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Getting started correcting your search engine problems.

Who cares?
Search engines are complicated, proprietary, heartless machines that chew up poor, unsuspecting websites and spit out a category based on what it tastes like. These categories are used to literally rank a site’s individual pages based on their relevancy for particular word or phrase. The rank, as it is referred to, is the key [...]

Search Engine Optimization as a metaphor for life

Yeah, seriously.
What brought this up
I’ve been doing, inadvertently, a lot of thinking and reading about search engine optimization (SEO) lately. For the company I’m contracted with, we’re trying to come up with a solid strategy to rank better in our industry, get more online attention, and attract sales leads. For a couple of my clients, [...]

Review for the YoungEntrepreneur blog

The folks over at Young Entrepreneur’s blog (YEB)have been kind enough to review the structure of my blog in exchange for a review and link to their blog. Happy to oblige!This is a blog I subscribe to and read on a regular basis because of their solid content.
Why I read this blog
I started reading YEB [...]

12/8/2008

by: Josh

posted in: Design Layouts, Design Typography, How To, Writing

Curing Underemployment (or) Josh’s Six Step Plan to a Great Resume (part 6 of 6)

Ha! I thought forgot about the last one, huh? Nope.
On Friday, I posted the 5th step to a great resume, writing a “final” draft.
Step 6: Lay it out as you go through it again (and again [and again])
This is the final step and possibly the most important one. This is called “checking your work” or [...]

12/5/2008

by: Josh

posted in: Design Layouts, Design Typography, How To, Writing

Curing Underemployment (or) Josh’s Six Step Plan to a Great Resume (part 5 of 6)

Yesterday, I went through the fourth step in my resume-writing process, creating a rough draft. We’re in the home stretch!
Step 5: “Final” draft time… buckle down
OK, you have a resume, you’re about 80% there. Now it’s time to bring it all together.
First, lay it all out. Personal statement is first, then what? Education? What is [...]

Curing Underemployment (or) Josh’s Six Step Plan to a Great Resume (part 4 of 6)

Yesterday, I wrote about the 3rd step in the Josh Can Help resume process, writing personal statements. Check it out!
Step 4: Put it all together (rough draft)
Now, we’re going to take those personal statements, skill lists, and positions, and start building the different resumes. Don’t worry too much about formatting right now, just build the [...]

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