Monday, December 13, 2010

Yahoo's 2010 Burning Question: "How to Write a Resume"

In Yahoo's 2010 Year in Review: Burning Questions, How to Write a Resume ranked #4.

Each of the 10 questions has a post with answers to those burning issues. The author of the post How to Write a Resume was kind enough to include this:

For those currently out of work, Susan Ireland, author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Resume," recommends "filling in your employment gap with any paid or unpaid work that's relevant to your job objective." Volunteering, taking classes, or regularly defragging the computers at your nephew's school all count. "If you can't come up with anything relevant," advises Ireland, "fill your employment gap with a 'job title' that indicates your good character, such as family management, caregiver, travel, or something wholesome you were doing."
Curious about what the 10 Burning Questions for 2010 were? Here you go:

#1 How to Tie a Tie
#2 How to Lose Weight
#3 How to Kiss
#4 How to Write a Resume
#5 What’s the World’s Only Immortal Animal?
#6 Which City Has the Best Tap Water?
#7 Which Natural Disaster Shortened Earth’s Days?
#8 What Is Love?
#9 What Causes Lightning?
#10 How to Boil an Egg

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