Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and tips and do the exercises.
Tips
- Start with a short profile to show who you are and what you offer.
- List your employment history, starting with the present.
- Explain any gaps, for example time spent travelling or having children.
- Use bullet points for your main responsibilities and experience in each role. Choose the aspects of your previous jobs that are most relevant to the new job you are applying for.
- Then give your educational background. List the relevant qualifications that you have, starting with the most recent. Include the title of your qualification, where you studied and the date you successfully completed it.
- Consider putting Education above Employment if you don't have a lot of work experience yet.
- List other experience or interests you may have if they are relevant to the job.
- If you have someone who could support your application, add their contact details or say References available on request at the end.
Discussion
Language level
Upper intermediate: B2
Comments
Hi, my advice is be honest with the qualifications and expectations too. The process of search a job must be transparent in order to connect the best candidate with the best company. It is important to mention that the style of leadership and the organizational culture are very important things for consider because the personal preferences.
Yes. I had. No.
It is best to call your friends on the phone or on social networks. now the distance between friends is not a problem.
Well, I have seen that people without enough experience tend to exaggerate or even lie on their CV. I advise trying to show off your best, but be careful to be arrogant, and pleace, don't mention skills you don't have in real life.
Yes I have some tips to share to whom writing their CVs.
Try to maket short and not exceed two pages . Start by writing you profile like how many years of experience you have and in which role . Talk about your skills snd qualifications and what you achieved and developed during your career time . Then write your employment history starting withe the current one or the most recent one and so on. In the employment history section jusr write the period of time then your posistion then the company details then write your job description in this company.
After employment history just mention the efucatoln hist2 included the ccertificates you have
I'm a fresh graduate in engineering background. I am very enthusiastic towards teaching professional as well as doing research. My vision is to build up a research-based teaching career. Now, I am looking for a teaching job besides pursuing my postgraduate programme. I have a strong convincing power by which I can share my acquired knowledge including research experiences among the students. In my whole education, upto undergraduate life, I have played a vital role in our group studies, which made me brave, confidient, and a hardworking person.
Profile
I’m a curious and enthusiastic journalist professional. I love write and create narratives. It’s wonderful to tell peoples stories. I have 20 years’ experience in various communication areas: newspapaer, television and corporate communication. In journal, I worked for 5 year’s where I covered about market economics, lifestyle and business. In organizations, I have an oppontunity to develop actions of endomarketing to improve people’s life in a germain multination corporate that operate worldwide. My professional experience also goes through tv, where I had strong collaborate to take care the image of a very important programs in TV GLobo, one of the biggest group tv in the world. I love my work and everything that I created until now. For this reason, I keep studying and learning more and more.
Employment history
Bosch Car Multimedia – present
Researcher Organizational Communication
- Develop the research about internal communication. The goal is to apply tools to improve everyday life at work.
TV Globo - 2017
- Senior press officer programs
Journalist responsible for taking care the image of the main programs
Skills and interests
Crisis manager
Advanced English (C1)
Intermediate franch (A2)
Writer and creater storytelling
Researcher investigative professional
Hello dear. I'm really learning alot from all these exercises. Thanks to the British Council.
I really like all the lessons of BC
Hi friends. Other useful advise to apply is include links to profiles like LinkedIn and if you have a portfolio or blog related with the field and job that you are applying, is a good idea reference that information in the C.V.
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