Include necessary information

 

1. Read the text:

 

As you prepare you resume, you should include information that supports what the company is looking for in a perspective employee. If you are responding to an ad in the newspaper, be sure to include information about yourself that shows you can do what the company wants. Many employers want evidence that you have various skills and attributes.

Resumes generally include information that you can group in the following categories:

ü Career goal or job objective

ü Educational background

ü Work experience

ü Personal information

ü References

None of these are “required” categories in a resume. However, nearly all resumes begin with a career goal or job objective.

  After you write the career goal or job objective statement, the next task is to determine the order of presentation for the rest of the information. The order is important because it also has as effect on how your readers receive it. Applicants should first present their strongest qualifications. If you have recently earned a degree (or will soon earn a degree), your educational background will likely be your strongest qualification for the job you seek. But after gaining experience on the job for a few years, you may choose to place your work experience section first.

Traditionally, resumes have been one page long. Some people include attachments that present detailed background, along with a one-page resume. Keep the one-page resume an integrated, complete picture. However, if the reader wants additional detail, you can place it on the attached detail sheet.

 

2. Answer the following questions. Prove your opinion. Use the phrases: I’d like to draw your attention to the fact that…; One can’t deny the fact that…; As to …:

ü What information should be included into your resume?

ü What is the objective of including this information?

ü Are there any “required” categories in a resume?

ü Is there any strict order of resume writing?

ü Why is it important to determine the order of presentation in resume?

ü How long should a resume be?

ü Why is it advisable to write a one-page resume?

ü What information can be included in the attachment?

 

Prepare a resume that you could use now to apply for a variety of

positions in business.

 

Think about the ideal job you would like to have after graduation.    Write a description of this job, and then prepare a resume for it. Assume any necessary information that would present a good case for yourself in applying for this position.

 

Before you prepare a personal resume, complete, in writing, the

following activities:

- Identify all relevant and appropriate information that you could include in the “Personal” section of your resume

- Provide all relevant and appropriate information that you could include in the “Education” section of your resume. Don’t forget any activities you have been involved in.

- Provide all relevant and appropriate information that you could include in the “work Experience” section of your resume. Don’t forget to supply dates, names of supervisors, work-related awards and honors, and job responsibilities.

- After you have listed all relevant and appropriate information, decide how you can best arrange it on the page with appropriate headings.

- Prepare a draft of your resume.

- Have some members of your class evaluate the rough draft of your resume; then prepare a final version.

 

7. Select a specific job for which you think you will be qualified, either now or at the time you graduate. Select this job from advertisements in the newspaper. Prepare your resume.

 

Take any resume that is in chronological format and put it in a functional format. Then find a resume that has been done in functional format, and put it in a chronological format. Do you see any advantages and disadvantages in changing one format to the other?

UNIT 6

JOB INTERVIEW

 

1. Read the text:

 

Most communication involved with the job search serves one purpose: to get an interview. Your cover letter attracts the attention of potential employers and encourages them to look at your resume. Your resume then generates enough interest to obtain an interview.

In the interview, you will prove your potential worth to the organization in a very different way. You’ll have to make a good impression. You’ll also have the chance to communicate precisely what you want to the decision makers who will be eventually hiring or not hiring you. Once you’ve reached the interview stage, the other communication becomes secondary. You now have to make a visible and personable impression.

   There are many types of interviews in business today; traditional one-to-one interviews, panel interviews where one or more candidates are interviewed by a panel of interviewers and even a “deep-end” interview where applicants have to demonstrate how they can cope in actual business situations. Moreover, the atmosphere of an interview may vary from the informal to the formal and from the kindly to the hostile. The interviewers may take a friendly, neutral or even hostile approach. Fashions seem to change quite rapidly in interview techniques and the only rules that applicants should be aware of may be “Expect the unexpected” and “Be yourself!”

2.Answer the questions. Give your reasons:

ü What is an interview?

ü What types of interviews are mentioned in the text?

ü What is the difference between the types of interviews?

ü Do different interviewers use different interviewing techniques? Why?

ü What is a “deep-end” interview?

ü What are the rules an applicant should be aware of?

ü What is meant by “Expect the unexpected”?

ü What is meant by “Be yourself”?

ü Do they always use an interview when hiring staff in this country?

ü Is an interview a good method for hiring staff?

ü What can an interviewer find out while interviewing applicants?

ü What can an applicant show while being interviewed?

3.   Read the text: