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Students should have proofread the rough draft of the post against the final copy, made
corrections, and produced a clean copy. The post with corrections highlighted appears on the
next page. Finding the misused verb (bring in two instances where take was needed) was
probably challenging.
The typed copy contains the kinds of errors you might expect when you are typing: one word
keyed where another was meant (They for There), an extra or a missing character (on became
one, and trip became tip), a missing word ending (ed from needed), a mistyped punctuation
mark, and even a missing sentence. Emphasize that not one of these errors would have been
detected by the spell checker. The spell checker is a tool for proofreading but no substitute for
it. Students should always proofread after spell checking.
Students should also have added a few linking words and phrases. These will vary; examples
have been inserted in the solution and highlighted.
June 5, 2010
Really Helpful Job-Hunt Advice
If you’re looking for a job, you’re probably more than a little tired of wading through articles
about the 101 things you have to do and fielding reams of family advice. So I am just going to
pass on just two suggestions that, in my experience, really matter.
The first is to do your own resume. Do not take it to a service. Do your own resume, and
proofread it yourself.
When I got out of college and was looking for a job, I decided I needed a professional-looking
resume. This was back before computers and before there was soap. Oh, wait a minute; we did
have soap. We also had computers, but they were not what you would call user-friendly. My
mother’s, for instance, took up half her bedroom and had a manual fat enough to stand on to get