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Tip # 315:  On an online resume...

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Tip # 315: On an online resume, make sure your keywords match your skills with the needs of the employers.  For example, if the listing for a salesperson includes the term “customer service,” your resume should include these words.

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Please place the correct punctuation mark/marks in the following sentences: (adapted from “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” by Lynne Truss)

  1. The Queen said Doesnt anyone know its my birthday
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, author, Lynne Truss The Everything Resume Book by Steven Graber
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction , by William Knowlton Zinsser  The Gregg Reference Manual, by William A. Sabin 
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, White, E. B. White  How to Take the Fog Out of Business Writing, by Robert Gunning, Richard A. Kallan (Contributor) 

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