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This blog has a new home

Saturday, 21 July 2007 in Careers, Chess, Estate Planning, General, Inheritance, Investment, Mutual Fund, Penang, Resume Writing

Dear reader,
Thank you for visiting this blog on the WordPress server.
For the past year, I had been penning my thoughts here but effective mid-July, I have moved my blog to its new home at ssquah.activeknights.org
Please click here to take you to the new home of It’s All In The Planning!
Regards
Quah, Seng-Sun
Penang, Malaysia

Who’re your job references?

Wednesday, 27 September 2006 in Careers, Resume Writing

Job seekers are often faced with a dilemma when they write their resumes. Should they or shouldn’t they list their references in their resumes? I’ve been asked this so many times in my talks around the campuses in Malaysia.
There are two schools of thought. One says that it is quite all right to name the [...]

Longer is not necessarily better

Thursday, 3 August 2006 in Careers, Resume Writing

I’ve often been asked by people: how long should their resumes be? Would employers be impressed if they write a long resume?
Before I answer this answer, I have to say that in the course of my work in JobStreet.com, I have seen resumes that go as long as 19 printed pages as well as resumes [...]