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    New Leaf Resumes offers past clients its appreciation for new clients referred. For each confirmed client that you refer to New Leaf, you can choose from either:

    • A $20 gift card to William’s Coffee Pub, Canadian Tire, or other Canadian business; or,
    • A $20 deposit into your PayPal account.

    Please send an email alerting me of who you’ve referred, and once the payment has been processed, you can enjoy a coffee, buy a book, replace your toaster - as a thank you from New Leaf Resumes!

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    Dec102012

    How to Fake a Great Resume

    DateMonday, December 10, 2012 at 07:37PM

    I read a blog on how to fake a clean house, and although it didn't alleviate the work that goes into a clean house (you still had stuff to do!), it inspired this blog.

    http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/cleaning/fake-clean-house-00000000032724/index.html 

    In case you are into quick-get-clean schemes, that's the link above.

    Here are a few steps to take that will "fake" a great resume!

    1. Remove the objective and substitute the title of the position to which you are applying.

    2. Make sure you have a profile (no need to call it that if you don't have an extra line). Think of that profile - in paragraph or point form - as a further synopsis of the resume, which is already a synopsis of related work stuff! It should spell out the best of what you offer that fits the position's needs as identified in the job posting.

    3. Remove long lists of tasks, and replace these with examples of not only what you did, but how and how well!

    That last point alone will have your resume sparkling like that clean house above!

    - signed, Stephanie Clark who is busily working at recreating resumes from dull to shiny, from boring to inspirational, from lacklustre to absolutely sparkling!

     

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