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...easy to make, but the most frequent mistake executives commit on their resumes is being too wordy, according to a recent survey of global recruiters by Korn/Ferry International. Another oft cited blunder? A resume that's too short. So be careful on that tightrope. Two pages is the preferred length; then again, your resume is just "an ante into the game," says Caroline Nahas, a Korn/Ferry managing director. "Your interview and ability to match up your experience and personal qualities with the company is absolutely essential," she continues. And if you do make it to the offer table...
...until the big pass to Edwards and Sonkur’s clinching interception, Yale had played just well enough to still be dangerous. The Bulldogs took the opening kickoff and drove down the length of the field only to have kicker John Troost push a 34-yard field-goal attempt wide left...
...intent of this column is not missionary but analytical. Using two main texts - Richard Klein's wonderfully suggestive book-length essay "Cigarettes Are Sublime," and Ross McElwee's documentary film "Bright Leaves" - I want to take a calm look at smoking, and its place in the culture, from the inside - from the smoker's hot mouth, wheezing heart, sooty lung and vivid, endlessly rationalizing brain...
...Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud (Perennial; 1993) The first and best of its kind: a book-length essay in the form of comix. McCloud's theories on why and how comics work are told with wit and imagination in this critically important book that has shaped the way many people think about the medium...
...mentions the work of Lynd Ward [creator of the wordless novel "Gods' Man" in 1929] in his introduction, for instance. Milt Gross did an entire narrative in pictures with no words: "He Done Her Wrong" in 1930. Gil Kane and Archie Goodwin produced "His Name Is? Savage," [a book-length comic,] in 1968. "A Contract with God" gathered all of these narrative strategies together between the covers of a single publication - and set the pace for those who would follow. Will Eisner has, without question, done more to advance the medium of comics than just about anyone. But he didn...