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• What’s in a name? Stand out in front of your resume

  Kelly Sharp Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  ​The components of the average resume include your contact information, past work experience and education with each section strategically written to highlight why you're perfect for the desired position. Nevertheless, the first thing companies look at on a resume is the applicant's name.

• Nursing job outlook: The perfect storm brewing

  Joan Spitrey Healthcare Administration

  One question that continues to haunt the nursing profession is, "Will there be another big nursing shortage?" Although an impending nursing shortage would mean job security for those still working and entering the profession, there could be consequences with patient care if the needs can not be met.

• Europe building upon building efficiency

  Andrew Gaved Facilities & Grounds

  European policymakers and researchers alike are putting their collective minds to the challenge of reducing the energy produced by cooling and heating in buildings. The research funding comes in response to new momentum for efficiency improvement from the European Commission whose Energy Union framework policy aims to transform both energy supply and consumption.

• Tips for negotiating renewal-option clauses

  Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield Retail

  The renewal-option clause in a lease is there for the sole benefit of the tenant. Essentially, its purpose is to ensure that you're allowed to lease your commercial space for another lease term — providing you meet the predetermined conditions in the lease agreement.

• Separating fact from fiction in knee pain

  Heidi Dawson Sports & Fitness

  There is a lot of myth, rumor, misconception and just plain bad information available on the topic of knee pain. Everyone has a story to share or opinion to give on what caused, cured or eases their particular knee pain. There's also a lot of scare mongering and doom and gloom surrounding long-standing degenerative knee problems with many people of the opinion that nothing can be done barring joint replacement surgery.

• Study: Use of a metronome helps in pediatric CPR

  Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  ​Using a metronome during pediatric CPR may save lives, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. Each year, about 9,500 children experience an out of hospital, nontraumatic cardiac arrest in the United States, according to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. Of these, 7,700 receive treatment from EMS. However, survival to hospital discharge after EMS treatment is only 5.4 percent — with approximately 7,000 fatalities in pediatric patients each year.

• Change in bank card technology envelops retailers, consumers

  Bob Kowalski Retail

  Technology moves forward every day, but one of the latest advances carries big implications for banks, retailers and consumers. In this case, the technology involves purchases made with credit or debit cards via card readers. Encoded chips are being embedded in newly issued cards, which are designed to improve security by replacing the magnetic strip that was more susceptible to hacking.

• The future of building comes a few steps closer with new technology

  Michael J. Berens Construction & Building Materials

  ​Two recent news items reveal that revolutionary advances in building technology are just around the corner. Both how we build and what we build may radically change within the next decade. These innovations have the potential to make construction safer and more affordable, as well as faster and more malleable.

• Building relationships: The speed dating world of online marketing

  Ryan Clark Marketing

  In the speed-dating atmosphere that is online digital display advertising, a landing page is your company's representation. You only have a few moments to forge the closest thing you can to a relationship with the objects of your desire.

• Are you sure your maintenance checks are current?

  David Cain Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  ​What's cheaper — fighting a fire or preventing one? While the answer is obvious, the same line of reasoning somehow seems to elude fire departments when it comes to maintenance of their apparatus and equipment. Why? In part, it's because of the proverbial "head in the sand" mentality to ignore issues that aren't imminent threats. Adding to the mix is the workload of today's firefighters, who generally are focused most on acute challenges, not potential problems.

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