Resume: need help

Post by **alx5962** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:02 pm

As i'm totally bored of my current job, I'm trying to find new opportunities here and maybe in a foreign country.
As I need to make my resume in english, I need to know if someone here is good at this. Also if you have tips they are really welcome !

blue · Post by **blue** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:11 am

I've never had to put a CV together, the jobs I've had merely require you to fill in an application form.

I had a look at my daughter's CV to see the sort of thing she's got on there, Alex. Basically it's just the schools she attended, with the from/to dates, and the address and phone number of each school. Then a list of her educational qualifications, then a list of the jobs she's had, how long she was in them etc, what skills she acquired and deployed in each one, with the addresses/phone numbers of the companies and the name of her manager/supervisor. Then the names, addresses and phone numbers of two references (people who can vouch for her character, work attendance and skills etc), and at the end she's written a little bit about herself personally - the abilities she feels she has relative to the jobs she's done and the one she's applying for, her interests outside work.

Don't know if that's any help, but I'd imagine that's the usual sort of thing required for a CV in the UK.

Post by **alx5962** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:31 am

so you call it a CV and not a resume ?

I guesss my diplomas will not ring a bell to foreign countries so do you know where can I find similar levels ?

I planned to translate only at first but I then guessed rules to make it are different from a country to another one...

blue · Post by **blue** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:42 am

It's more usually referred to as a CV (Curriculum Vitae) here, yes.

I don't think you'd need to find an equivalent for your qualifications Alex, I mean any potential employer will check them out anyway, and if they're in any doubt they'd ask you about them.

Here's a link to monster.co.uk, a British site where you can post your CV so potential employers can see it. I think you can also look at sample CVs to get an idea of what to put in yours:

http://www.monster.co.uk/?WT.srch=1&WT. ... K_GOOG_TOP

There's also loads of sites with advice about writing your CV, just tap 'CV' into google.

Or should I say, justfuckinggoogleit.

[akiss]

Post by **alx5962** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:54 am

i already just fucking googled it few days ago :p
but i asked here to get real advices as you have all a job so i guess most of you have a CV or used to write some.

The CV name is funny for me here, as we use it here too; but i learnt at university that we should only use the word "resume" instead of CV in english... So my english teachers were wrong

anyway thank you for the reply Blue.

barrett · Post by **barrett** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:58 am

blue wrote:
Or should I say, justfuckinggoogleit. [akiss]

Damndamndamn...you beat me to it

blue · Post by **blue** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:01 am

I think they use 'resume' more in America.

As I say, I've never had to put a CV together but maybe one of our other UK posters can give you some tips.

blue · Post by **blue** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:04 am

barrett wrote:
blue wrote:
Or should I say, justfuckinggoogleit. [akiss]
Damndamndamn...you beat me to it

I should've left it for you but I couldn't resist.

Post by **sound world** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:47 pm

Isn't it resumé? (pretentious,moi?)

I don't have a 'job',Alex,I've been self-employed forever (way to go!)
BUT once or twice I have done a CV when I've applied for the odd job.
(I never got those jobs,thank the Lord,so I wouldn't take any advice from me

)

Meanwhile my partner DOES sit on a lot of interviewing panels and reads lots of CVs and applications,and I get the lowdown from her.
It seems that the main thing is to show how suitable you are for the job in hand,based not just on your experience (as shown in all the 'boxes' you fill in- job history,education etc etc) but in the 'free' section at the end where you can write what you like about yourself,because it's where your uniqueness can come out.
A lot of employers skip through the 'box' bits and read the 'free' section first,apparently; they assume that applicants have the basic qualifications and experience required so they're looking for something a bit special.

Bon chance!
(BTW anyone heard from/of Elforel lately???)

wirbel · Post by **wirbel** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:51 pm

Here in the Netherlands it's also called CV. Maybe you're interested in finding work in Flanders? It's not too far for you and there's good opportunities I've heard, but of course you should learn dutch

blue · Post by **blue** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:20 pm

sound world wrote:Isn't it resumé? (pretentious,moi?)

It is, and if I ever figure out how to do an accented 'e' on the computer, I'll be very happy to use it (not least because there's one in my own name

).

I was highly amused at the complete bs my daughter has written in the end section of her CV - I never knew she led such an active and adventurous life outside work.

Post by **sound world** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:46 pm

E acute-(on my Mac) the keyboard shortcut is alt+e (hold alt key down,press e),then press e again
Prob the same for Windows?

Touché!

Should we call you Blué?

blue · Post by **blue** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:50 am

sound world wrote:E acute-(on my Mac) the keyboard shortcut is alt+e (hold alt key down,press e),then press e again
Prob the same for Windows?

Let's have a try:

Nope. Pressing alt+e highlights 'edit' on the taskbar and brings up the copy/paste menu. Which is actually handy to know, so thank you.

When I was using a word processor, back in ye olde days, there used to be a key that brought up a whole menu of different characters, including all the funny foreign ones with accents. If I ever get over my terror of pressing keys I've never used on the computer, I may find something like that one day.

sound world wrote:Should we call you Blué?

I like the sound of that.

Post by **sound world** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:50 am

Sure you're not pressing CONTROL +e? Another name for (my) alt key is Option,ie option+e,then e makes e acute.Maybe,probably, a Mac/PC thang.

If you have MS Word? (surely it comes as a default with Microsoft PCs?) you can go (on the Taskbar) Insert>Symbol,which will bring up just such a page as you used to have,which,when you press é, will also show you the keyboard shortcut,so you can use it in other Apps.

All this press é makes me want to go and drink some elderflower pressé

blue · Post by **blue** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:28 am

sound world wrote:Sure you're not pressing CONTROL +e? Another name for (my) alt key is Option,ie option+e,then e makes e acute.Maybe,probably, a Mac/PC thang.

I have the power of sight, Dave, and am therefore able to affirm that I am indeed pressing the ALT key and not the CTRL key.

sound world wrote:If you have MS Word? (surely it comes as a default with Microsoft PCs?) you can go (on the Taskbar) Insert>Symbol,which will bring up just such a page as you used to have,which,when you press é, will also show you the keyboard shortcut,so you can use it in other Apps.

Right, hang on ..... nope, the 'insert' menu consists of date/time and object. I hit the object menu and it doesn't give an option to insert a symbol, only complete files ie audio/visual/documents. I only have the basic WordPad on this laptop though, not the full Word programme.