A reader asks, Is my resume so awful that no one will hire me? I mean, I’d been laid-off so long it’s pitiful really. His resume is here. I opened up this question up to my friends on Twitter and to those who follow my blog. About 40 professional technical writers responded with all kinds of resume advice. The overall trend in the responses is … more »

I recently decided to look at the top 10 posts on various bloggers’ sites and see what characteristics, if any, the top 10 had in common. Top 10 post lists are usually aggregated by plugins that measure hits, comments, and trackbacks, and then compile the most visited 10. Or they are derived from hit counters such as Google Analytics. The results of my analysis surprised … more »