Read the following extracts from a CV. Define the parts of the document they were taken from.

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a) “Office manager for Carson's, Inc., Chicago, Ill, 1999-2004, supervising a staff of seven in processing company records and communications.”

b) “A position in human resource management that will provide an opportunity for growth and advancement”.

c) “Bachelor of Science”, San Diego State University, December 2000

Major: Business Administration

Emphasis: Information Systems

GPA (grade point average) 3.42 with Honours

d) Used Widows, DOS, mackintosh, UNIX and Vax VMS operating systems to

run several applications

- Skilled in customer service

- Strong in written communication

- Experienced in supervisorial ditties.

f) References available upon request.

g) tennis fishing, reading,

black belt in Kong-Fooh

h) Ms. Jane Rojas, Service Manager

Davidson Electric Company

7114 East 71^st Street

Olympia, NY 12509

Telephone (518)423-1171

3. Speaking Pair work. Find out the following information from your partner.

date of birth place of birth work experience languages

countries visited professional skills hobbies ambitions

4. Read the following CV. Analyze the CV as to its parts, length, the way of

information presentation, attractiveness, etc. Do you think a busy manager

will spare the time reading it? Would you add any other parts to this CV?

Personal details.

Michel Blanco

5 rue de la Liberation

76000 Ruoen, France

e-mail; michel_ blanc @yahoo.fr.

25 years old

French

Education and qualifications

Baccalaureat (Equivalent of British “A” levels, specializing in economic subjects.)

BTS Tourisme (Two years' vocational training in Leisure and Tourism.)

Work experience.

Internship at the Ibis Hotel (Southampton) 62 bedrooms, three conference rooms.

Supervised the operation of the night shift, dealt with questions and complaints, implemented routine checks of the hotel, collected and compiled the daily business figures and entered statistics into a database to produce the daily reports.

Le Park (Rouen) assistant manager of a three-star hotel (45 rooms, 26,000 covers p.a.). responsible for customer care, staff supervision, sales promotion (accommodation, seminars, banquets) and accounting.

Professional Skills

Project management, sales, customer care and public relations, budgeting and forecasting.

Computer skills: MS Office, specialist management software (HOTIX, LOGHOREST, CALLSTAR)

Language: English, Spanish, some German

Interests: Sailing, skiing, scuba diving

Name and address to referee

Mr Clark, Oasis Hotel, 26 Wharf Street, Southampton

5. Pick up from the above résumé the verbs which Michel uses to describe his

experience and education.

6. Language focus:

To describe your activities it's better to use “action” verbs. They attract attention and demonstrate that you are an “action” person. They add strength to your résumé. What are these typical action verbs in Ukrainian?

The following action words are grouped as to the skills they describe into the following categories: Management skills, Communication skills, Creative skills, Helping skills, and Accomplishments. Read and translate the verbs and title each column.

7. Use a dictionary and compile a list of action verbs which describe Technical skills, Financial skills, Teaching skills.

8. You want a job. Answer the following questions.

How do you give yourself a COMPETITIVE EDGE?

1. Have you decided what sort of job do you really want? Yes/No

2. Have you spoken to anyone who does the job you would like to have? Yes/No

3. Have you found out about the companies you would like to work for? Yes/No

4. Have you spoken to anyone who works for these companies? Yes/No

5. Do you know what skills you have gained and the skills you have lost

in recent years? Yes/No

6. Have you done anything in the last year which has developed

your skills? Yes/No

7. Do you regularly read the business pages of newspapers or professional

journals? Yes/No

8. Have you talked to a recruitment agency that specializes in your area

of work? Yes/No

9. Have you written or updated you CV in the last 6 months? Yes/No

Score:

Yes = 1 point, No = points.

0-3 You need more time on preparing yourself got a new job.

4-6 You have made a good start, but you still need to do more work to stand out

from the competition.

7-9 You are in a strong position to get a new job.

Professional practice WRITING CVs

9. Draft your own CV and show it to your partner. Ask him or her to evaluate it

using these check points.

· Does it look good?

· Is the name and contact information presented prominently?

· Are the precise, targeted objectives used?

· Does it list experience starting from the present?

· Are major achievements and education emphasized and chronologically presented?

· What is emphasized stronger– education or experience?

· Are the skills emphasized relevant to the objective?

· Is it long/ too short?

· Is there a good variety of the action verbs used?

· Does it provide a good basis for an interview?

10. Write your résumé to accompany the job-application letter you wrote in the

previous chapter (assignment 5). What changes, if any, might you make in the

application letter?

12. Using the Internet, find the information about the electronic resumes.

13. Topics for individual research.

· Correspondence in the job search process.

· Guidelines for using e-mail in the job search process.

· Researching employers – why and how.

· Follow-up and thank you letters.

· The sources that may lead to the employer.

· How to identify a prospective employer.