However, if you prefer a bigger screen that does a better job of displaying text, then go with the Titan.

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Working with a nonprofit organization that helps poor women find jobs, Medhi has designed a job-board Web site that uses maps to illustrate where the jobs are and graphics and icons in place of text for the job descriptions.

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The job descriptions are chunks of text in natural languages.

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And unlike the bulky Pulse with its ostentatious display, they are practically indistinguishable from normal pens and both come with software that can do a decent job of converting handwriting to text.

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Their job this week is to knock the draft text into a near-finished state, so ministers can come in next week, sign it off and head for the airport looking like they've accomplished something worthwhile.

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One slight annoyance though comes if you just want to highlight some text for a copy and paste job, as you will have to remember to click out of the hyperwords menu before you can continue.

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The vast majority of medium and large organizations which advertise their jobs on job boards or through their recruitment tools such as targeted email campaigns and cell phone text messaging campaigns set up their ads so that the candidates who click apply go to the employer career site to apply.

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In this age of social media, text messages, and instant emails, it might seem acceptable to turn down a job offer in a perfunctory manner.

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With text messaging, applicants can text a phone number listed, for example, on a bus advertisement and immediately receive a link to job openings.

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