Professional profile summaries

Professional profile summaries

Read two professional profile summaries to practise and improve your reading skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

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Maria

I am an architect with 20 years' experience of designing and developing spaces. I am a partner in the award-winning STG Architects Ltd, which is famous for its work on the Galroy Building in London. I enjoy working with people from all over the world and have international experience of working in Italy, Greece, Thailand, Australia and Brazil. I have a Master of Science from Sheffield University and a BA in Architecture from Hull University. I also speak Italian and Thai. When I am not working, I spend my time hiking, skiing and diving.

Emily

I am an experienced sales manager with 12 years' experience of developing customer service teams. I am skilled in negotiation, team motivation and building successful sales teams. After ten years of working in sales and customer service at Halo Bank, I am now the sales office manager of a team of 120 at Southern General Plastics Ltd. I have an MBA from Stanford University and a degree in Business Studies from Cornell University. I am creative and hardworking, and enjoy working with others.

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Submitted by Re on Mon, 20/07/2020 - 03:52

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Hello. I'm a university student now. I want to work using English in the future. Do you want to do something you like as a job? or do you want to work what you are good at? I am worried about this question. Needless to say, the best thing is that be good at what you like. However I think it is very difficult. Living in your specialty is replaced by the meaning of "maximizing your ability." I still unknown my special skill so I'm doing my best to study English now. To become good at English...

Submitted by Seina Tsuchiya on Sun, 19/07/2020 - 17:10

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I'm a college student now, so I've not worked yet. But now I'm looking for a part-time job to buy what I like. If I work at a part-time job, I'm going to choose a cafe or a bookstore. I want to work part-time on my way home from college because I don't have a driver licence. There are no cafe and bookstore within riding a bicycle distance from my home. In the future, I'd like to get a job where I can use the languages I learned at university. Studying abroad will be a great experience for that.
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Submitted by Hennadii on Thu, 16/07/2020 - 15:15

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I'm a telecommunications engineer with over 12 years of experience. Have many-sided experience in this field: equipment installation, site designing, supervising, and managing. Good in teamwork but also can cope with task by myself.

Submitted by Tsuyoshi watanabe on Tue, 14/07/2020 - 14:45

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I am a student, and I have never worked. Therefore, I'm going to write how I can use what I'm studying at university now to work in the future. The skill I'm looking for in the future is English. If I can use English at work, I can work with people from various countries. It is possible to incorporate various ways of thinking and ways of working into my working style by working with a wide variety of people. As I can have more experience in the workplace than just using Japanese, I can gain experience faster by using English. 
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Submitted by makar magadanov on Tue, 14/07/2020 - 14:16

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I am the teacher of the history with ten years experience. I teach the histtory in the middle school. My students are between ten-fiftieen yers old.

Submitted by Yuki on Mon, 13/07/2020 - 05:53

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I am university student now, so I haven't worked yet. But I'm studying English at university and I have been to Australia to train English when I was high school student. I like speaking and studying English and I also like talking with people from foreign countries. In the future, I want a job that will put my English skills to use.

Submitted by Hiyori Ueno on Mon, 13/07/2020 - 05:51

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I am a university student, so I haven’t worked yet. Now I have a part-time job. I work at an Italian restaurant. I was able to learn customer service. It is an important skills for work at restaurants. I want to use these skills for a job in the future.

Submitted by Mirei Honda on Mon, 13/07/2020 - 03:46

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I'm a college student. So I'm not working. However, I started a part-time job half a year ago. I can learn manners and honorifics there. I think it will be useful for employment. I also study English, Japanese, Chinese and Malay at university. Since Japan will be a global society in the future, it should be advantageous in various ways. I graduate from university, I will improve my language skills by Eiken, TOIEC exams and experiencing study abroad. I want to study because I think that everything will lead to the future.

Submitted by Kaho Dokko on Sun, 12/07/2020 - 15:43

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Now, I am a student of university, so I haven't worked yet. I want to work in tourism or English. Therefore I think I should improve my English skills and communication skills through part time job and study abroad. I already have passed the Eiken grade Pre-1, so I want to pass the Eiken grade 1 or get high score in TOIEC. Also I'm thinking I want to study about travel and get travel qualification. Moreover, I'm studying two languages except for English, French and Malay. Because these languages will be definitely useful in my future, I am trying to learn them.

Submitted by Natsumi Tamura on Sun, 12/07/2020 - 15:24

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I'm a university student, so I don't work. But I do a part-time job. I think that the most important thing in working is to have the hospitality. I also learned the importance of smiling through the part-time job. Therefore, when I work in the future, I always want to work with a smile and have the hospitality.