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Curriculum Vitae Template -- Academic
Undergraduate Institution, City, State
Degree, Major
Date of Graduation
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
List in chronological order, include position details and dates.
List in chronological order, include position details and dates.
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
List your postdoctoral experiences, if applicable.
List your postdoctoral experiences, if applicable.
FELLOWSHIPS
List internships and fellowships, including organization, title and dates.
List internships and fellowships, including organization, title and dates.
LICENSES / CERTIFICATION
List type of license, certification or accreditation and date received.
List type of license, certification or accreditation and date received.
PUBLICATIONS / BOOKS
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
SKILLS / INTERESTS
Flatley 2e C7 Learning Objectives
Writing Persuasive Messages + Proposals
| After studying this chapter, you should be able to: | |
| LO1 | Describe important strategies for writing any persuasive message. |
| LO2 | Write skillful persuasive requests that begin indirectly, develop convincing reasoning, and close with goodwill and action. |
| LO3 | Discuss ethical concerns regarding sales messages. |
| LO4 | Describe the planning steps for direct mail or email sales messages. |
| LO5 | Compose sales messages that gain attention, persuasively present appeals, and effectively drive for action. |
| LO6 | Write well-organized and persuasive proposals. |
14.5.12
Contact Information
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30.4.12
18.4.12
Logos -- Can You Spot the Hidden Images in These Famous Logos?
Can You Spot the Hidden Images in These Famous Logos?
By DivineCaroline | Work + Money – Wed, Aug 17, 2011 8:30 PM EDTYou've seen these famous logos countless times on billboards, passing by on trucks, and at the grocery store, but there is more to them than meets the eye. If you take a closer look, you will find that these recognized logos have hidden images and messages. Check out these inventive designs that cleverly use white space and optical illusions to display subliminal messages.
FedEx
This logo appears to be very simple, but if you look at the white space between the "E" and "x" in "Ex," you'll find it is more complex than you thought. Can you spot the arrow?
Tostitos
These popular party chips are a staple at many backyard BBQs, but chances are, you've never noticed the hidden celebration scene concealed within the letters. The second and third "t's" are sharing a chip over an "i" that is dotted with a salsa bowl. Yum!
Do Subliminal Messages Really Work?
Le Tour de France
Named the world's most famous and prestigious cycling race, bike-lovers and non-cyclists alike are familiar with the event's emblem. However, you might be missing out on the logo's most interesting aspect. After careful examination, you'll notice an image of a person riding a bicycle; the yellow circle is the front wheel and the r is the body.
Amazon.com
Amazon.com has become a go-to source for electronic commerce. Clearly there is an arrow under Amazon, but have you ever thought about its significance? Take a look at where the arrow begins and ends: a and z. This secret message seems to conveys that Amazon offers everything from A to Z!
Hershey's Kisses
The Kisses logo doesn't have much to it, but if you look at it sideways, you might see a chocolate kiss formed between the K and the I.
Toblerone
There's a slightly obscured bear within the Matterhorn Mountain if you look closely. That's because the candy bar hails from Bern, Switzerland, a city supposedly named for a bear.
The Funniest News Bloopers
Big Ten
Penn State became the 11th member of this university athletic conference, hence the embedded "11" in this logo. That is, until the University of Nebraska-Lincoln became number 12, ushering in a new logo era.
FedEx
This logo appears to be very simple, but if you look at the white space between the "E" and "x" in "Ex," you'll find it is more complex than you thought. Can you spot the arrow?
Tostitos
These popular party chips are a staple at many backyard BBQs, but chances are, you've never noticed the hidden celebration scene concealed within the letters. The second and third "t's" are sharing a chip over an "i" that is dotted with a salsa bowl. Yum!Do Subliminal Messages Really Work?
Le Tour de France
Named the world's most famous and prestigious cycling race, bike-lovers and non-cyclists alike are familiar with the event's emblem. However, you might be missing out on the logo's most interesting aspect. After careful examination, you'll notice an image of a person riding a bicycle; the yellow circle is the front wheel and the r is the body.
Amazon.com
Amazon.com has become a go-to source for electronic commerce. Clearly there is an arrow under Amazon, but have you ever thought about its significance? Take a look at where the arrow begins and ends: a and z. This secret message seems to conveys that Amazon offers everything from A to Z!
Hershey's Kisses
The Kisses logo doesn't have much to it, but if you look at it sideways, you might see a chocolate kiss formed between the K and the I.
Toblerone
There's a slightly obscured bear within the Matterhorn Mountain if you look closely. That's because the candy bar hails from Bern, Switzerland, a city supposedly named for a bear.
The Funniest News Bloopers
Big Ten
Penn State became the 11th member of this university athletic conference, hence the embedded "11" in this logo. That is, until the University of Nebraska-Lincoln became number 12, ushering in a new logo era.
30.3.12
Meeting Productivity Tips
9 tips for running more productive meetings
Circulate an agenda - An agenda should show the planned steps that get the meeting from “here” to “there.” It helps the participants prepare appropriately and anticipate the kind of information they might need to produce. Most importantly, it works as a contract with the participants: “here’s why this is a great use of your time for n minutes.”
Have a theme - Meetings shouldn’t be meandering tours of each participant’s frontal lobe (unless — well — unless that’s the actual agenda). Make it clear why this meeting is happening, why each person is participating at a given time, and then use your agenda to amplify how the theme will be explored or tackled in each section of the meeting.
Set (and honor) times for beginning, ending, and breaks - There’s nothing worse than a rudderless meeting that everyone knows will just prattle on until its leader gets tired of hearing himself talk. You own your meeting by putting up walls — provide structure and be firm about respecting everyone’s time. Give short bio and email breaks on a regular schedule. Honor the time walls.
No electronic grazing. Period. - Laptops closed. Phones off. Blackberries left back in the cube. You’re either at the meeting or you’re not at the meeting, and few things are more distracting or disruptive than the guy who has to check his damned email every five minutes. Schedule breaks for people to fiddle with their toys, but fearlessly enforce a no grazing rule once the meeting’s back in session. Emergency call to take or make? They have to leave the room. No exceptions. If you’re too busy to be at the meeting everyone else has made firewalled time for, just leave.
Schedule guests - Do not put thirty people in a room for three hours if twenty of them will have nothing to do for all but the last ten minutes. In your agenda, make it clear when people will be needed and you’ll encourage best use of everyone’s time. It’s also extra incentive (or even an excuse) to tick off agenda items in a timely manner. (“Well, it looks like Henderson is here to share his sales report, so let’s move on.”)
Be a referee and employ a time-keeper - If you can afford it, have one person in the meeting be the slavish time-keeper so you, as the leader, can focus on facilitating, summarizing, clarifying, and just keeping things moving. Working closely with the time-keeper, you should not be afraid to announce things like “Okay, we have three minutes left for this, so let’s wrap up with any questions you have for Alice, then move on.”
Stay on target - Any item that can be resolved between a couple people offline or that does not require the knowledge, consent, or input of the majority of the group should be scotched immediately. Close ratholes. As soon as the needed permission, notification, or task assignment is completed, just move on to the next item.
Follow up - If you have been utilizing a project manager or note taker (and God knows you should), be sure to use a few minutes at the end for him or her to review any major new projects or action items that were generated in the meeting. Have the PM email the list of resolved and new action items to all the participants.
Be consistent - Take any of these tips that work for you — and many certainly may not — but understand one thing above all; meetings do not run themselves, and if you have any desire to make best use of valuable people’s time, you’ll need a firm hand and a lot of thoughtful planning. Set a pattern of being the one whose meetings don’t suck and you’ll start seeing the productivity, tone, and participation in your meetings consistently improve.
Circulate an agenda - An agenda should show the planned steps that get the meeting from “here” to “there.” It helps the participants prepare appropriately and anticipate the kind of information they might need to produce. Most importantly, it works as a contract with the participants: “here’s why this is a great use of your time for n minutes.”
Have a theme - Meetings shouldn’t be meandering tours of each participant’s frontal lobe (unless — well — unless that’s the actual agenda). Make it clear why this meeting is happening, why each person is participating at a given time, and then use your agenda to amplify how the theme will be explored or tackled in each section of the meeting.
Set (and honor) times for beginning, ending, and breaks - There’s nothing worse than a rudderless meeting that everyone knows will just prattle on until its leader gets tired of hearing himself talk. You own your meeting by putting up walls — provide structure and be firm about respecting everyone’s time. Give short bio and email breaks on a regular schedule. Honor the time walls.
No electronic grazing. Period. - Laptops closed. Phones off. Blackberries left back in the cube. You’re either at the meeting or you’re not at the meeting, and few things are more distracting or disruptive than the guy who has to check his damned email every five minutes. Schedule breaks for people to fiddle with their toys, but fearlessly enforce a no grazing rule once the meeting’s back in session. Emergency call to take or make? They have to leave the room. No exceptions. If you’re too busy to be at the meeting everyone else has made firewalled time for, just leave.
Schedule guests - Do not put thirty people in a room for three hours if twenty of them will have nothing to do for all but the last ten minutes. In your agenda, make it clear when people will be needed and you’ll encourage best use of everyone’s time. It’s also extra incentive (or even an excuse) to tick off agenda items in a timely manner. (“Well, it looks like Henderson is here to share his sales report, so let’s move on.”)
Be a referee and employ a time-keeper - If you can afford it, have one person in the meeting be the slavish time-keeper so you, as the leader, can focus on facilitating, summarizing, clarifying, and just keeping things moving. Working closely with the time-keeper, you should not be afraid to announce things like “Okay, we have three minutes left for this, so let’s wrap up with any questions you have for Alice, then move on.”
Stay on target - Any item that can be resolved between a couple people offline or that does not require the knowledge, consent, or input of the majority of the group should be scotched immediately. Close ratholes. As soon as the needed permission, notification, or task assignment is completed, just move on to the next item.
Follow up - If you have been utilizing a project manager or note taker (and God knows you should), be sure to use a few minutes at the end for him or her to review any major new projects or action items that were generated in the meeting. Have the PM email the list of resolved and new action items to all the participants.
Be consistent - Take any of these tips that work for you — and many certainly may not — but understand one thing above all; meetings do not run themselves, and if you have any desire to make best use of valuable people’s time, you’ll need a firm hand and a lot of thoughtful planning. Set a pattern of being the one whose meetings don’t suck and you’ll start seeing the productivity, tone, and participation in your meetings consistently improve.
Circulate an agenda - An agenda should show the planned steps that get the meeting from “here” to “there.” It helps the participants prepare appropriately and anticipate the kind of information they might need to produce. Most importantly, it works as a contract with the participants: “here’s why this is a great use of your time for n minutes.”
Have a theme - Meetings shouldn’t be meandering tours of each participant’s frontal lobe (unless — well — unless that’s the actual agenda). Make it clear why this meeting is happening, why each person is participating at a given time, and then use your agenda to amplify how the theme will be explored or tackled in each section of the meeting.
Set (and honor) times for beginning, ending, and breaks - There’s nothing worse than a rudderless meeting that everyone knows will just prattle on until its leader gets tired of hearing himself talk. You own your meeting by putting up walls — provide structure and be firm about respecting everyone’s time. Give short bio and email breaks on a regular schedule. Honor the time walls.
No electronic grazing. Period. - Laptops closed. Phones off. Blackberries left back in the cube. You’re either at the meeting or you’re not at the meeting, and few things are more distracting or disruptive than the guy who has to check his damned email every five minutes. Schedule breaks for people to fiddle with their toys, but fearlessly enforce a no grazing rule once the meeting’s back in session. Emergency call to take or make? They have to leave the room. No exceptions. If you’re too busy to be at the meeting everyone else has made firewalled time for, just leave.
Schedule guests - Do not put thirty people in a room for three hours if twenty of them will have nothing to do for all but the last ten minutes. In your agenda, make it clear when people will be needed and you’ll encourage best use of everyone’s time. It’s also extra incentive (or even an excuse) to tick off agenda items in a timely manner. (“Well, it looks like Henderson is here to share his sales report, so let’s move on.”)
Be a referee and employ a time-keeper - If you can afford it, have one person in the meeting be the slavish time-keeper so you, as the leader, can focus on facilitating, summarizing, clarifying, and just keeping things moving. Working closely with the time-keeper, you should not be afraid to announce things like “Okay, we have three minutes left for this, so let’s wrap up with any questions you have for Alice, then move on.”
Stay on target - Any item that can be resolved between a couple people offline or that does not require the knowledge, consent, or input of the majority of the group should be scotched immediately. Close ratholes. As soon as the needed permission, notification, or task assignment is completed, just move on to the next item.
Follow up - If you have been utilizing a project manager or note taker (and God knows you should), be sure to use a few minutes at the end for him or her to review any major new projects or action items that were generated in the meeting. Have the PM email the list of resolved and new action items to all the participants.
Be consistent - Take any of these tips that work for you — and many certainly may not — but understand one thing above all; meetings do not run themselves, and if you have any desire to make best use of valuable people’s time, you’ll need a firm hand and a lot of thoughtful planning. Set a pattern of being the one whose meetings don’t suck and you’ll start seeing the productivity, tone, and participation in your meetings consistently improve.
19.3.12
2.6.11
Career Objective on Resume Writing
from
 | LEO: Literacy Education OnlineProfessional or Career Objectives in Resumes |
Advantages of Including a Career Objective
Developing a functional career or professional objective for your resume provides several advantages:- Developing a functional career or professional objective forces you to think about what you want -- the particular type of position or positions you'll seek, the specific skills or functions you wish to perform, the size or locations of companies you'll apply to.
- A natural part of refining a career objective is thinking about your strengths -- skills and abilities you have, functions you've performed in jobs or activities -- and where and how you'd like to put these strengths to work.
- Once you've developed your objective, that objective will help you focus the rest of the information you present in your resume.
- Readers use this objective to match their needs with yours.Note: Some fields, especially very competitive ones, do not encourage professional objectives in resumes. Mass communications and journalism are two examples. If you're unsure whether or not you should include an objective, ask a professional in your department or in the workplace.
Strategies for Developing a Career Objective
- Career objectives should be stated as verb phrases rather than sentences. Carefully selected verbs will make you sound forceful and confident; a sentence, which would inevitably start with "I," would simply sound "I-centered."
- Create a clear, concise career objective that is focused on prospective employer's needs. Omit "I-centered" or obvious statements, such as "where I can learn" or "which will enable me to advance." Prospective employers expect you to want to learn and advance. Boldly saying so simply starts your resume off with a "gimme" perspective and emphasizes not what you can offer but what you expect to gain. Notice the difference between the following two objectives, the first which is "I-centered" and the second which focuses on prospective employer's needs.
Professional ObjectiveA summer internship in the public relations field that could develop into a full-time position as a public relations specialist beginning this fall. Professional ObjectiveA position as an interior designer, using design concepts while completing projects that will further the firm's goals. - Your objective should be as concrete as you can make it. Specify the position you'd like and perhaps the general atmosphere or geographical location you'd prefer.
Professional ObjectiveA position as Economic Development Specialist with the St. Cloud Area Economic Development Partnership. - If you're using a functional format to present your experience, you'll probably want to emphasize in your objective functions you'd like to perform.
Professional ObjectiveA position in Production Supervision or in the support areas of Manufacturing with emphasis on material or quality control. - If you're using a skills format to present your experience, you'll probably want to emphasize skills you can bring to the position you're seeking.
Professional ObjectiveA position with a construction company which requires skills in field engineering, cost controlling, planning, scheduling, and estimating. - If you're looking for a part-time, summer, or internship position, your objective should let readers know this.
Job ObjectiveA summer job in buying for a nationally expanding retailer of household goods. Job ObjectiveA summer internship in financial accounting with a large, public accounting firm.
Resume Writing, Sample Resumes, Resume Builders
Resume Writing, Sample Resumes, Resume Builders
Resume writing, sample resumes, cover letters for resumes, how to write a resume, examples and samples, resume builders, resume posting, resume writing services, and resume tips.
Resume Guide
Guide to resume writing, including how to create a professional resume, resume format, targeted resumes, and resume samples, examples and templates.
Resume Samples
Review free sample resumes and templates.
Resume Tips
Top resume tips for choosing a resume format, selecting a resume font, customizing your resume, using resume keywords, explaining employment gaps, and more tips for writing winning resumes.
Resume Types: Chronological, Functional, Combination
There are several basic types of resumes used to apply for job openings. Depending on your personal circumstances, choose a targeted, chronological, a functional, or a combination resume.
Resume and Cover Letter Writing Guide
Step-by-step guide to how to create a resume and cover letters for resumes, including samples and examples.
How to Create a Professional Resume
Your resume needs to be professional and polished, because if you don't have a professional resume, your application materials probably won't get a second glance from a hiring manager.
Resume Examples Listed by Occupation
Resume examples listed by occupation, industry and career level, including administrative, banking, business, construction, customer service, education, entry level, finance, hospitality, management, retail, writing and more examples of resumes for employment.
Resume Examples Listed by Style
There are several different styles of resumes used to apply for job openings. Depending on your employment history, you will use a chronological, a functional, combination, or a targeted resume. Here's more on the different styles of resumes, when to use which type, plus examples for each type of resume.
Resume
A resume is a written compilation of your education, work experience, credentials, and accomplishments and is used to apply for jobs.
Resume Format
Sample resume format to use when writing a resume.
Resume Objective
Some job seekers choose to state a job objective on the resume, as opposed to including it in the body of their cover letter. Stating a resume objective helps convince employers that you know what you want and are familiar with the field.
Targeted Resume Writing
A targeted resume is customized so that it specifically highlights the experience you have that is relevant to the job you are applying for.
Where to Find Resume Writing Help
Do you need resume help? Writing a resume is hard work and it's important to get help, or at least have your resume reviewed, before you send it to employers. Here's more information on where to find resume help.
Free Resume Resources
Writing a resume can be hard work, but there are free resume resources available to help you create a professional level resume.
How to Explain an Employment Gap on Your Resume
How to handle an employment gap when writing a resume.
Lied On Your Resume
You just got a call to schedule an interview for a perfect job. However, and it's a big however, you lied on your resume when you applied. What do you do? Do you take a chance that you won't get caught? Or, do you try and fix the problem without jeopardizing your chances of getting the job?
Resume and Cover Letters: Action Verbs
List of action verbs to use when writing resumes and cover letters.
Resume and Cover Letter Guide
Guide to creating resumes and cover letters, including samples.
Resume Checklist
Resume checklist - checklist for what to include on a resume.
Resume Lies
Review a list of the most common resume lies submitted by About.com site visitors and add lies that job seekers use to make their resume look better to our list.
Mini Resume
A mini resume contains a brief summary of your career highlights qualifications. It can be used for networking purposes or shared upon request from a prospective employer or reference writer who may want an overview of your accomplishments, rather than a full length resume.
Ten Tips for an Interview Winning Resume
Want your resume to shine in the eyes of the employer you want to attract? Start by including a well-written resume cover letter with the resume. Then, follow these resume tips to create an interview winning resume that is head and shoulders above the crowd.
VisualCV
VisualCV - A VisualCV is an online resume that includes all the facets of a traditional resume, with add-ons like video, images, and links to your accomplishments.
Resume and Cover Letter Center
Guide to writing resumes, cover letters, thank you letters and other job search correspondence including samples and templates.
How to Choose a Resume Writing Service
How to choose a resume writing service to assist with writing a resume and/or cover letters.
Resumes and Cover Letters That Work!
Employers usually only spend 30 seconds or so reviewing each resume, therefore, that first impression needs to be the one that counts. This class will step you the process of creating effective job search correspondence. It includes writing tips and suggestions, samples, and answers to your resume and cover letter questions.
Resume and Cover Letter Guide: Table of Contents
Resume and Cover Letter Guide: Table of Contents
Resume and Cover Letter Guide: Drafting Descriptions
Guide to creating resumes and cover letters, including samples.
Resume and Cover Letter Guide: Worksheets
Guide to creating resumes and cover letters, including samples.
Resume Guide: Putting Your Resume Together
Guide to creating resumes and cover letters, including samples.
Resume and Cover Letter Guide: Resume Proofing Checklist
Resume proofing checklist.
Resume and Cover Letter Guide: Cover Letters
Guide to creating resumes and cover letters, including samples.
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