Long as you want--Curriculum Vitae

Before, I did know what a “Curriculum Vitae” (CV) was.  In the past, when I wrote my resume, I presentedmy many “significant” (for me, at least) activities and duties. I hoped my audience would understand me better. Sadly, employers prefer concise resumes with experience relevant to the posted job opening. They lost interest to my resume because it was too long to read.

                          

Now I know there is something called “CV”, and I like it. I can concisely exhibit relevant information on the resume and tailor it to the application. If the employers want to know me better, I can give them access to my CV—that lets them get to know more about my “skills”. Best of all, I do not have to worry about making my CV “too long”, because detail is expected of my CV—all my volunteering, working experience, listing of my prestigious research articles published (in the future) and significant activities that I participated in are listed in detail.

                                                                                                   

I can utilize the curriculum vitae and make my resume briefer so I am at ease. I bet when people read my resume, they are at ease, too.

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pablogracia/4730156741/
This is an example of a CV, but this one is a short one.


Do you want to see another CV? Go to Sara's blog and check out her "CV blog post".
Sara's blog: http://knodelcommunication.blogspot.com/

Easier AND HARDER THAN IT CAN EVER BE.

Without doubt, I agree with one thing that Larkin said in his “Ever write a Wikipedia article?” blog entry (http://larkin-ales204.blogspot.com/2011/11/ever-write-wikipedia-article.html) – Anyone can write and contribute to something, but getting it 'marked' as "Good" and figuring out the citations and coding was more challenging than I had expected for something that turned out to be so easy to edit.”

These few days, I experienced the meaning of doing something important—editing a Wikipedia article! After editing the article, I begin understand what it means to have commitment of time and hard work into writing or editing: I did my own research on Quick bread; verified the accuracy of the information already on the article; expanded on some ideas; and writing  new sections inside the article. It was hard work indeed! Now I know what authors of articles (newspaper, journal, Wikipedia etc.,) are feeling. Good thing someone—or some people—started the article already, so I had a blueprint to work on. Thanks my fellow “Quick bread” authors!


I decided to edit the “Quick Breads” article stub. For your information, “Quick breads” are baked products are leavened with chemical leavening agents (such as with sodium bicarbonate and tartaric acid) as opposed to using yeast to leaven the bread. Products include muffins, some cakes and banana bread. Do you want to know more, visit my article! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_bread

Or if you just want to make some banana bread, go to this website, it's really good!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/bread/quick-bread/main.aspx

I have only edited a small Wikipedia stub on “Quick Bread”, but I realized a portion of my time already passed me by. Nevertheless, it was a good experience, because I made the valuable knowledge about quick bread more accessible to others. Next time someone bites into his/her commercially mass-produced muffin or banana bread and wants to know the science behind it, they’ll have a resource!


Here's an common example of quick bread--BANANA BREAD!