Job Hunting: Formatting Your Resume
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In American English we say resume. In British English they say a C.V. In both cases, what we’re talking about is a piece of paper—or maybe two—that includes the most important information about you ‘at a glace.’ That means, a person can look quickly at your resume and know what experience and skills you have, and what certifications.
The information that you put in your resume is important. But it’s also important how you put it on the paper. The word for how you organize something on paper is formatting, and today we’re going to talk about some vocabulary you can use when you discuss the formatting of your resume. Today, you’ll learn the words:
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Title and Heading
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Column
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Table
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Row
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Line Spacing
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Double-spaced / One and a half spaced.
After You’ve Heard the Recording
Obviously, this is vocabulary that’s not limited to resumes. (Vocabulary is almost never limited to just one area.) In the examples, I described the vocabulary I use here at Bite-Sized-English. What can you use this vocabulary to describe? Can you use this vocabulary to suggest some improvements to the formatting of the website? I’d be glad to hear them!
October 27th, 2009 at 04:02
Dear Toby, dear readers of Bite Sized English,
There’s an excellent resource for college students (and similar folk) applying for internships (or “job placements” as the Brits call them) or actual jobs abroad: It’s a free online self-study course in job applications called Jobline LMU (for Ludwig Maximilian Universität München). It takes you through the whole process, from doing a job search to setting up your CV and writing letters of application, all the way to handling phone and face to face interviews. I sometimes teach it as a distance or blended learning course, and it’s received really good marks from my students. So check it out here: http://www.jobline.lmu.de
Have a great day, everyone!
Anne
October 29th, 2009 at 08:42
Anne:
Hey, I’m sorry it took me so long to respond, but I wanted a chance to poke around the jobline pages. It looks like a great resource. Thanks for pointing it out!
If anybody is looking for more help on job hunting and formatting resumes, jobline seems to be the perfect place to start!
-Toby