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How to Write a Perfect Resume

By Ugur Akinci | February 19, 2014

© Ugur Akinci To write a perfect resume, you need to remember one very important fact: you are not writing it to find a job. Let’s repeat: the main function of an excellent resume is NOT to get a job offer. It’s main function is to get you that JOB INTERVIEW. A resume that cannot…

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How to Apply MLA (Modern Language Association) Style Bibliography Citation

By Ugur Akinci | February 18, 2014

Bibliography is an important part of every thesis, academic essay, article, or book that requires substantiation of the claims made in the work. Every student and researcher should know how to write a book or article bibliography. Why? Because a bibliography provides the reference against which the truth value of the statements can be checked.…

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A Free and Online PDF Converter Tool for All Writers

By Ugur Akinci | February 14, 2014

© Ugur Akinci Let me be upfront: there was a time when I was delighted to come across PDF converters when I did not own the Pro version of Adobe Acrobat and MS Word did not do an excellent job in converting Word documents to PDF. But these days, a lot of applications I use…

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Using "In Question" in Plain Writing

By Ugur Akinci | February 11, 2014

I have a confession to make. I have a bad habit. Once in a while I emphasize an object with the qualifier “in question”. For example: “Save the variable in question to the database.” What I really mean, in terms of plain writing, is very simple: the pronoun “this”. I could easily say “save THIS…

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