Writing a rsum

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Writing a résumé

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What is a résumé?

• A document that an employer can read to get to
  know your history as a professional.

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The format of a Resume

• one page and one side
• Contact Information
• Work Experience
• Educational Background
• Scholarships and awards
• Skills
• Language proficiency
• Membership
• References

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Contact information

• Your name center justified, font one size larger
  (and/or small caps)
• Your address
• Your phone number(s) at least one number,
  specify home, office or mobile
• Your email address

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ResumeCathy Chen / Chen Feng / CHEN Feng / Feng
CHEN

• Room 000, Apt. 000
• Foreign Language Department
• Dalain Fisheries University
• Dalian City, Liaoning Province
• 116023
• Tel
• home 00000000
• mobile[phone]
• E-maildawawa91_at_hotmail.com
• date of availability

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Vocabulary

• name alias pen name
• age
• date of birth
• birth place native place
• province city autonomous region
• county district street road lane
• gender male\female
• nationality
• political affiliation

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• health condition
• pregnant, infected
• financial status
• marital status
• married \ single\ divorced \ separated
• number of children none
• blood type
• ID card No.

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Work Experience

• Account for the last 2-5 years
• Job title
• Company name
• Responsibilities
• Focus on accomplishments

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• Dates of employment (i.e. July, 2000 to August,
  2000) use Present if you are still in this job
• Job title the proper and exact title of your job
  (i.e. Senior Quality Assurance Manager instead of
  Manager Assistant Logical Interface Programmer
  instead of Programmer)
• Company name the full name of the company, and
  the location (i.e. Beijing, China regional
  office)
• If you have held more than one position in the
  same company, list more recent job titles and
  dates above the previous ones in the same
  section include the names of the different
  departments, if those have changed.

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• List three or more accomplishments for each job.
• An accomplishment is something that you completed
  successfully, which had a positive result for
  your company.
• Use numbers and other verifiable facts to show
  proof.

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Not much work experience?

• Change your writing about tasks, duties, and
  responsibilities so that they sound like
  accomplishments.
• Talk up your education Write more about the
  skills you have developed in school.
• If you have done ANY projects, write them down
  and make them sound like professional
  accomplishments.
• If you have been in ANY clubs or groups relating
  to your field, write them down and show your
  commitment to your field.

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Experience

• 8/2004-present Vice Director of .
• Responsible for providing guidance for investment
  and trading activities,introducing investment
  projects and potential partners,arranging study
  and inspection tours,organizing business talks.
• 7/2002-8/2004 Supervisor of Administrative
  Department of
• Responsibilities included supervision of twenty
  staff members,planning and directing all phases
  of departmental operations,preparing work
  schedules,coordination of all the departments .

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Vocabulary

• position
• director \ executive director
• administrator
• administration assistant
• general manager
• production manager
• business manager
• sales representative
• financial controller
• accountant
• cashier
• clerk

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• responsibilities, duties
• achievements
• administer \ assist \accomplish \ analyze \
  conduct
• design \ solve \organize \ produce \ perfect
• appointed \ nominated
  
• be promoted to
  be proposed as

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Education

• school name write the exact school name
• Degree
• name of the degree
• Major
• completion date (month and year)

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Education

• 9/2002-7/2006 Bachelor of Arts at
• Working toward a BA at
• Completion date 6/2006
• Core curricula included
• Completed elective credits with a focus on

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Vocabulary

• degree
• post doctorate
• doctor (Ph.D)
• master
• bachelor
• graduate student
• undergraduate
• senior \ junior \ sophomore\ freshman
• government-supported student
• prize fellow

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• curricula
• major \ minor
• educational highlights 
• specialized courses
• special training
• social practice
• part-time jobs \ summer jobs \ vacation jobs

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Scholarships and awards

• the exact name of the scholarship
• where you received it
• when you received it
• First-grade scholarships in 2004 and 2005 in
  Dalain Fisheries University

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Vocabulary

• Three Goods student
• Excellent Leader
• Excellent League Member 
• monitor \ vice-monitor
• commissary in charge of studies, entertainment,
  sports, physical labor
• league branch secretary 
• commissary in charge of organization, publicity

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Skills

• Make a list of the kind of tasks you can finish
• Software you can use
• Recognized levels of skill (if objective) by
  listing the certificates you have won
• Professional recognition you have received

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Language proficiency

• Proficient in
• Spoken
• Written
• Read only

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Membership

• president
• vice-president
• director
• standing director
• secretary general
• association
• society

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References

• A list of people who will say things that qualify
  you for the job
• References available upon request
• Solid references
• relevant and high position
• job title (position)
• name of their company
• city (location) of the office
• reference persons phone number

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Thank you!