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Submit your best resume or job hunting tip to win a Google notebook
Posted by Sarah Stokely at 8:16 PM on March 9, 2008
Did you kick off the new year by revamping your resume or have you been actively looking for work? Then Lifehacker needs your tips! This week we'll be giving away five notebooks to the top five resume or job search related tips which are submitted in comments on this post.
Google's Open Source programs team have donated some cool prizes - a stack of black "I can't believe it's not Moleskine" lined notebooks. We have five notebooks to give away to the top five tipsters. The competition is open until 5pm this Friday (14 March) so you can enter multiple times if you like. Fine print and competition details are here.
Did you know there are more ways to read RSS content than with Bloglines or Google Reader? MakeUseOf suggest fourteen other ways to maximise sites that have RSS, from 
You're addicted to coffee, and people have asked you to drop the habit. Why should you? Weblog Lifehack tells die-hard coffee addicts that it's just fine to stay addicted. After all, you got hooked on coffee because you wanted increased mental performance, and coffee certainly does that for you. 
Observe the decision-making process from different perspectives to understand the complexity of the decision and to examine the decision from the periphery and from angles that you'd otherwise be blind. The process, called "six thinking hats," allows you to put a different coloured hat on and observe the problem in different ways. For example, while wearing the white hat, you observe all data available and extrapolate from historical information. When you switch to your red hat, you look at the problem with emotion and attempt to understand people's reactions. A black hat wearer will look at all the bad parts of the decision and will try to understand what may cause the outcome not to work in your favour. When you wear your yellow hat, you're optimistic, and when you switch to your green hat, you're creative. Finally, the blue hat is the leader and person behind process control. By wearing each hat before making a difficult decision, you can determine whether you're really committed to the task—or if you're ready to change your mind.
The New York Times reports on several disturbing statistics connecting televisions in the bedroom to health and developmental problems like obesity, insomnia, and more. The article focuses on the effects of the bedroom TV on kids (who see lower test scores and are at a higher risk of smoking), but we've also seen how 
Experience nostalgia by receiving mailings of your old Flickr photos twice a month with Photojojo's Photo Time Capsule. Previously, we suggested 
When you apply for a new job, prospective employers often inquire about your greatest weaknesses. If you've never prepared yourself for this question, answering it can be quite difficult. wikiHow suggests that you evaluate your performance and regularly identify your primary strengths and weaknesses. Once you've determined what your weak suits are, explain them clearly, but don't stop there. Follow it with good news about how you are able to overcome your weakness and strengthen yourself. Try to have at least three weaknesses on hand in case you're asked more than once, and always follow up with a strength. Be honest and avoid arrogance; we're human, after all. 
Consume and absorb more information by learning nifty speed-reading tricks. The key is organisation. Prioritise the information by deciding what to read first. A news story might beg for your attention, whereas another story might be worthwhile for bookmarking to read later. Once you decide what to read, focus on crucial information communicated by the author, which is often contained in the title, subtitle, and first sentence of the article. Also, consider reading supporting information that reinforces the title of the article. Look at eye-catching images and extracted quotes (often in bold). Finally, take a look at the conclusion. This section usually reiterates the title and expresses the author's viewpoint. By turning speed-reading into an everyday practice, you'll be able to easily identify what is important and what is irrelevant information.
