Focus on the little things. Review your consistency with standards such as capitalization, punctuation, spacing, and bullets. For example, did you end each line with a period or not? The important thing is to pick one way of doing it and being consistent.
Imagine if someone sees the little things such as "i"s not being correct. If someone sees the simple stuff missing what does that say about a person.
Edit when you are refreshed, like after a good night’s sleep. You’ll also want to edit after you’ve had some distance from your resume, so if you write at the end of the day, proofread in the morning if you can.
As funny as it sounds its true, I get all knotted up trying to make it the best that when it comes to proof reading I skim it all and pretend like its good but it has all these little things that actually can make a difference.
As a general practice, don’t use words like “I” or “me” or “my.” So, instead of saying “I hit and exceeded company sales quotas 100% of the time” say “Hit and exceeded sales quotas 100% of the time.”
I tend to struggle with this. When I first did my resume I had someone check it for me and all my power statements included these pro nouns. They told me that who ever is reading this should already know who its coming from and shouldn't be reminded.
Keep it to One Page
Its easy to start getting carried away when filling out your resume. Keep it to a minimum and don't put that job that you only worked for two weeks. When we played the 6 second game to look at resumes We can only see so much i doubt anyone will see 2 pages in six seconds.
Share-ability
Sharing notes with someone is always very good for me. Not only do you have your findings but someone else's knowledge can teach you something or find something you didn't see.
It’s a great question, and one which I’m not qualified to answer. All I can do is tell you that I’ve always thought handwritten notes work better for me.
At the end of the day everyone will tell you what their opinion is. I myself am a strong believer that note taking by hand tends to stick in your brain longer. Its like storing information with your basic knowlegde.
It’s common sense, right? If you want to remember something, you need to write it down.
It is common sense but, most of us forget that these essentials are the ones that never go bad.
In most typical college settings, however, internet access is available, and evidence suggests that when college students use laptops, they spend 40% of class time using applications unrelated to coursework, are more likely to fall off task, and are less satisfied with their education. In one study with law school students, nearly 90% of laptop users engaged in online activities unrelated to coursework for at least five minutes, and roughly 60% were distracted for half the class.
This goes back to a point i made earlier. Having the access to internet in front of you can shift your focus so easily.
When participants were given an opportunity to study with their notes before the final assessment, once again those who took longhand notes outperformed laptop participants. Because longhand notes contain students’ own words and handwriting, they may serve as more effective memory cues by recreating the context (e.g., thought processes, emotions, conclusions) as well as content (e.g., individual facts) from the original learning session.
I find this very interesting. It gives another example that you are learning in your own words. We take information given to us and basically change it up in our own way of thinking. I believe there is no better way to learn than from your own knowledge and thinking.
This kind of shallow transcription fails to promote a meaningful understanding or application of the information.
I can agree with this because when you're hearing and typing you usually try to get everything down. On the other hand when it comes to writing them down you can actually listen and get your head around that main ideas.
Instead, they listen, digest, and summarize so that they can succinctly capture the essence of the information.
Focusing on the main topic and the ideas behind it.
students who used laptops took more notes.
This can be the case in a lot of situations. We typically miss the main idea and type more than what we should. When it comes to on paper you can use methods like the "Cornell" or others that best suit you.
students who write out their notes on paper actually learn more.
Strongly Agree!
Moreover, when students take notes using laptops they tend to take notes verbatim, writing down every last word uttered by their professor.
In my opinion i have a hard time using a laptop to take notes because of the distractions. The aspect of having it in front of me will just give me the urge to surf the web than to take any notes.
Students who used longhand remembered more and had a deeper understanding of the material
The sub title pretty much is clear on what the article is about. I am a firm believer that you will get more about notes by writing them down than typing them. I believe they burn more into your brain and remember them by going back and forth.