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Posted by: Rob Ashton
04 / 11 / 15
One of our Emphasis 360 members has emailed to ask if it’s always necessary to write a cover letter when applying for jobs or internships. Their view is that they’ve worked hard to perfect their CV (curriculum vitae – also known as a résumé) and that it should just ‘speak for itself’. I can see […]
Posted by: Catie Holdridge
18 / 09 / 15
There are some words that can just drag your writing down. They’re heavy and dull, and they have a nasty habit of lugging even more weight in with them. They make the person reading your writing work way too hard to understand your meaning. And, the fact is, they might not even bother. The good news is that once you get used […]
Posted by: Jacob Funnell
23 / 06 / 15
Just because someone has been writing documents for years, that doesn’t mean they’re doing it well. I wish it were that simple. The fact is that many people succeed despite their writing, not because of it. As we said in this recent post, that’s why your standard shouldn’t only be to write like everyone else […]
27 / 05 / 15
No-one ever said writing documents was easy. If you’re like a lot of people, the idea of having to put your own words to paper (or computer screen) makes you want to run and hide in the stationery cupboard. But consider this: it might not be your writing skills that are the problem. It could […]
Posted by: Lynne Murphy
19 / 08 / 14
Some differences between UK and US English are well documented. For example, most people know that football is a different game in North America and the UK, and any American in the UK quickly learns not to talk about fanny packs. But there are also some more subtle differences that might stymie visitors to Britain, […]
12 / 08 / 14
For those of us who don’t deal in fonts every day, the number of fonts on offer can seem overwhelming – but it doesn’t have to be. Serif vs sans serif Fonts generally fall into two categories – serif and sans serif. Those with small projecting features are known as serifs. Examples include Times New […]
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