How to write a good English resume?

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Problem description:

thank you

Analysis:

An excellent resume is one of the keys to applying for a job in a foreign company. I don't know the relevant common sense and process, and I didn't spend much time showing it.

With pure and proficient English skills, you will never win the favor of your unit. In a large number of wrong, poor or mediocre English expressions,

If your aimless and creative resume can make people shine, the chances of success will be greatly increased.

Below I try to explain and comment with a concrete example.

Balance sheet:

Basic methods After choosing the right job, be sure to see every requirement listed in the job advertisement, and then put your education,

Compare your abilities and interests one by one and make a balance sheet.

For example, an article about marketing management trainees and job requirements is as follows:

We are looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position described in the title:

University graduates majoring in marketing management. Prepare to develop a career in the business field.

-extroverted personality

-Ability to communicate with people at different levels.

-Good computer skills-Proficient in written and spoken English/Mandarin.

Then you should consider your choice and the expression of qualifications accordingly. For example, you can write (corresponding to the above items):

-University graduates majoring in marketing.

-Take an active part in business clubs and study accounting and management.

-Good at communicating with people, like many outdoor activities and know how to deal with them.

With people from all walks of life

-Proficient in operating Words, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, etc.

-Fluent in English, having studied advanced Mandarin.

The advantage of this method is that job seekers can clearly understand whether the position is suitable for them and whether their information meets the requirements. Moreover, after understanding the requirements,

You can highlight your advantages in this field on your resume according to each point. Highlight the selling points and put them in the most attractive places.

It is good for recruiters to show themselves at a glance.

Work experience statement

Work experience is very interesting to recruiters in resumes, and good wording is an important job that cannot be ignored.

Just graduated, where can I get work experience? In fact, I have participated in * * *, internships, practices, and even some extracurricular activities-helping to publish school publications.

Holding activities, exhibitions, publicity ... can all be regarded as work experience. But be specific and list the key projects related to the job you are looking for.

If necessary, you can use summary to give recruiters a deeper understanding.

I have the relevant form of this material at hand, which is really rough and inflexible:

1996/7- 1996/8 IBM general staff

1995/7- 1995/8 accounting staff of Manley toy trading company

1994/6-1994/8 esprit salesgirl.

If you can change the expression, such as:

Three years of working experience in different positions gave me an opportunity to understand.

Different work aspects.

As an ordinary clerk (IBM) and an accounting clerk (Manley Toy Trading), I learned how to prepare for purchasing.

Orders, placing orders, handling accounting affairs, checking vouchers, … and (salesgirl, Esprin) development.

Sellina, serving and stocking technologies.

It can highlight personal work experience and attract the attention of recruiters!

Job hunting objectives Usually, the average job seeker will simply write down the position he applied for at the beginning of his resume-"applied position: management"

"Intern" or "I apply ..." In fact, if you know how to use this small space to write your own work goals,

It can show your enthusiasm and desire for work and make recruiters pay more attention to you.

For example, this is a good example. The goal of work is to start as a marketing management trainee and have the opportunity.

Be promoted to management and contribute to the development of the company.

In fact, the skills of preparing resumes that this foreigner said can be applied to Chinese resumes. Readers can try it.

How to write an English resume-

The format structure of English resume includes four parts: header, education, work experience and personal information.

1, header section

1) name, which can be written in seven ways:

For example, Li Yang: 1) Yang Li 2) Yang Li 3) Yang Li 4) Yang Li

Li, Yang, Li Yang, Li Yang

We think these seven kinds are acceptable. For example, the fourth kind, Yang Li, is very convenient for recruiting personnel, especially the personnel manager from China.

But the standard and popular name writing in resumes of foreign companies is the second one, Yang Li.

Some people spell their surnames in Cantonese. For example, Wang writes about Wang and Li writes about Li. This is just a Hong Kong spelling, not an international spelling.

In addition, a small number of people use foreigners' surnames, such as Mary Smith, which is very undesirable. Because if you use a foreigner's surname,

People will think you are a foreigner, or your father is a foreigner, or you are married to a foreigner.

There are four ways to write two-character names, such as: 1) Xiaofeng 2) Xiaofeng 3) Xiaofeng 4) Xiaofeng,

List four kinds, we suggest using the third one, Xiaofeng, which is the simplest and most convenient. Everyone will know that this is a first name, not a last name, otherwise,

People may mistake you for Xiao.

2) Address

China should be written in Beijing in the future, but PRC is unnecessary, because China is simple and clear. The standard way to write a postal code is to put it between the name of the province and the name of the country.

At least before China, because it's a zip code in China.

3) telephone

I must be preceded by the area code, such as (86- 10). Because you are applying for a job in a foreign company, your resume will probably be faxed to London, new york,

People don't know your area code and don't have time to look it up. In addition, "user-friendliness" is very popular abroad, which is to create convenience for each other as much as possible.

Especially when looking for a job, we should deepen this awareness.

Ⅱ Add a "-"between eight numbers, such as 6505-2266. In this way, it is easier to read and dial, otherwise, the first call may be dialed wrong.

Three. Add a space between the parentheses and the number after the area code, for example, (86- 10) 6505-2266. This is the prescribed format for English writing.

Ⅳ When writing or informing others about mobile phones, there are certain norms, and the "4-3-4 principle" should be used, such as "1380-135-1234".

Never leave your fax number in the office, lest all the colleagues in the office know that you want to resign. If you have a fax number at home, you'd better tell the other party.

In case he can't find you, he can send a few words, which is faster; It will be more convenient for the other party to send letters of appointment or materials in the future.

ⅵ Message telephone is very popular abroad. Some people buy voicemail to find a job.

2. Education

1) Time should be reversed, and recent education should be put in front.

2) The name of the school should be capitalized and bold, so that recruiters can quickly identify your academic qualifications.

3) Place names are aligned to the right, and all are capitalized and bold. China must be written after the place name. For example, the spelling of Haikou is similar to that of Hokkaido, Japan.

The spelling of (Hokaido) is very similar. It may be foreigners who read resumes, and those who don't know won't know which country it is.

4) education, you can put the name of education in front.

5) Social workers, as class cadres, only write positions; I have participated in a community association, indicating my position and the name of the community. If I don't have any position,

Write "club members". Clubs and associations are generally used abroad. You don't have to write down the date and work details, some can be left for work experience.

6) Scholarships are generally summarized in one sentence. If there is more than one, try to summarize it in one sentence.

7) If the score is not in the top five, it is recommended not to write. Because if you are in the top five, I feel that you are not the best student. Once written,

Some people will chase after you and embarrass you.

3. Personal data

1) name, which can be written in four ways: individual, personal information, other information and additional information.

Whether it is education, work experience or personal data, you can capitalize the first letter, capitalize all letters, and lowercase all letters.

In addition, the name can be written on the far left or in the middle.

2) There are several levels of language. "Native speaker" refers to mother tongue; From a rigorous point of view, "fluent in" is more fluent;

"English as the working language" is not very fluent, but it is more reliable; "Some knowledge" is better,

If you are not sure, don't write. In an interview, language is the easiest and easiest to be tested. Once you fail, he will think you are lying.

I even think that there are many lies throughout.

3) Computer, if there are several softwares, some are skilled and some are familiar, it is recommended to write only the software name. Completely uncertain, unfamiliar,

Never write. Don't think that you won't be tested without a computer, and he will also test you on one or two key usages. If you really use it often,

You might as well use "frequent users".

4) Qualification certificate, the most important thing to note is that some people generally translate certified public accountants into CPA, but all countries in the world have their own CPA.

Some don't recognize each other, so be sure to write down the country and the year of admission. TOEFL, GRE and GMAT, we suggest not to write them.

Because most foreign companies are reluctant to hire people who are going abroad.

5) hobbies

I write strengths. Don't write if you are weak. The interviewer may be interested in any project, and sometimes he will talk to you. Once it becomes your weakness,

It's bad for you to be embarrassed, show embarrassment and lose confidence. More importantly, he will think you are lying.

If you want to write, you should only write two or three items. Because few people are strong in many ways. Of course, some people do play all kinds of things well.

But most people don't believe that there are many personal advantages, so you don't have to write so much to avoid giving people a frivolous feeling.

Don't write ambiguous hobbies, such as sports, music and reading. People don't know what you like,

Or make people feel that you have no real hobbies at all. To make matters worse, people will think that your writing level is poor.

Ⅳ Give a few words. For example, if you like to travel and some jobs require frequent business trips, it is very beneficial for you to write about travel.

Some women write about cooking, seeking truth from facts, and giving people a practical feeling, which is always good for a position like a secretary.

4. Work experience

First of all, it should be emphasized that for people who are working, experience should be written before education.

For students in school, education should be put before experience.

1) time

I The current work should be written first, and the time should be written on the left, such as 1998- now.

Ii works before, only write the year, such as 1993- 1995. This writing is mainly suitable for the following three situations:

First, working hours are earlier; Two, working time for more than two years; The third is to extend working hours skillfully.

For example, you worked for a company from 1997 12 to 1998 10, although it was only two months.

But writing 1997- 1998 seems to take a long time, and I'm not lying.

Iii previous work, plus the month, such as May 1998 or May 1998.

This kind of writing will naturally appear more accurate and more in line with the taste of banking employers.

Ⅳ Several ways to write "Summer Intern". One is to write summer interns directly, regardless of the title;

The second is to be a summer analyst, which is more suitable for summer work during undergraduate or postgraduate period;

The third is to write a summer assistant, which is suitable for many situations; The fourth is to write a summer assistant.

This article refers specifically to the summer jobs of MBA students. And it is generally believed that the level of summer assistants will be higher than that of summer analysts.

2) Company name

The company name should be capitalized and bold. If the full name is too complicated, you can write it simply. The full names of some companies are often unknown.

But abbreviations are well known. For example, in China, not everyone knows what IBM is.

But the name of IBM is a household name. So in China, we suggest you write IBM, because many HR managers in foreign companies are from China.

This is more pleasing to the eye and smoother. In America, people still write their full names.

3) Place names

The writing of place names is the same as the education part, so I won't go into details here.

4) Position and department

I'll start with the second line after the company name. If you want to introduce the company, the position and department should be written at the back of the company profile.

Ii positions and departments should be bold, and the first letter of each word should be capitalized, such as manager and finance department.

5) Company profile

I It is also safe to introduce a sentence or two to new companies, small companies or companies in certain industries that the recruiting company is not familiar with.

Even those well-known enterprises in the industry are often not necessarily famous. Job seekers generally don't apply for every job.

Companies have tailor-made a special resume (tailor-made resume), and at present they may just want to jump in the industry.

But it does not rule out the possibility of developing into other industries in the future, so I might as well mention the company profile a little.

Ⅱ Some foreigners may not know much about companies in China, so they should introduce them. Never think that China's company is very big.

Others must know that if you are not careful, you will become a frog in the well. For example, the Bank of China is called Bank of China (BOC).

Many overseas banks know about China Bank, but many people mistakenly think that China Bank is the central bank of China.

The length of the introduction should be two lines. Only one line is easy to mix with other content, and three or four lines are more complicated.

6) Work experience sequence

I am in reverse order, which is a very popular way.

Ii skill category, mainly emphasizes your own skills, such as translation, computer and so on. In addition,

This method can also be used for people with time gaps in work experience, such as being laid off and taking maternity leave.

However, it should be noted that this writing method is only applicable to situations with strong skills, and others can refer to the method of writing only the year mentioned above to make up for it.

If the fault lasts for two or three years, be sure to explain clearly, explain the exact reason and seek truth from facts. The more honest and frank you are, the better your impression will be.

ⅲ The combination of the two, first classified by skill category, and then listed one by one in reverse order.

7) Work content

I should use the main points and avoid long paragraphs.

The length of the second sentence should be one line, no more than two lines at most; The number of sentences is preferably three to five, with a maximum of eight.

The third sentence begins with a verb. The present work uses the simple present tense, while the previous works used the past tense.

4. major responsibilities and achievements, major work and non-pioneering work, giving priority to major responsibilities,

More advanced or pioneering work should put the main results first.

ⅴ Work results should be digital and accurate, and avoid using many, many, some and several vague words.

Try to use specific figures, how many people are managed, how much sales are, and so on.

ⅵ In the performance of the same company, it is not necessary to stick to the chronological order, but should adhere to the principle of "important priority". For example,

Among the grades, you can write the most important grade first; You can write the highest position in the position first, and don't stick to the method of reverse order or positive order.

The key is to let employers find your highest selling point in just a few seconds.

ⅶ The content of training can be put behind each company. We believe that training is internal to the company and related to the company's business, not part of education.

8) Five Avoidances

I long sentences: no one wants to read too long sentences. The employer is just scanning your resume.

Abbreviation 2: Because it is often difficult for laymen to understand, don't assume that others can guess or find the abbreviation you use.

ⅲ "I" (I): There is no "I" because there are many sentences used in formal resumes, starting with verbs.

Of course, if you must use it once or twice in the company profile, it is not completely impossible.

Ⅳ Disadvantages: We said that the principle of resume is not to lie, but not writing does not mean cheating.

ⅴ "reference materials provided on demand": This sentence means that if you need proof,

Witnesses can be provided. But in real life, recruiters believe that anyone can catch one or two witnesses in case of emergency.

And if their names and contact information are not written on the resume, this sentence is completely unnecessary.

5. Resume of students

The reason for taking out students' resumes is that students have little work experience and can't write anything.

It seems that the page is not full enough. It's also awkward according to the format we talked about earlier. So we are here to introduce some special makeup artist:

1) Academic background and writing related courses. But don't write all the courses just to piece together the space, because the effect is not very good and others have no patience to read them.

2) Scholarship is a front line. Many students have scholarships every year and can write three or four lines or more.

3) lengthen the sentence. You can add some words to each sentence to prolong it.

4) Break lines naturally and write more sentences.

5) Increase the font size. You can change Xiao Wu 10 into Xiao Si 12.

6) The details of social work are put in the work experience. This will make up for the lack of work experience, for example,

What activities have you organized and contacted when you are doing social work such as the Communist Youth League Secretary and the President of the Student Union?

You can list all the things you have participated in. If you only do one thing, you should try to write it apart.

For example, how many people have been led, what has been achieved and what role has been played. So, there are at least three lines.

If you do more, just one line at a time. The principle of concise words should still be observed.

7) Summer job. As a college student, employers usually don't expect you to achieve anything earth-shattering during your summer job.

Of course, it would be better if there were. But even if you don't, even if you stay in your parents' unit for a few days, you might as well write it down.

This can also be regarded as getting in touch with society, understanding some industries and doing some work. But you must be able to say a few words before you can write it on your resume.

Otherwise, you may be tongue-tied and embarrassed in the future interview.

8) secondary school situation. I don't usually write. However, if you won an international Olympic competition prize or a national prize in middle school, you might as well mention it.

6, pay special attention to

1) has no spelling mistakes. Now word processing software has spell checking, so you have no reason to spell it wrong.

2) Be careful of similar words. This is a mistake that can't be found by spelling check, so be especially careful.

3) Avoid obvious grammatical errors.

4) It is an effective way to invite friends to have a look. First, from the aspects of spelling, grammar and sentence patterns,

Whether there is an error; Second, from the perspective of conception, is there a more appropriate expression?

5) Are you writing objectively? In fact, writing and not writing have their own advantages and disadvantages. If you write, of course, it is clear-cut, not from this industry.

This department is indispensable, but it also limits the possibility of applying for other industries. But if you don't write anything,

The employer may refer to your background and the results of some tests and think that you are more suitable for other departments, so you may get new opportunities.

Usually, the standard writing of American resume is not objective.

7. Paper and fonts

1) specifications, at least 80 grams, which is about 100 grams. In Beijing, many typing clubs and copy shops use 60 or 70 grams of paper.

This kind of paper usually looks light and has poor texture.

2) Size, A4, that is, length 29.7 cm and width 2 1 cm.

3) Font, it is recommended to use Times New Roman.

4) font size, generally it is best to use 10, that is, small five. However, the number 12 can also be used on students' resumes, that is, primary four.

5) Printing must use laser.

6) spacing, the same from top to bottom, about 2-3 cm; About1.2-2.5cm;

The distance between the leftmost bullet point and the left margin is kept at 3.8-5cm. (Please see the sample English resume)

English resume sample 1 (suitable for graduates)-

Room XXX, building XXX

Peking University, Beijing 100084

(0 10)6277 XXX E-mail:good@beijing.edu

Ceng Yun

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