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Advertisement From online resume writing guides to the CV and cover letter writing courses, the art of drafting a well-crafted resume is coveted all around the world. However, even the most naive students know the one thing that you must absolutely refrain from while writing your CV, listing your failures. As it happens, the Psychology professor at the Princeton University composed his CV of Failures. Image Source: Mashable The CV of Failures enlists all the scholarships and the positions that the teacher failed to secure. The Professor hopes that the CV will inspire his students as well as the online audience to own their failures in life. Johannes Haushofer, the Professor for Psychology, certainly did not leave anything out and listed each academic rejection, declined scholarship and job refusal in his CV. The CV immediately went viral and now the scientists have come up with an explanation for why the failures of the esteemed professor sparked much more interes...

Advertisement For all the recent graduates who are looking for a job and mid-career professionals that are in the process of a job changeover, making the perfect CV can be quite tricky. Every other person you ask will have a different opinion about CVs. One thing that many people don’t mind is the extra page(s) attached to the CV as it supposedly shows the extent of your experience. Let me tell you plain and simple; one page worth of CV is more than enough to showcase your abilities, qualifications and experience and all you have to do is to be smart about the layout of your document and use each inch of space very intelligently. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the one-page-CV phenomenon, Novoresume, an online resume writing firm aimed at changing the way resumes are made, made a sample resume of Elon Musk, the famed CEO of Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and PayPal. Here it is: Now that is what a CV should really look like. Utilization of both halves of the page, use o...

by Kashmala Tahseen Advertisement Did not get that interview call despite a well-written cover letter and a meticulously designed CV? You probably did not impress the robot reading your CV. picture source: http://waterquest.dk Your CV may be dropped by an intermediate Robot even before it is seen by a hiring manager’s eyes. Many big companies today do not have the time or resources to assign people the task of going through a large number of CVs every day. To cut the amount of work involved in the screening process, many companies today employ use specialized software and automated systems called Application Tracking Systems to screen thousands of job applications and only shortlist a few for the next stage based on a set criteria. To make it to the hiring manager, you need to find a way to please the Robotic eye scanning your CV. credits: Business Friendly CV Here are a few tips to make it through the  Robocruitment  process: Try to incorporat...

Advertisement OnePlus just unveiled its two new phones for 2020, namely the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. The Pro may be the better equipped of the two, but the OnePlus 8 is a very decent phone in its own right. The OnePlus 8 still gets a high-refresh-rate screen, only it’s 90Hz instead of 120Hz, which is still faster than your standard 60Hz panel. It also has good-enough camera hardware with a 48MP main and a dedicated 16MP ultrawide. Another thing to note is that OnePlus is no longer one of the ‘affordable’ brands out there, and can cost quite a lot. As always, we bring you the 10 best screen protectors for OnePlus 8.    10. PULEN Screen Protector for OnePlus 8 Starting off the list, we have the PULEN screen protector for the OnePlus 8. The ultra-tough 9H hardness provides for extra strength to prevent scratches, breakage and dents, while the thin and transparent glass ensure that the user and viewing experiences are great as ever. In short, this is the s...

Advertisement The fact that there is a lockdown worldwide does not have to make your productivity level reduce. Most organizations and freelancers have given their workers the leeway to work from home. This new trend can have it’s downside, as productivity levels tend to reduce and enough work is not being done. Also, you might be a new Start-up, or maybe you are deciding on changing your home monitor. Well, this article is just the right one for you, as the best ten monitors that would improve productivity are being highlighted.  ACER The Acer R240H 23.8-Inch IPS HDMI DVI VGA Widescreen Monitor is virtually one the best monitor out there that you can get to improve your productivity. Designed with state of the art features and materials, the monitor gives a top-notch display capability, which reduces the stress of staring at the monitor for long. It has a wide viewing angle and a great color display.  Available  here SCEPTRE  Welcome to the...