{"id":4818,"date":"2012-05-07T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2012-05-04T06:09:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T06:09:23","slug":"business-english-advice-on-writing-cvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2012\/05\/07\/business-english-advice-on-writing-cvs\/","title":{"rendered":"Business English: Advice on writing CVs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hey, there!<\/p>\n

Today our post will be for advanced learners with some tips on how to improve your CV (or r\u00e9sum\u00e9, in American English) when applying for a job. In this interview, John Woodrow tells us a little about his work and what not to do when submitting your CV to a company.<\/p>\n

This interview is from the Learn English<\/strong><\/a> site.<\/p>\n

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Q = Interviewer; A = HR professional<\/p>\n

Q: Learn English Professionals is talking to John Woodrow, who works in the Human Resources department of a large UK-based company. John, tell us about your work…
\nA: I work on recruitment, especially \u2013 so I\u2019m the person who reads the hundreds of CVs we get sent each year!
\nQ: Do you accept CVs as part of your recruitment process?
\nA: When we advertise for a particular post, we send out our own application form, which is tailored to our company, and we can use it to make sure we find exactly what we\u2019re looking for…
\nQ: So a CV is useless?
\nA: No! Not at all \u2013 we\u2019re happy to accept CVs from people even when we\u2019re not recruiting. That way we can build up a database of possible candidates, and as our company is always changing \u2013 we\u2019re very flexible in our needs right now (laughs) \u2013 it\u2019s good to know what kind of people are out there. We do keep everything on file, and will get back to people who look promising.
\nQ: So we should be sending you our CVs?
\nA: Yes, absolutely, yes!
\nQ: What advice can you give us on writing a CV?
\nA: Keep it short, keep it simple, keep it relevant. Anything longer than three pages will automatically go into the bin. Just tell us what we need to know. Make sure it\u2019s clearly written \u2013 and that there are no spelling mistakes on it! And no fancy fonts… or photographs. We don\u2019t need to know what people look like, just what
\nthey\u2019ve done, and what they\u2019re capable of…
\nQ: So we\u2019re going to look at a couple of CVs now…
\nA: Yes \u2013 these are a couple that arrived just this morning, so let\u2019s take a look…(sound of paper unfolding)… OK, I can see straight away that we have a good one and a bad one here…
\nQ: (laughs) How can you tell so soon?
\nA: Well, as I just said, this one here is… how many… one,two, three, four pages long, it\u2019s written in tiny type, I can hardly read it… and, wait, yes, there\u2019s a photograph attached to the front!
\nQ: Too much information?
\nA: Yes… just leafing through it, I can see he\u2019s written about where he went to primary school \u2013 that\u2019s just not relevant…
\nQ: What kind of educational background should be included?
\nA: Perhaps your high school, but it\u2019s mostly further education we\u2019re interested in, university or college, then any professional qualifications you may have, as well as work experience of course…
\nQ: That\u2019s important?
\nA: Oh yes \u2013 placements or internships all count!
\nQ: What about personal information?
\nA: A bit is necessary… but look, this guy has written he was a member of the stamp collecting society in secondary school…! Not interested…
\nQ: What about the other CV?
\nA: OK, again, I can see right away this looks more promising… only two and a half pages, lots of space on the page, easy to read, well-organised. Hmmm, a couple of impressive looking references, that\u2019s good. And, yes, they\u2019ve included language skills \u2013 very important…
\nQ: What languages are you looking for?
\nA: Well, English, obviously \u2013 as we\u2019re a UK-based company and English is still the language of global business, and then, well, anything really \u2013 Spanish is useful, Russian, Mandarin Chinese too…
\nQ: OK, we\u2019ll get studying! Thanks John!<\/p>\n

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Hey, there! Today our post will be for advanced learners with some tips on how to improve your CV (or r\u00e9sum\u00e9, in American English) when applying for a job. In this interview, John Woodrow tells us a little about his work and what not to do when submitting your CV to a company. This interview…<\/p>\n

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