Resume or CV

May 22

Curriculum Vitae, CV, Resume

 

A CV contains in brief all information about you that is relevant for the job: personal information, education, work experience etc. The CV shows what qualifications and experiences you have that make you an ideal candidate for the position.

Structure and Content

  • Personal Information
    name, address, phone number, email, nationality, date of birth
  • Summary of Qualifications (where appropriate)
  • Work Experiences (current experiences first)
    period of time, company name and address, position, brief description of your responsibilities and achievements
  • Education and Training (current experiences first)
    period of time, name of institution, qualifications
  • Further Information
    other skills (e.g. foreign language skills), additional information that may support your objective and qualifications
 CV or Resume?

Sometimes the terms CV (Curriculum Vitae) and resume are synonymous, although people in the UK normally use the term CV, not resume. In the USA, a resume (1-2 pages) is not as long and detailed as a CV, which is usually required when applying for a position in an academic field.

Word List on CV and Resume

Personal Information
name
address
telephone
e-mail / email
nationality
date of birth
marital status
single
married
married with children
divorced
widowed
Work Experience
Experience
Employment History
Related Experience
employer
occupation / position
activities and responsibilities

What have your jobs been so far?
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/719/3/
Education
Education and Training
primary school
secondary school
qualification
O levels, GCSE
A levels, High School Diploma (US)
training / vocational training
further training / extended vocational training
internship
degree in / diploma in

What have you studied so far?
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/719/2/
Personal Skills and Competences
Personal Competences / Competencies
Personal Skills
computer skills
mother tongue
other languages / foreign languages


What are you good at? go to the following page and choose what your skills are:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/626/01/



http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/writing/curriculum-vitae



May 24

Workshop in class

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/719/06

http://www.livecareer.com/home.aspx

1 comment:

  1. Hello teacher, I Could end the design of the curriculum vitae in livecareer.com , the problem is that page does not allow the downloading of information but I was able to extract the information to word format, I will send the information to the mail ....

    Greeting

    Miguel A.

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