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Just Resumes: 200 Powerful and Proven Successful Resumes To Get That Job, 2nd Edition
 | author: Kim Marino asin: 0471165670 binding: Paperback list price: $11.95 USD amazon price: $11.95 USD |
Resumes That Get Results! Thirty seconds. That’s all it takes for your resume to be forwarded—or rejected. With such a short time to make a strong impression, you don’t want to take any chances with this all-important marketing tool. The proven techniques in Just resumes will help you get your resume past the screening process and on to the interview you want! read more »
Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse
 | author: Paul Carter asin: 1600940250 binding: Paperback list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $10.17 USD |
Since age 18, Paul Carter has worked on oil rigs in locations as far flung as the Middle East, Columbia, the North Sea, Borneo, Tunisia, Sumatra, Vietnam, Nigeria, Russia, and many others — and he’s survived (so far!) to tell stories from the edge of civilization (places, as it happens, upon which most of our lives rely). read more »
Blogging Is The Wave Of The Future... Again.. and Again.. and Again...
On The Matter of "Cruft"
For those who know me, I have a habit of building out a sizable online footprint, then after a year or so, just retract them back, save for a handful, which I migrate or rebuild. Part of this exercise is due to hosting migrations, but part of it is to clear out "cruft" that builds up on my sites.
By cruft, I mean... posts which really don't add much value to the site, for me, or for people visiting and reading the site.
However, what survives has a tendency to be improved upon, even if it seems worse off at first.
This site is a new site. :) So thankfully, it has no bar by which it is being judged.
However, my other blogging sites do have a history.. and a good deal of "cruft". read more »
