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Applying for a job/CV and Statement
A curriculum vitae' (English: /kəˈrɪkjʊləm ˈviːtaɪ, -ˈwiːtaɪ, -ˈvaɪtiː/) (often shortened CV or vita) is a written overview of a person's experience and other qualifications for a job opportunity. It is akin to a résumé in North America.
- Read the text and try to find differences between the
- Do the interactive exercises on the bottom of the page.
curriculum vitae
The CV is a chronological list of your education and your work experience.
Write your Own Curriculum Vitae.doc (printable worksheet / Arbeitsblatt zum Ausdrucken}
resume
A résumé, also spelled resume, is a document used by a person to present their backgrounds and skills. The sole purpose of a resume is to highlight your career accomplishments that are related to the job you are trying to get so that you can get an interview. It's usually shorter than a CV. (In academia (= universities) you have to list not only education and work experience, but also all publications, While this may fit on one page in younger years, older, more experienced people have much longer CVs.)
objective
Under your personal data the resume is followed by an objective where you state your professional aim.
work experience
A resume may put your work experience in a reverse chronological order; starting from the latest experience and moving chronologically backwards through your previous jobs. Thus you can show how you gaind experience, while illustrating career growth over time.
If there are any gaps in your career, you can hide them more easily in a resume.
skills and abilities
This section can help you demonstrate competence in areas not otherwise outlined in your academics or experience sections.
Focus on skills most relevant to your desired position/career field. Skills might include:
- Languages (note level of fluency)
- Computer skills
- list programs and languages you are able to use
- Other field specific areas, such as techniques, instrumentation
Personal statement
A personal statement is essentially an essay which is written in response to a question or questions on a graduate or professional school application form which asks for some sort of sustained response.
Some applications ask for more specific questions than others. There is no set formula to follow in shaping your response, only choices for you to make, such as whether you should write an essay that is more autobiographically focused or one that is more professionally focused.
Interactive exercises
CVs and resumes
What are the differences between CVs and resumes? Sort the words into the table!
CV
resume
can be quite longlists your skillsreverse ordercontains a part with your professional aimschronological orderlists all accomplishments
Personal Statement
Choose the right form of the present tense, simple or progressive.
Start like this: At the moment I am working in a supermarket. I work on Friday nights and on Saturdays.
I the food and other goods on the shelves.
My manager he pleased with my work. In my free time I a member of a Gospel choir. We some Caribbean songs at the moment.
At school I for my exams now so I time for other hobbies. My marks in Maths and I my exams in the summer.
Write your Own Curriculum Vitae
My name is Jeff. I in Hersbruck, Germany Oct 16, 1996. I started school the age of 6, which I attended I was 16 years old.
Then I changed college and now I'm my last year. I hope to finish school year.
My two favourite subjects school are Englisch and History. The subject I like is Economics. I’ve been learning English 8 years now and I think I can understand it quite . In our lessons we also hear something Britain and America and I would like to visit these countries I've left school.
I have many interests school. I play football and tennis and I'm quite good swimming.
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An example resume: My skills
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