Money is something that’s on a lot of people’s minds. It makes sense, then, that there are lots of expressions about money. If your attempt to succeed isn’t quite good enough, someone might say you’re a day late and a dollar short. If you’re frugal, you’re probably a believer in the saying that a …
English
A very common English idiom you might have heard is “to turn the other cheek.” Many idioms in English use animals, such as saying “the elephant in the room” for a big topic that everyone is afraid to discuss or “hold your horses” to tell someone to slow down or wait. Another animal idiom is …
Emailing is now such an integral part of most people’s everyday work lives that anyone who does not know what the most appropriate way to express something in an email is may feel uncomfortable asking for clarification or advice. It almost feels like there is a set of unwritten rules about what should be said …
You have been handling a project for a long time, which means you have already established rapport with some important people who are directly involved with the project. Somewhere along the way, one of your key counterparts resigned from their post. As a result, that person’s tasks get handed over to another individual, including communication. …
The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) is a training program which educates and certifies trainees in the proper care and documentation of personal information during research. Many research programs will require all key personnel to be certified in order to obtain IRB approval for the project. How can you present this certification on a resume? …
With the rise of the internet and the increasing ease of telecommunications, you might assume that one thing that has been standardized throughout the world is phone numbers. Your assumptions would be wrong! The structure of phone numbers throughout the world varies a great deal. Within a single country, even the length of phone numbers …
Rising against the outright challenges of the pandemic, curious non-native and native English language users have learned to seek help from the internet to make sense of a wide range of expressions. In fact, people nowadays search for the meaning of even the most run-of-the-mill English phrases, such as the salutation “To Whom It May …
Hackathons are collaborative timed projects which explore software and app development under specific topics or themes, such as using a certain OS or programming language. Hackathons are intensive and require the ability to work under pressure, as well as fundamental skills in programming. How can you best include hackathon experience on a resume? How …
How can you tell whether any correspondence or discussion is about to go downhill? Well, that ain’t rocket science. One way to know that the information you are about to receive wouldn’t be in your favor is when you start reading or hearing the classic expression “I regret to inform you that.” But, when exactly …