V. Are these statements true or false? Correct the false ones with the right information from the text.

1. The resume begins with personal information, name, address, telephone number centered at the top page.

2. A focus on money in your resume’s first sentence will make the best impression on the employer.

3. While writing about your working experience you should start with your first place of employment.

4. You should list your responsibilities in short statements that do not include the words my or

I.

5. Information about your studying in high school should be included in a resume.

6. Your resume must be typed, preferably on a computer in order to format it most effectively.

7. While describing your education you should list universities, institutes and colleges you have attended in direct chronological order.

 

VI. Arrange the information according to its sequence in the resume:

1. A statement of intent.

2. Describe your education.

3. Personal information, name, address, telephone number.

4. List your special skills.

5. Extracurricular activities.

6. Your working experience.

7. Reference section.

 

VII. Study this resume and write down your own resume.

1. NAME/SURNAME 2. AGE 3. MARITAL STATUS 4. CONTACT TELEPHONE 5. LANGUAGES     6. EDUCATION   7.COURSES AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 8. WORK EXPERIENCE     9.SALARY HISTORY 10. COMPUTER SKILLS 11.PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE   12.INTERPERSONAL QUALITIES

RESUME Marina Smirnova 14 October, 1974 Single     412 70 81 English (fluent) – translating, interpreting and negotiating skills German (basic) A fourth-year student at the evening department of the Institute of Foreign Relations (MGIMO)     1994 – 1995 Typing and computer courses 1994 – 1995 Interpreting courses 1992 – 1995 Assistant General Director 1995 – MADI Institute (Automobile Institute, Economics department) Translator / Interpreter, Office Assistant     $700 per month including lunch Word for Windows, EXCEL, Norton Commander 1. Oral and written translation 2. Travel arrangement 3. Meetings and negotiations arrangement 4. Business letters and contract making 5. Carrying out administrative duties about the office 6. Working with clients, marketing experience     Good communication skills, energetic, well- organized, flexible, friendly, honest, responsible, intelligent

 

Text F

BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

 

I. Read the text without a dictionary. Write down new words and word combinations.

 

With the development of industry, technology, trade, and economic ties among the countries and ordinary people a great volume of business is done by mail. It is true that the telephone, telegraph and fax to speed up transactions, but they also increase expenses to such an extent that practical businessman and economic people use these modern means of communication only for matters requiring immediate action or for messages which can be expressed briefly.

Business letters concern us in our daily living, especially those of us who live abroad and deal with foreigners.

People write business letters in many situations: finalizing contracts, booking a seat in an airplane, reserving hotel accommodation, booking theatre tickets, writing order-letters, letters of inquiry, claim letters (letters of complaint), cover letters, letters of confirmation and letters of guarantee.

A business letter, like a friendly or social letter, should make a favorable impression. In order that a letter may create this impression, it should be neatly written or typed, properly spaced on the page and correctly folded in the envelope.

 

THE PARTS OF A BUSINESS LETTER

 

The basic outline for a business letter is that of any letter: the heading, the inside address, the salutation, the body of the letter, the complimentary close and the signature. If you forget something you mean to say in the letter, put it in a PS at the bottom of the page.