It’s interesting that I just signed up for this site, and the article is certainly true–I know, I am in the process of updating my resume and cover letter format.

I’ve been on both sides of the hiring fence: hiring manager and applicant. With experience in three different fields and 20+ years of diverse experience, finding the right job opportunity can be difficult–and reformatting one’s resume from a traditional date-driven format to a functional format can be downright tricky! Sigh…but I’m doing it!

Since I was laid off in September 2009 from an engineering position, I’ve been working contract as a Marcomm technical writer/editor. I thought about your suggestion to create an “I Want, You Have” list of skills and have decided to do just that. Although I am a non-PE’ed mechanical engineer, I have tons of IT software and engineering technical writing/editing experience, especially in Marcomm. I’ve been checking out Brookwoods’ positions–maybe I’ll just submit my new resume and skills comparison list and see what happens! One never knows, does one?!

Thanks for a really good, to-the-point article that hit home with me!

Linda Maus
Technical Writer/Editor
Schlumberger Oilfield Marketing Communications

1 – your website – utilizing SEO relevant terms – properly indexed – with fresh content and thougt leadership about being fantastic in bed

2 – a recent blog entry authored by you about how to be fantastic in bed (including trackback to blog entry by Gartner Research VP on same topic)

3 – your linkedin profile which has multiple recommendations from others confirming that you have been fantastic in bed in the past (check the group you created for others who are fantastic in bed) – ditto for facebook….

4 – a tweet about how you were not really that great in bed – followed by a retween where you engaged the person on this point to discover the tweet was really about someone else (case closed – reputation still intact)

5 – a shideshare presentation where you outline the 5 key steps to becoming fantastic in bed (make sure to forward to a friend)

and finally…

3 – a you tube video of you being fantastic in bed!!!

That is called Digital Marketing.

Jose Cuervo Cookies

1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugar
lemon juice
4 large eggs
1 cup nuts
2 cups of dried fruit

1 bottle Jose Cuervo Tequilla

Sample the Cuervo to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the Cuervo again, to be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.

Turn on the electric mixer…Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.

Add one teaspoon of sugar…Beat again. At this point it’s best to make sure the Cuervo is still OK, try another cup …just in case.

Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit, Pick the frigging fruit off floor… Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the Cuervo to check for tonsisticity.

Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Who giveshz a sheet. Check the Jose Cuervo. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven.

Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don’t forget to beat off the turner. Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the Cose Juervo and make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.