MEMO TO JOB-SEEKER: TYPOS IN RESUME = BAD _ Three out of four hiring managers say just one or two typos in the resume would cause them to look elsewhere. About 36 percent would allow for one mistake, while another 40 percent of managers say one strike and you’re out. Here are some common errors that get by spell-check:
• “Hope to hear from you, shorty.”
• “Have a keen eye for derail.”
• “I’m attacking my resume for you to review.”
• “Following is a grief overview of my skills.”
• “GPA: 34.0”
THE NO. 1 THING 64,000 WOMEN WANT FROM A LOVER _ Countless books, websites, articles and movies have been dedicated to the quest to understand life’s greatest mystery: What do women want? The answer, as it turns out, is simply to not be treated like garbage. According to a survey (University of Göttingen) of 64,000 women in 180 countries, kindness is the No. 1 quality women overwhelmingly want to see in their partner. Almost 90 percent of the women rank kindness highest among desirable qualities, followed closely by supportiveness at 86.5 percent. Intelligence received about 72 percent of the vote; level of education had 64.5 percent; and rounding out the Top 5 is confidence, with a little over 60 percent. In the ‘looks’ department, the “average” body type was vastly preferred over “very muscular” types, with 44.8 percent versus a marginal 2.5 percent.
KIDS SHARE IDEAS ABOUT SCIENCE _ Elementary school students have some ideas about science. The following ideas about science were collected from essays, exams, and classroom discussions; most were from fifth- and sixth-graders.
• “You can listen to thunder after lightening and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don’t hear it you got hit, so never mind.”
• “When people run around and around in circles we say they are crazy. When planets do it we say they are orbiting.”
• “Most books now say our sun is a star. But it still knows how to change back into a sun in the daytime.”
• “A vibration is a motion that cannot make up its mind which way it wants to go.”
