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When Should You Hire a Professional Resume Writer?

If you think the only time to hire a professional resume writer is when you’re searching for a job, have we got news for you. An updated resume, crafted by a pro, should be considered a necessity for any media professional.

Here are just a few of the best times to revamp your resume:

Before You Leave Your Current Job

If you’re looking to move on to bigger and better things in your career, or if you have a feeling your position is about to get downsized, the best time to hire a pro to improve your resume is right now.

“Keep in mind good resume writers will always be in demand, so they will have a client backlog,” says Alex Twersky, career expert and resume writer. “Don’t wait until the last minute to hire one, because you may wind up missing the boat on an application deadline because your new resume isn’t ready in time.”

Rather than waiting until you’re actively seeking a job to polish up your resume, it’s a smarter move to be proactive and have everything ready so you can hit the job boards running.

When a Review is Around the Corner

If it’s the time of the year when promotions and raises are on the agenda, then you should already be gathering information to make your case to your manager. You want to ensure all your hard work gets the recognition—and payoff—it deserves. And because these types of reviews don’t happen often, it’s important to make them count.

That’s why this is such a great time to hire a resume writer. As Twersky says, hiring a professional with an objective view of your skills can illuminate things you may have otherwise passed off as day-to-day tasks.

Incorporating these into your new resume—accomplishments from your previous roles as well as from your current position—makes it easier to clearly identify to your manager what you’re truly capable of.

Want even more help on your resume? Get started with a FREE resume evaluation from Mediabistro’s Career Services. Our counselors and writers can help you update and upgrade your resume so you can confidently apply for the job you want.

When You Want to Keep Your Options Open

You love your job. That’s great. But what if there was something even better out there? Or maybe an amazing freelance gig that could bolster your reputation and multiply your network?

By keeping your resume updated with the help of a professional writer, you can confidently upload it to job boards, LinkedIn and other places where recruiters might be looking to snag talent.

In these scenarios, you’ll have the bargaining power. If a new employer wants you—and the talent your newly updated resume boasts—they’ll have to accept your terms.

While these situations don’t happen every day, when they do, you’ll be glad you were ready for them. “One never knows when opportunity will knock,” as Twersky says, “so having a polished, up-to-date, winning resume at hand is one of the smartest career moves you can make.”

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Luxury penthouse to be installed in Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

penthouse apartment is being built inside Herzog & de Meuron‘s recently completed philharmonic hall in Hamburg, at a cost of £6.9 million for an anonymous client.

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The two-storey penthouse apartment will be located on the 24th and 25th floors of the Elbphilharmonie, where floor-to-ceiling glazing below the building’s scalloped roofline will give views along the Elbe River.

Munich office Brückner Architekten is working with yacht fabricators Schotten & Hansen and Elbphilharmonie interior architect Irena Richter on the project, which will use entirely prefabricated components.

Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron took almost a decade to convert Werner Kallmorgen’s 1960s warehouse into the scallop-roofed concert hall, so this decision to prefabricate the apartment was taken in part to avoid turning the building back into a construction site so close to its official opening.

“The particular challenge for the builders of this project was to plan the construction so that it would not compromise the completion of the Elbphilharmonie in this final phase of building,” said the team.

“For this reason only a system of prefabricated elements could be considered for the completion of the penthouse.”

CNC milling machines and robots will be used to accurately cut the apartment’s 1,000 individual components from lightweight aerated concrete and plasterboard.

This mode of production – more commonly used in product and car design but increasingly seen in architecture – was also selected to save on costs and time, and minimise material waste.

With no external hoist for larger components, each of the prefabricated parts will need to be compact enough to be transported to the upper floors using just an elevator.

The components will be mounted over a wooden framework to create tapering columns, irregularly arched openings and curving walls that lend the rooms a “cave-like” appearance. The whole space will be covered in a layer of fine-grain plaster to create homogenous surfaces.

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“The high-tech method of thorough planning and manufacturing on the basis of spatial 3D computer models is already commonplace in machine and automotive building but in other production sectors, such as in the building industry, it still remains in its infancy,” said the team.

“Nonetheless computer planning has decisive advantages because all the craftspeople and planners involved use the same data.”

The team created a millimetre-exact computerised model of the space to help plan the apartment’s substructure and overlay components. They then built a scale model in the factory to detect and solve any issues ahead of the final installation inside the Elbphilharmonie.

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“The instinctive cocooning of childhood for which there is no place in our optimised, pragmatic world, is once more realised through the modern abstract form of this apartment,” said the team.

“But it is only possible thanks to the highly modern computer-controlled prefabricated construction that allows building to this standard of perfection, under the most difficult local conditions and an extremely short space of time.”

Benches, counters and a sleeping gallery that will “grow sculpturally” from the walls are placed to make the best of the views, from its perch 110 metres above the harbour.

At £30,000 pounds per square metre, the 230-square-metre apartment is set to be one of the most expensive in the city.

“With an exclusive interior design that follows very specific plans from the anonymous buyer, the development and execution of planning and procedure cannot be calculated at this point in time,” said the team.

“This apartment is on its way to becoming one of the most expensive and exclusive apartments in Germany.”

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Always Get a Green Light!

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Every cyclist knows that the best trips are those when you hit every green light! Designed with this in mind, Orion is a commuter must-have. Easily installed on your handlebars, it provides simple directions and navigation that helps you find the most efficient bicycle route each time. With real-time traffic light information and uphill/downhill distance indicators, you’ll know exactly where to go with the straightforward indicators and information on the screen. Just snap it on your handlebars, install the Orion extension on your Google Maps app, and you’re good to go!

Designer: Clement Dauchy

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“It became an everyday challenge to pass all those lights without stopping. I believe I am not alone in this situation so I thought about a cycling navigation device that would help anticipate, manage your effort and make your ride around the city more efficient,” explains Clement.

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“The module provide informations about the upcoming traffic lights and their state, so you know exactly the duration of the traffic light being green so to adjust your speed accordingly.”

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