modern Art-Queens 33rd Street at Queens Blvd., Long Island City, Queens Voluntary donation Thursdays, Fridays 4-7:45 p.m. The Hispanic Society of America 613 W. 155th St., at Broadway Free each day. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave. (between 88th and 89th Streets) Voluntary donation Fridays 6-8 p.m.. Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave. (at 75th Street) - "Pay-what-you-wish" Fridays 6-9 p.m.
5. Best Coffee
Some of the best coffee in New York can be had at the corner street vendor cart. A large coffee is typically no more than $1.
6. Central Park
The park is New York's most beloved public space. These 843 acres include green meadows, wooded groves, playing fields, a zoo, a carousel, an outdoor theater, countless fountains and sculptures, and numerous paths for hiking and biking.
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