写英文简历范文的秘笈【精选】

1、写英文简历范文的秘笈1. what is a resume any way?remember: a resume is a self-promotionaldocument that presents youin the best po ssible light, for the purpose of gett ing in vited to a job in terview. its not an official personnel docume nt. its not a job app licati on .its not a career obituary! and its not

2、a con fessi on al.2. what should the resume content be about?its not just about p ast jobs! its about you, and how you p erformedand what you acplished in those past jobs-especiallythose acplishmentsthat are most releva nt to the work you want to do n ext. a good resume p redicts how you might p erf

3、orm in that desired future job.3. whats the fastest way to improve a resume?remove everyth ing that starts with res pon sibilities in cluded andrep lace it with on-the-job acp lishme nts.4. what is the most mon resume mistake made by job hun ters?leav ing out their job objective! if you dont show a

4、sense of directi on, empio yers wont be in terested. hav ing a clearly stated goal does nt have to confine you if its stated well.5. whats the first ste p in writ ing a resume?decide on a job target that can be stated in about 5 or 6 words.anything bey ond that is p robably fluff and in dicates a la

5、ck of clarityand direct ion.6. how do you decide whether to use a chrono logical resume or a fun cti onal one?the chrono logicalformat is widely p referred by empio yers, and workswell if youre stayi ng in the same field . on ly use a fun ctio nal format if youre cha nging fields, and youre sure a s

6、kills-orie nted format would show off your tran sferable skills to better adva ntage; and be sure to in clude a clear chrono logical work history!7. what if you dont have any experienee in the kind of work you want to do?get some! find a place that will let you do somevolunteer work rightaway. you o

7、nly n eed a brief, concen trated p eriod of volun teer traininghelpsto have at least someexperienee to put on your resume. also, look at some of the volunteer work youve done in the past and see if any of that docume nt some skills youll n eed for your new job.8. what do you do if you have gaps in y

8、our work exp erie nee?whatyou could start by looking at it differently. general rule: tellyou were doing, as gracefully as p ossible-rather tha n leave a gap. iftheyou were doing anything valuable duri ng those so-called gaps you could just in sert that in to the work-historysect ion of your resume

9、to fillhole. here are some exa mp les:1993-95 full-time pare nt - or1992- 94 mater nity leave and family man ageme nt - ortravel and study - or full-time stude nt - or paren ti ng plus munity service9. what if you have several differe nt job objectives youre work ing on at the same time? or you have

10、 nt n arrowed it dow n yet to just one job target?the n write a differe nt resume for each differe nt job target. a targeted resume is much, much stron ger tha n a gen eric resume.10. what if you have a fragme nted, scrambled-up work history, with lots of short-term jobs?to mi ni mize the job-h oppe

11、r image, bine several similar jobs in to one chunk, for exa mp le:jones bakery, micro corp., carter1993- 1995 secretary/rece ptio nist;jewelers - or1993-95 waiter/busboy; mcdougals restaura nt, burger king, traders coffee shop.also you can just drop some of the less imp orta nt, briefest jobs.but do

12、nt drop a job, eve n whe n it lasted a short time, if that was whereyou acquired imp orta nt skills or exp erie nee.11. whats the best way to imp ress an empio yer?fill your resume with par stateme nts. par sta nds for problem-action-results;in other words, first you state the problem thatexisted in

13、 your work place, the n you describe what you did about it, andfin ally you point out the ben eficial results.heres an exa mple: tran sformed a disorga ni zed,in efficie nt warehouseinto a smooth-r unning op erati on by totally redesig ning the layout; this saved the pany thousa nds of dollars in re

14、covered stock.fili ng system. p rojectanother example: improved an engineeringpanys obsoletesystem by developing a simple but sophisticatedfunctional-codingthis saved time and moneyby recovering valuable, previously lost, records.12. what if your job title does nt reflect your actual level of respon

15、 sibility?whe n you list it on the resume, either rep lace it with a more appropriate job title or use their job title and your fairer one together, admi nistrative assista nt13. how can you avoid age discrim in ati on?if youre over 40 or 50 or 60, remember that you dont have to present your en tire

16、 work history! you can sim ply label that part of your resume rece nt work history or releva nt work history and the n describe only the last 10 or 15 years of your experienee. below your 10-15 year work history, you could add a p aragra ph headed p rior releva nt exp erie nee and simply refer to an

17、y additi onal imp orta nt jobs without men ti oning dates.14. what if you never had any real paid jobs - just self-employment or odd jobs?give yourself credit, and create an accurate, fair job-title for yourself.for exa mple:a&s hauli ng & clea ning - orhousehold rep airma n, self-e mpio yed

18、 - orchild-care, self-e mpIo yedbe sure to add customer refere nces available on request and the n be prep ared to pro vide some very good refere nces of people you worked for.15. how far back should you go in your work history?far eno ugh; and not too far! about 10 or 15 years is usually eno ugh-un

19、i ess your juiciest work exp erie nee is from farther back.16. how can a stude nt list summer jobs?students can make their resume look neater by listing seasonal jobsvery simply, such as spring 1996 or summer1996 rather than 6/96 to 9/96.17. what if you dont quite have your degree or crede ntials ye

20、t?you can say someth ing like:eligible for crede ntials - orgraduate studies in in structi onal desig n, in p rogress - or masters degree an tici pated december 199718. what if you worked for only one empio yer for 20 or 30 years?the n list sep arately each differe ntp ositi on you held there, so yo

21、urjob p rogressi on with in the pany is more obvious.19. what about list ing hobbies and in terests?dont in clude hobbies on a resume uni ess the activity is somehowreleva nt to your job objective, or clearly reveals a characteristic that supp orts your job objective. for exa mp le, a hobby of sky d

22、iving might seem releva nt to some job objectives but not to others.20. what about reveali ng race or religi on?dont in clude eth nic or religious affiliati ons uni ess you can seethat including them will support your job objective. get an opinion from a respected friend or colleague about whento re

23、veal, and whento conceal, your affiliati ons.21. what if your n ame is robin williams?know whether youre male or female. so if your nameis lee or or anything else not clearly male or female, use a mr. or ms. p refix.22. what if you got your degree from a differe nt coun try?you can say degree equiva

24、le nt to bachelors econo mics-tehera n, ira n.23. what about fan cy-schma ncy paper?empioyers tell me they hate parchment paper anddegree inp rete ntiousdont mystify the reader about your gender; theyll go nuts until they robin or patbrochure-folded resume p rese ntati ons. they think theyre phony, and toss them right out. use plain white or ivory, in a quality approp riate for your job objective. n ever use colored paper uni ess theres a very good rea