Paula Plantier - Articles

Writing an Effective Résumé

our résumé represents you and your personality, but even a well-focused and informative résumé can get you only the chance to appear for an interview. Before you get that chance to speak with your prospective employer, it’s your résumé that reaches the table. Even a single infelicitous sentence can reduce your chances of being invited to interview. So before sitting down to write, consider the following to make your résumé a powerful and effective statement. Read

By: Paula Plantier | 02/02/2008 | Resumes

Copy Editing

Copy editing is a most important and time-consuming task for those involved in the field. It requires the sensitive editorial handling of print material of every kind. And it requires the editor's close attention to a document's every detail, its format, and all of its elements; a thorough knowledge of... Read

By: Paula Plantier | 25/11/2007 | Writing

C O P Y E D I T I N G

Copy editing is a most important and time-consuming task. It requires the editor’s close attention to a document’s every detail, a thorough knowledge of what to look for and of the style to be followed, and the ability to make quick, logical, and defensible decisions in correcting for grammar, punctuation, terminology, sentence structure, clarity, conciseness, tone and voice, inconsistencies, and typographical errors. Read

By: Paula Plantier | 13/10/2007 | Publishing