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Fresh Grad Lands Job as Real Estate Agent With Help from Professional Writers

People go to websites to get the information they desperately need.  They could be looking for an answer to a nagging question.  They might be looking for help in completing an important task.  For recent graduates, they might be looking for ways on how to prepare a comprehensive resume that can capture the attention of the hiring manager

Manush is a recent graduate from a prestigious university in California who is looking for a job opportunity as a real estate agent.  While he already has samples provided by his friends, he still feels something lacking in his resume.  Specifically, the he believes that his professional objective statement lacks focus and clarity. 

Thus, he sought our assistance in improving editing and proofreading his resume. 

In revising his resume, iwritegigs highlighted his soft skills such as his communication skills, ability to negotiate, patience and tactfulness.  In the professional experience part, our team added some skills that are aligned with the position he is applying for.

When he was chosen for the real estate agent position, he sent us this thank you note:

“Kudos to the team for a job well done.  I am sincerely appreciative of the time and effort you gave on my resume.  You did not only help me land the job I had always been dreaming of but you also made me realize how important adding those specific keywords to my resume!  Cheers!

Manush’s story shows the importance of using powerful keywords to his resume in landing the job he wanted.

Reading Strategies: Annotating Quiz

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #1
A  use sticky notes for your annotations because they can be removed later
B  use a highlighter because you know the library will be happy to see the book being used
C  underline in pencil and go back and erase when you are finished
D  fold the corners of the important pages under slightly in order to mark them
Question #2
A  reading a difficult text faster than you normally would
B  forcing you to read for more than just the surface meaning
C  creating a record of information you may want to refer to in the future
D  restating ideas in your own words
Question #3
A  style
B  purpose
C  reading rate
D  ability to paraphrase
Question #4
A  circling words that you can use in order to paraphrase the author’s ideas
B  highlighting each pattern in a different color and noting questions using the same color ink
C  drawing smiley faces next to ideas that you agree with
D  marking any ideas that you find difficult to understand and that should be ignored
Question #5
A  the words you do not know
B  the thesis and the reasons or evidence used to support it
C  the patterns in the text
D  the minor details that expand upon the main ideas
Question #7
A  you are having a conversation with the author
B  every idea is important
C  the author can’t be taken seriously
D  minor details are critical
Question #8
A  disagrees that vets must shed blood in order to receive a Purple Heart
B  is impressed with the spokesman’s quotation
C  finds the author biased in this section
D  doesn’t understand this dense portion of the reading
Question #9
A  note a clue to the organizational pattern of the writing
B  make a comparison between piracy and history
C  indicate the thesis of the text
D  define what the “Purple Heart” is
Question #10
A  outlining to see the organization
B  synthesizing the key ideas
C  making notes in a text
D  paraphrasing the content