The first thing on a resume, after the obligatory name and contact byline, is the objective block.
In college, I was required to take a communication class that focused on the basics of business communication.  I remember assignments such as giving a five minute speech, writing a memorandum, and the like.  Writing our resume was one [...]

As I said in my Resume Tip Roundup, it’s been two years since I last updated my resume.  Stating that fact is an embarrassment to me.  I should be more on top of my resume than this.
Here is my resume, from 2007 (as a PDF).
I’ve left everything about it just as I found on it [...]

It’s been almost two years since I last updated my resume.  That’s too long.  The recommendation is that one should update their resume every six months, at least.  Since I haven’t kept my resume up-to-date, and given the current economic climate, now seems like a good time to get writing.
I’m going to post my old [...]

A culture of trust would be the ultimate corporate environment.  Just uttering the phrase brings to mind visions of the ideal work environment.  Fill in the blanks however you see fit, but for me it would be having a say in the projects I work on and being left to my own devices to determine [...]

While currently working to learn Ruby, I keep forgetting the meaning of each of the range syntaxes, the difference between .. and … .
I’ve developed a mnemonic to help me.
1..10 is the Ruby inclusive syntax, so 10 would be included in the values.
1…10 is the Ruby exclusive syntax, so 10 would be excluded from the [...]