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You’ve heard of a business mission statement – but have you also heard of a content marketing mission statement? This is an important piece of text that should head up your content strategy. Outlining ...

A personal mission statement is a written declaration of our unique direction or purpose. This statement makes it clear not just what you intend to do in this world, but how you intend to do it. It's ...

Generally speaking, a statement of intent is a document that describes your academic and personal history, your interest in a program or field that you are pursuing, and your future goals. It is an ...

Every year, I read applications for my department’s Ph.D. program at Brown University. The ones I usually see are from people who might want to work with me either as their primary or additional ...

Hi, my name is Pardis Mahdavi, and I am the dean of social sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a professor at Arizona State University. I’m delighted to be here today to talk with ...

Resume objective statements have never made the most sense to me. The objective of a resume is obvious—it’s to get a job. Trust me, I’m not writing one for fun. It’s not a Bluesky skeet or anything ...

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Physicists have known for decades that the process of observing and measuring phenomena changes those very phenomena—the so-called “observer effect." It does not even matter whether the “observer” is ...