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	<title>Awakies &#187; Life</title>
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		<title>Top ten resume tips</title>
		<link>http://blog.awakies.com/2010/02/top-ten-resume-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Eliminate  spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. Ask someone to proof  read it for you.
Make a good first impression, you have a  limited amount of  initial interest time, use it wisely and carefully.
Keep  it brief  as no one have time to read a 20-page resume, be efficient  with your information. A three page resume is often sufficient
Focus  your resume on your most recent work experience, keep it brief for anything  over 10-15 years.
Quantify experience and achievements with  facts and figures to show how you ...]]></description>
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<li>Eliminate  spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. Ask someone to proof  read it for you.</li>
<li>Make a good first impression, you have a  limited amount of  initial interest time, use it wisely and carefully.</li>
<li>Keep  it brief  as no one have time to read a 20-page resume, be efficient  with your information. A three page resume is often sufficient</li>
<li>Focus  your resume on your most recent work experience, keep it brief for anything  over 10-15 years.</li>
<li>Quantify experience and achievements with  facts and figures to show how you performed against specific targets,  timelines or KPI&#8217;s (Key Performance Indicators).</li>
<li>Give the employer a chance to see your  written communication skills in terms of being organised, logical and  concise.</li>
<li>Use simple language; do not try to impress employers  with exorbitant or elaborate vocabulary.</li>
<li>Be honest, nothing  turns an interview sour more quickly than the uncovering of exaggeration  or the stretching of the truth on resumes.</li>
<li>Be balanced, clear, neat  and structured. Make it easy on and appealing to the eye.</li>
<li>This  is your opportunity to sell yourself. Emphasise previous wins,  promotions and rare skill sets, make yourself very difficult to  disregard.</li>
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		<title>Covering Letter for the Job application</title>
		<link>http://blog.awakies.com/2010/02/covering-letter-for-the-job-application/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you ready to submit your job application don’t forget the cover letter is just as important as your application or resume. Here are some tips to help you write a good cover letter.

Customise every cover      letter. Ensure it is relevant to the employer and position you apply for.
Before starting your      letter, clearly identify what skills and experience the employer is      looking for. Check the job description and highlight the qualities that    ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you ready to submit your job application don’t forget the cover letter is just as important as your application or resume. Here are some tips to help you write a good cover letter.</p>
<ul>
<li>Customise every cover      letter. Ensure it is relevant to the employer and position you apply for.</li>
<li>Before starting your      letter, clearly identify what skills and experience the employer is      looking for. Check the job description and highlight the qualities that      make you the perfect match for the position.</li>
<li>Focus on what the employer      wants to know. Try to convince them that you can do the job and that      you’ll fit in and be an asset to the organisation.</li>
<li>Make sure you include your      contact details.</li>
<li>In the opening paragraph,      explain the purpose of your letter. Mention the position you are applying      for and where it was advertised.</li>
<li>In the closing paragraph      thank the employer for taking the time to review your application. Also      mention any attachments including your resume and any work examples.</li>
<li>Keep your letter to no more      than one page – the employer should be reading your resume in detail, not      your cover letter.</li>
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		<title>Curriculum Vitae</title>
		<link>http://blog.awakies.com/2010/02/curriculum-vitae/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is for the people who look for a job. Keep it in your mind curriculum vitae is the first possible document which the employer going to look at. The is the first trump you can play, if that get through only you can move further like facing an interview and getting the job.
In the CV don’t try to put what ever you know. Make it with a presentation of what employer will be looking for in the finest presentation. Make clear and structure presentation.
Covering Letter for the Job application
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is for the people who look for a job. Keep it in your mind curriculum vitae is the first possible document which the employer going to look at. The is the first trump you can play, if that get through only you can move further like facing an interview and getting the job.</p>
<p>In the CV don’t try to put what ever you know. Make it with a presentation of what employer will be looking for in the finest presentation. Make clear and structure presentation.</p>
<p><a rel="bookmark" href="../2010/02/covering-letter-for-the-job-application/">Covering Letter for the Job application</a></p>
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		<title>Commonwealth bank of Australia</title>
		<link>http://blog.awakies.com/2010/02/commonwealth-bank-of-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does it need to have yellow as the main color for a bank which acts the national bank of a country? This is the third time I am facing it. Now it is ‘Commonwealth bank of Australia’. It is not national bank anyway, but it looks like.
To open a savings account they requested on my passport. The old lady who was handling my request was polite, her granddaughter’s gymnastic photos was decorating her work place. She said that my Debit Card will be delivered to the postal address after commenting ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does it need to have yellow as the main color for a bank which acts the national bank of a country? This is the third time I am facing it. Now it is ‘Commonwealth bank of Australia’. It is not national bank anyway, but it looks like.</p>
<p>To open a savings account they requested on my passport. The old lady who was handling my request was polite, her granddaughter’s gymnastic photos was decorating her work place. She said that my Debit Card will be delivered to the postal address after commenting about the big letters (AUSTRALIA) of my t-shirt.</p>
<p>I placed sum amount of money into my account as an initial deposit, and collected the temporary password for the internet banking. They gave me two letters for my employers to transfer my salary to my account where still I don’t have a Job. Ha.. Ha..</p>
<p>http://www.commbank.com.au/</p>
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		<title>I felt I am so lucky</title>
		<link>http://blog.awakies.com/2010/02/i-felt-i-am-so-lucky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven’t done much in my first day of Australia except eat and sleep.
I got up in the morning while looking out through the window; I felt I am so lucky – what else you need in the life of a human being. I saw a land full of trees has grown taller, and the sun lays was measuring the high of them. It is a pleasure to be a part of them.
I need to buy a camera, may be a digital SLR, and then at least I can capture ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven’t done much in my first day of Australia except eat and sleep.</p>
<p>I got up in the morning while looking out through the window; I felt I am so lucky – what else you need in the life of a human being. I saw a land full of trees has grown taller, and the sun lays was measuring the high of them. It is a pleasure to be a part of them.</p>
<p>I need to buy a camera, may be a digital SLR, and then at least I can capture this wonder full views of early morning. First I need to find a job to earn money to buy the camera.</p>
<p>02-05</p>
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		<title>Brisbane</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My flight hit the ground quickly from 8000 foot over the sky, seems it was half a minute it took. Then the drive on the runway was proportional. These wild things happened within a minute. In the next second i am landed in Brisbane.
Australia has seven states and main land territories. Brisbane is the state capital of Queens Land, of cause the largest city too. it is also the third most populous city in Australia.
Australia was my dream land from my known days nevertheless it took such a long days ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My flight hit the ground quickly from 8000 foot over the sky, seems it was half a minute it took. Then the drive on the runway was proportional. These wild things happened within a minute. In the next second i am landed in Brisbane.</p>
<div id="attachment_83" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.awakies.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Brisbane.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-83" title="Brisbane" src="http://blog.awakies.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Brisbane-300x224.jpg" alt="Brisbane, Australia" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Brisbane, Australia</p></div>
<p>Australia has seven states and main land territories. Brisbane is the state capital of Queens Land, of cause the largest city too. it is also the third most populous city in Australia.</p>
<p>Australia was my dream land from my known days nevertheless it took such a long days to happen. I had a successfully carrier in my country, even though I wish to move. My first choice was Australia and the second too. Now I am in my dream land. My father use to say ‘dream it, it will happen’.</p>
<p>03.02</p>
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		<title>Australian Banking, Finance and Investments at Banks.com.au</title>
		<link>http://blog.awakies.com/2009/12/australian-banking-finance-and-investments-at-banks-com-au/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banks.com.au, an independent reviewer of the Australian banking industry and its products, including bank cards, credit cards, loans and investments.
http://www.banks.com.au/
This site allow the user to compaire the some bank tarrif together in one screen. But the actual story may vary. To get it correctyou should visit the bank or their web personally. Thats what we suggest
http://www.banks.com.au/tools/compare/transaction-accounts/
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_76" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 408px"><a href="http://blog.awakies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/banks_com_au.jpg.JPG"><img class="size-full wp-image-76" title="banks.com.au" src="http://blog.awakies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/banks_com_au.jpg.JPG" alt="banks.com.au" width="398" height="116" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">banks.com.au</p></div>
<p><em>Banks.com.au</em>, an independent reviewer of the Australian banking industry and its products, including bank cards, credit cards, loans and investments.</p>
<p>http://www.banks.com.au/</p>
<p>This site allow the user to compaire the some bank tarrif together in one screen. But the actual story may vary. To get it correctyou should visit the bank or their web personally. Thats what we suggest</p>
<p><a href="http://www.banks.com.au/tools/compare/transaction-accounts/" target="_blank">http://www.banks.com.au/tools/compare/transaction-accounts/</a></p>
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		<title>The Devices will spin denser the webs of data in 2010s</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the next decade, the evolution of computing and the Internet will produce faster, increasingly intelligent devices. More of our possessions will contain sensors and computers that log our activities, building digital dossiers that augment our memories, help us make decisions and tame information overload.
Ten years ago, we would have been blown away by a cell phone with far more computing power and memory than the average PC had in 1999, along with a built-in camera and programs to manage every aspect of our lives. Ten years from now, the ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_73" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 208px"><a href="http://blog.awakies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/big_2007_calendar11.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-73" title="Actress Bipasha Babu photography by Dabboo Ratnani" src="http://blog.awakies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/big_2007_calendar11.jpg" alt="Actress Bipasha Babu photography by Dabboo Ratnani" width="198" height="411" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Actress Bipasha Babu photography by Dabboo Ratnani</p></div>
<p>Over the next decade, the evolution of computing and the Internet will produce faster, increasingly intelligent devices. More of our possessions will contain sensors and computers that log our activities, building digital dossiers that augment our memories, help us make decisions and tame <span id="lw_1260909211_1" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer;">information overload</span>.</p>
<p>Ten years ago, we would have been blown away by a cell phone with far more computing power and memory than the average PC had in 1999, along with a built-in camera and programs to manage every aspect of our lives. Ten years from now, the <span id="lw_1260909211_0" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer;">iPhone</span> and its ilk will be antiques.</p>
<p>Even so, this vision of interconnected devices that produce and filter massive amounts of data in the 2010s is a logical progression of the Web, computers and gadgetry that emerged in the 2000s. <span id="lw_1260909211_2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;">Moore&#8217;s Law</span>, the principle that computing power doubles every two years without increasing in cost, still rules.</p>
<p>Recall the personal computer, circa 2000. It likely had a &#8220;clock speed&#8221; — a measure of how fast it could do things — just one-sixth of many computers today.</p>
<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091215/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_decade_s_end_technology" target="_blank">Source</a></p>
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		<title>People of wal mart website</title>
		<link>http://blog.awakies.com/2009/09/people-of-wal-mart-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hot news of the time is about the website which has been launched a month ago got crashed cause of the traffic, it faced. The site is http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/
If you try to visit now it show the followings.
Directory has no index file. Browsing this site or directory without an index file is prohibited. If you are the site&#8217;s webmaster, you can remedy this problem by creating a default HTML page with one of the following names:
* index.html,  * index.htm,  * default.htm,  * Default.htm,  * home.html,  ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The hot news of the time is about the website which has been launched a month ago got crashed cause of the traffic, it faced. The site is <a href="http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/" target="_blank">http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/</a></p>
<div id="attachment_30" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-30" title="A screen shot of people of wal mart" src="http://blog.awakies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/walmart_big-300x201.jpg" alt="A screen shot of people of wal mart" width="300" height="201" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A screen shot of people of wal mart</p></div>
<p>If you try to visit now it show the followings.<br />
Directory has no index file. Browsing this site or directory without an index file is prohibited. If you are the site&#8217;s webmaster, you can remedy this problem by creating a default HTML page with one of the following names:<br />
* index.html,  * index.htm,  * default.htm,  * Default.htm,  * home.html,  * Home.chtml<br />
NOTE: File names are case sensitive, i.e., Home.html is not the same as home.html</p>
<p>According to the Alexa rank it was at 59,037 while it was working. But not possible to see the old screen shot of the site even through the Wayback machine.</p>
<p>The domain has been created on 02 August 2009, exactly a month ago.</p>
<p>but Still you could see some photos for the site from an album from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=299554&amp;id=243188470516#/album.php?page=2&amp;aid=299554&amp;id=243188470516" target="_blank">face book</a></p>
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		<title>kids lost in face-to-face relationships in High-tech world</title>
		<link>http://blog.awakies.com/2009/08/kids-lost-in-face-to-face-relationships-in-high-tech-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social networks and cell phones&#8230; you and I may find these technologies sacrosanct, but for kids getting weaned on this stuff, relationships in the real world may be suffering badly.
With the average teen sending or receiving over 2,000 text messages a month and spending nine hours a week on social networking sites, experts are worried that in-person, face-to-face social interaction is beginning to take a back seat to this twitchy, impersonal, and detached form of communication. The problem: When people rely exclusively on short bursts of written communication, those doing ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Social networks and cell phones&#8230; you and I may find these technologies sacrosanct, but for kids getting weaned on this stuff, relationships in the real world may be suffering badly.</p>
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<p>With the average teen sending or receiving over 2,000 text messages a month and spending nine hours a week on social networking sites, experts are worried that in-person, face-to-face social interaction is beginning to take a back seat to this twitchy, impersonal, and detached form of communication. The problem: When people rely exclusively on short bursts of written communication, those doing the texting miss out on the subtleties that come with a verbal and (especially) face-to-face discussion.</p>
<p>As the Wall Street Journal suggests, looking at a smiley face in an email isn&#8217;t the same as seeing an actual smile on an actual face, and text-addicted teens are simply failing to learn the intricacies of bodily cues like eye movement and physical motion, not to mention all the nuance that comes with verbal conversation, cues which are learned only though a lifetime of practice in the read world. The result: Many fear we are raising a generation of kids who simply can&#8217;t carry on a conversation &#8212; or even look another person in the eye.</p>
<p>Of course, teens aren&#8217;t the only ones susceptible to this problem. As the linked story above notes, even work environments &#8212; where technology is a critical part of getting your job done &#8212; are struggling with the effects of laptops and cell phone messaging during the work day. The most noteworthy effect is that most meetings with more than a couple of attendees have become all but useless, as workers spend the entire time checking their phones and tapping away on Facebook, virtually ignoring the person standing at the whiteboard across the room. Now being called &#8220;continuous partial attention,&#8221; the problem is now being combated by simply banning all technology from meeting rooms, much to the likely anger of those who attend the meetings.</p>
<p>The scary thing is that no one knows how severe the problem really is. This phenomenon is relatively new on the sociological time scale, and even attempting to study how a reliance on written messaging leads to real-world detachment is fraught with difficulty. As the WSJ notes, by the time a study could be put together to analyze the situation, any technology investigated would have changed again, making the study outdated before it was ever published.</p>
<p>Maybe it&#8217;s just a phase? God help us</p>
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