Six Tips for Getting a Resume Noticed Online

Biz Cloud Computing and Coit Group offer the following resume tips to enable job seekers that are considering applying to open requisitions on BizCloud job board. These tips and advice are based on industry best practices for securing the next cloud opportunity.

The tips below present six ways to write and improve resumes in an effort to optimize them for today’s machine and human audiences. In recent years, the means by which staffing firms and HR departments have managed hiring and candidate sourcing has changed drastically. With the rise of tools such as Monster, Dice and applicant tracking systems the manner in which resumes are filtered and found is no longer as simple as emailing a resume to an HR professional. Because of this shift, there is a need for candidates to write resumes for two audiences: Machine search engines and human staffing experts. These tips will outline the six best ways to implement resume optimization and increase a candidate’s chance of getting noticed.

The following tips indicate some best practices for resume optimization:

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April 7th, 2012  in Education News No Comments »

Learning English With The Reading Club By Mizuki

I used to be told off my mother. Dont read books any more. If you started reading, you couldnt do anything until finish. Basically I really have liked reading since I was a child.

There are many ways to improve your English: chatting with your friends, watching the movies, writing daily or reading books. What is the best way? I think this depends on what you prefer. At least I can learn many things from books.

Reading Club started in January this year and we read books or poetry with drink and cupcakes. When the club first started, we used Bookworms Club Gold — Stories for Reading Circles, which is a very good book of short stories. The stories were written by great authors, such as Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Hardy, but each story was rewritten to make it easier to read. I really enjoyed this book as I couldnt stop until I finished. In addition, the good point of Reading Club is that I can ask about words that I cannot understand in the novel. Sometimes the word is not in the dictionary, but I can know the meaning of everything in Reading Club.

We are currently reading Shakespeare’s Macbeth. I

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April 5th, 2012  in Education Planing No Comments »

Q&A with John Sayles author David Shumway

Q:  What are some of John Sayless most prominent films?

Shumway:  Sayles is best known for Return of the Secaucus Seven, Matewan, Passion Fish, The Secret of Roan Inish, and Lone Star.

Q:  How does he raise money for his films? Shumway:  Sayles has self-financed many of his films using the proceeds from his work as a screen writer for hire and script doctor.  He has sometimes attracted investments from individuals, and has financed a number of productions through the sale subsidiary rights such as for cable TV or home video. A few of his films have been financed by production or distribution companies such as Castle Rock Entertainment or Columbia Pictures.

Q:  How would you describe Sayles personal directing style?

Shumway:  Sayless personal style is defined by distinctive themes, foci, approaches.  His films always depict work and people who do it.  They concern social issues and problems that remain unsolved at the end of the film.  They explore the way people of different classes, races and ethnicities, genders, or sexualities experience their lives and relations to others. His charac

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April 3rd, 2012  in Education Planing No Comments »

Events scheduled for Shakespeare Birthday Festival, “Shakespearit”

Louisiana Tech’s English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta is hosting a series of events as part of “Shakespearit,” the Sixth Annual Shakespeare Birthday Festival, April 23 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the GTM Courtyard.

The schedule of events is as follows:

  • 9:00:  Greetings Don Kaczvinsky & Susan Roach
  • 9:30:  Bone-Rattling Banshees of the Bard Mark Guinn & Stage Combatants
  • 10:00:  Quelques Sonnets de Shakespeare Dolliann Hurtig & French Students
  • 10:30:  Zombies & Other Dead Things Ken Robbins
  • 11:00:  ShakesCHEER Competition English Majors v. Theatre Majors
  • 11:30:  Shakespeare’s Supernatural Bestiary Jeffrey Yule
  • 12:00:  Renaissance Music Cain Budds & Sean Teets
  • 12:30:  Wilyam Shexpir, Klingon: What it Means to be Human Greg Schelonka
  • 1:00:  Shakespeare’s Puppeteers Marcy Culpepper, Celia Lewis, Scott Levin, Christine Strebeck
  • 1:30:  Shakespearean Drinking Games Ernest Rufleth
  • 2:00:  The Taming of the Space Shrew David Merchant
  • 2:30:  The Royal Commentaries: Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Paul Nelson & Spanish Students
  • 3:00:  Smells Like Shakespearit Patrick Boyd
  • 3:30:  Farewells Dorothy Dodge Robbins & Derek Warden

Shakespearit (shāk-spîr΄ĭt) n., alternate spelling Shakespirit: 1. Enthusiasm for William Shak

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April 2nd, 2012  in Uncategorized No Comments »

35th Annual Cooper River Bridge Run

The 10K race starts on Coleman Blvd. in Mt. Pleasant and goes over the Arthur Ravenel Bridge into the historic downtown Charleston. This annual race is both a competitive event for serious runners and a leisurely event for those who want to enjoy the scenic view and do a little exercise.

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March 29th, 2012  in Education Today No Comments »
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