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I wrote my own cover letter by using my knowledge that I took from this forum, I m posting this to your reff and to correct the mistakes

crismthomas — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:46:46 GMT

This is in response to your recent advertisement for a new --. I am confident that my educational and work experience background matches your job requirements. Please find my attached curriculum vitae.

I am a graduate in Electronics and Communication Engineering from --University in --, India. I recently worked as a Network Administrator cum Hardware Engineer for (name of company). During this period I gained experience in Windows Server 2003,Windows XP/Vista, Exchange Server 2003, DELL Servers, HP servers, Cisco routers and Cisco catalyst switches.

Moreover I hold an MCSA certification from Microsoft and a CCNA certification from Cisco Systems.

The passion to excel and faith in God have given me enough opportunities to prove myself as a dynamic leader and motivator. Looking forward to be associated with your exciting industry and organization.

Should you have any further questions, please contact me at

Phone-

Email-

Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Yours truly,

Re: Teachers Wanted in the Philippines

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:27:58 GMT

Dear Sir / Madam

I am a qualified and experienced English teacher and I have been teaching in Korea for the past two years. My command of the English language is superb, I speak with a clear accent and I am careful to pronounce and articulate with clarity when students are listening.

It is with full confidence in my talents, training, and experience as an educator that I offer this application for your sympathetic consideration. A review of the contents of my resume, my education, teaching, and employment record will assure you that I am equipped with extensive preparation and performance in the English education field.

I hold both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree from accredited universities (see below). My abilities as a teacher have been honed and enhanced through over ten years of consistent practice in the field. I have meticulously prepared and delivered hundreds of lesson-plans, speeches, and lectures and have taught various age groups, ranging from children to teen-agers to undergraduate students to adults. I have taught conversation techniques and have conducted reading groups and discussion groups for children, university students and adults. I have actively engaged in children's education with a high degree of satisfaction and success. I recently taught in the government Elementary school system of Korea, and I enjoyed relating to and responding to the learning-needs of the children. I was selected to be the Head Teacher for Kaya University's English Summer Camp for Kids. My task was to teach and co-ordinate the activities of 7 other teachers at this intensive English camp for both Elementary and High School students. I am presently teaching undergraduate students at a renowned university in Daegu, Korea. Letters of recommendation are available from this Elementary School.

Along with my formal training and experience, I offer myself as an intelligent, sensitive and articulate person. My vocabulary is extensive and my pronunciation is clear and distinct. I am endowed with an innate sensitivity to the needs of others. I hail from a multi-cultural context and I have adapted to various cultures very well. I am a clear thinker, communicator, and an empathetic teacher who can identify and respond to the particular needs of individual students. I love working with children and have great energy and enthusiasm in the classroomâ¦students are very responsive and positive toward me.

I am currently teaching in Korea...but I am seeking to relocate to the Philippines. I will be available from the middle of December, this year.

I would like to send you my resume and letters of reference attached. I am happy to send you scans of my degrees, passport or any other pertinent information that you require. I also welcome a telephone interview. If you reply to me I would be happy to send you my photograph - to your personal email. Please reply to me at the following email address: mr.k.leigh@gmail.com

Here is my resume and letter of reference.

CURRICULUM VITAE: MR. KEREN M. LEIGH

Address: Apt. 6 Keimyung University            Sex:        Male
2139 Daemyung Dong, Nam-Gu                     Nationality:    South Africa
705-701, Daegu                                         Age:         38
Gyeongsangbukdo, Korea                            Race:        Caucasian

Email:  xx                   Phone:     Korea 010-6874-8642

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

2003-2004    Ph.D. Candidate, University of California at Berkeley,
    Department of Near Eastern Studies
    (currently enrolled but do not wish to complete this degree)

2000-2003    Master of Divinity Degree, Golden Gate Seminary, CA.
    Graduated with honors in Theological and Pastoral studies

1988-1994    Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy and History of Art,
    University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

1987    Higher Grade Matric Certificate, Greenside High School, Jhb.

All Degree Certificates are available upon request.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2008    English Lecturer, FISEP Department, Keimyung University, Daegu

2007    English Teacher, Daechang Elementary School, Jinyeong, Gimhae
    English Teacher, Chillam and Jangyu Libraries, Adult Classes.

2006    Assistant Manager, Pembury Hotel â Melrose, Jhb, R.S.A..

2004-2005     Self-employed, Home Construction â Sodwana Bay, Kwa-Zulu/Natal.

2003-2004    Graduate Student Instructor, University of California at Berkeley
ï· Prepared and presented course lectures for classes of roughly 150 students
ï· Conducted tutorial classes in question & answer format for classes of roughly 25 students
ï· Graded examinations and essays
ï· Conducted one-to-one student interviews

2000-2003    Senior Pastor, Hope Baptist Church, San Francisco, California
ï· Prepared and delivered messages and Bible studies on a weekly basis for congregations of roughly 50-200 people
ï· Conducted one-to-one counseling sessions with church members, including teenagers and marital counseling
ï· Managed church staff, operations, outreach and administration
ï· Trained staff and ministry leaders
ï· Chaired and set agenda for ongoing board meetings

2000-2003    Office Manager, Medical Offices of Dr. Eva Dahl, CA.
ï· Managed doctorâs calendar, patient bookings, filing systems, stocktaking and ordering of medical supplies.

1996-1999    Operations Controller, Wheel-A-Waste Recycling Company, Jhb.
ï· Managed the routing and timing of trucks
ï· Orchestrated drivers schedules
ï· Maintained customer relations
ï· Accounting, book-keeping and banking

Letter of Reference (Translated from Korean â Original Available on Request)

From:     Jinyeong Daechung Elementary School
    Gimhae Municipality
    Gyeongsangnam Province
    South Korea

Dear Sir / Madam                            6 November, 2007

Concerning: Mr. Keren M. Leigh

This person served as a Native Speaking English Teacher at our school during 2007. I was his Korean co-teacherâ¦and we worked closely together during this year.

1. He complied with all school regulations. He understood his roles and responsibilities and fulfilled all of his duties admirably.

2. He has a neat and clean appearance and dressed very well. He was professional in all of his conduct. He has a very good nature and was sensitive to our needs.

3. He was active in class-preparation and came up with many good ideas for our classes. He collaborated with me, his co-worked, to solve any problems that we encountered when students had difficulties. He did his very best to meet the needs of students and to make sure they were satisfied.

4. He dealt with the students very kindly and he was open to listening to the students and to respond to their needs. He has a very good sense of humor and all the students liked him tremendously. They were sad to hear he was leaving us at the end of the year.

5. He was very concerned that students felt they were progressing and learning every day. He taught the students using a variety of teaching styles and methods and he made each class fun and interesting. He has excellent teaching skills and achieved our class purpose, following the lesson plans and teaching objectives.

6. He has a positive attitude and put all of his effort into teaching. He tried to find studentâs strong points and to praise everyone he worked with and taught. He is kind, polite, and sociable, so he got along very well with all our other staff members, even though he comes from a culture different to ours.

These things prove his is a good teacher in terms of his teaching ability, personal nature, and the success he achieved in the classroom. Our school strongly recommends him to you as a teacher who will benefit your school.

Kim Son Hee
Korean English Teacher - Jinyeong Daechung Elementary School

I have always had a knack for relationship building and have no doubt that I will be able to foster firm and effective working relationships with my employer. I am certain that I will make a valuable contribution to the minds and lives of the young students that you entrust to my pedagogic care. Thank you for your kind consideration of my application. I earnestly await your response.

Yours sincerely

Mr. Keren M. Leigh (B.A. M. Div)

Could you check my letter?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:15:22 GMT

Hi! I have writen a cover letter about an internship through a grant program, could you please check if the grammar, use of vocabulary,etc. is correct? I'll welcome any comments.
Thank you !

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to express my interest in obtaining a practical internship at (company name) through the ARGO grant program.

ARGO is a mobility project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science within the framework of the European program Leonardo da Vinci. Its aim is to promote practical internships in European companies within Spanish University graduates. ARGO grants include financial help for the intern and an insurance policy during the stay which will not suppose any additional cost for your company.

I recently graduated from the -- University with a degree in -- and I have gained some work experience in both a --and a --. As you can see from my enclosed CV, I can communicate appropriately in English. I was awarded grade C in the Certificate in Advanced English and I attended a course in English language in --My reason for applying is that I would like to use and develop the skills and knowledge I have gained to a six month internship at (company name). I feel that it would be a very interesting experience and that I would enjoy the opportunity to broaden my cultural awareness by living at a foreign country. I have found some general information about your company and was impressed by your absolute commitment to training and development. For this reason I consider your company to be the right place for me.

I am sure my interest in learning new skills as well as the benefits that the ARGO program offers to your company could be an excellent opportunity.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any further information.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Please check my EMAIL Request ("Covering Letter")

Serkan44 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:20:38 GMT

Hello Guys my name is Serkan, i would be very happy if you could check my email Request for an internship...grammar and vocabulary....thank you so much in advance!!!!

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Subject: Applying for an Internship, Summer 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to you to express my interest and motivation in completing an internship in your company for 10 weeks in summer 2008 (The exact period will be given in Jaunary/February).
I have heard of your firm while looking up at the list of the AHK Dubai.

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My name is ---------, I am a dynamic and ambitious 22 year old guy. I am presently studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences ---------. I expect to receive a bachelorâs degree in summer 2009.

In Summer 2008 i will finish 2years of my study and i will have the practical work experience of a sixteen week internship in several areas including the basics of metal processing, heat treatment of steel, joining technology, shape cutting, non-cutting shaping and metal casting.

After that I have to complete a ten week internship at a stretch to apply what I am learning at the university in order to fulfill the requirements for my degree. And that is the reason why I am contacting you.

Besides speaking English fluently, I am native speaker of German and Turkish and I have little knowledge of French.
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For further information (cv and covering letter), please feel free to contact me at anytime. I greatly appreciate your interest and am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Thanking you for your attention,

Yours truly,

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Kindly Reveiw Resume/CV for MD post

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:05:32 GMT

I was recently requested by a recruitment agency to provide them with my CV, so they will be able to find me a job. I have prepared this CV for that propose.
I highly appreciate if you review my CV and tell me about every kind of errors that I have made from the content to style, even punctuation, address, grammar, vocabulary, use of capital letters and articles, and every kind suggestion, or whatever you think about it.
Many thanks again for your invaluable feedbacks and assistance.

SH. O. GH.

175 between East 3-4 Ave. *** Street

Town, City, 654164, Country

+x 545 11431

s.x@gmal.com

SUMMARY

A highly motivated, determined, and dedicated 29 year old general practitioner (GP) with practical work experience in conducting evidence based medicine during my 16th month compulsory national service, when I was working as a GP in a health clinic handling most aspects of a GP responsibilities. My appreciation for importance of â evidence based medicineâ has led me to propose surveys and researches to gather appropriate data concerning most daily encountered medical problems. My commitment to humanitarian activities and my professional obligations led to a two-week voluntary work for Red Crescent during the very first days of catastrophic *** earthquake ( date), when I experienced working with the least equipment and facilities during a natural disaster of massive number of casualties and lots of emergencies. I spent two month of my internship and one month of my clerkship in a rural health clinic where I became familiar with the the country health system and policies in rural area while under supervision I was responsible for daily patient care and visits, handling and updating patients records, doing patients follow-ups, vaccination, pregnancy and pediatric routine cares, birth control, consultation, monitoring community health and addressing any health problem in the community. I proposed a survey during this invaluable experience of my internship to find out the results of failure of patient for following up their routing visits especially for pregnant women and juvenileâs which resulted in 23 percent increase in their attendance. The rest of my internship was in a large medical center in *** city during which we were trained for conducting a wide array of medical skills in all medical disciplines. I understand the value of research in medicine and have always been keen to conduct practical researches to solve some problems of community or bring new treatment to practice, which could be noticed from my research background. I have always been eager to connect my current knowledge to perpetual stream of new medical breakthroughs and practices through reading reputable medical journals, however my research background makes me to be critical to new article and research papers form content and methodology perspective. Playing Basketball has taught me the value of teamwork and to be more proficient in indispensable art of time management. I studied medicine in and graduated from a medical school listed in both WHO and IMED directory of medical schools.

WORK EXPERIENCE

*** Health Clinic, city, country ( 2006 - Jun, 2007)
General Practitioner (GP)
As a result of post graduation compulsory National Service, I served in the above health clinic having the full responsibility of a GP, handling primary health care issues , emergency settings, psychiatric cases, and being responsible for executing comprehensive patient workout, providing full medical and psychiatric consultation, figuring out patients diagnostic and therapeutic plan including: drug prescription, requesting x-rays and labs, referring to higher centers and appropriate specialties. My simultaneous enthusiasm for conducting evidence-based medicine in all aspects of my practice and medical research resulted to my proposition of carrying out problem-oriented surveys and local researches to promote comprehensive health care and patient management. As the result we decided to undertake some preventive and educational measures to reduce the number of patients with low back pain, knee pain, depression, peptic ulcer, headache altogether by 19 percent within an eight-month follow-up of the targeted population. I worked with three other doctors, seven nurses, and ten physician assistances, also being responsible for monitoring nurses and assistances work, coordinating personnel, and scheduling night shifts.

Ministry of Health and Medical Education, country (June, 2007) permanent medical Practice Certificate no.5683

Medical Council, Country P.O. Box: 358454 (December, 2005)
M.C. no. 3842

Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Country (December, 2005)
Temporary Medical Practice Certificate no.617

EDUCATION

Name of University *** Branch, Town, City, Country (23 September 1997 - August, 2005)
Doctorate of Medicine (MD)
Medicine Cum. GPA: 16.75 (out of 20.00)
Thesis: *** association with *** Infection in pediatrics Grade: 20.00 (out of 20.00)

Internship: Name of Medical Center City, Country (23 September, 2003 â 25 August 2005)
Clerkship: Name of Medical Center, City, Country (February, 2001- September, 2003)

First National University Medical Congress (October, 2000)
Internet Application in Medicine Workshop

Name of Pre-University Center, Town, City, Country (1995 â June, 1996)
Pre-University Diploma
Experimental Science Cum. GPA: 18.58 (out of 20.00)

Name of High School, Town, City, Country (1993 â June, 1995)
High School Diploma
Experimental Science Cum. GPA: 18.39 (out of 20.00)

Researches X Club P.O. Box: 454, Town, City, Country (2005 â present)
Researcher no. 23679

SKILLS

Language
IELTS Overall Band Score 7.5 Listening 8.0 Reading 8.5 Writing 7.0 Speaking 7.0 (2007)

TOEFL Paper-Based Total Score 650 (out of 675) Test of Written English 5 (out of 6) (2006)

French Language Basic to Intermediate 12 month evening classes (2006 - present)

Clinical

Experienced in: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, IV line insertion-injection, IM injection, Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) sampling, Paracentesis, Suturing, Tracheal Intubation, CPR, Nasogastric tube insertion (NGT).
Under supervision: Lumbar Puncture, Pleural Tap, and Plastering

Research

Knowledgeable in research methodology, Experienced with research proposition and proposals organization, Teamwork conscious.

Computer

Internet application in medicine, SPSS statistical software, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozila Firefox, Norton Antivirus, Kaspersky Antivirus, Bitdefender Antivirus, PCcillin Antivirus. Familiar with: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft FrontPage.

Sports

Proficient in playing Basketball, Amateur Bodybuilding Experience, Experience with training bodybuilders

5th National Universities Student Games: Gold medal in Basketball (summer, 2000)

Name of University intra-university Basketball Games: Bronze Medal (winter, 2001)

Name of Youth Basketball Team: won several medals (nationally well-known basket ball team) (1993 - 1997)

VOLUNTEER WORK

*** Earthquake, Town, City, Country.
Name of Red Crescent Organization (200-)
Two-week voluntary work in earthquake-stricken name of town, Involved in on-the-field: Triage, Primary Medical Care and Services, Providing Basic Treatments, Assisting specialties in minor surgeries, Handling with emergencies, CPR, Cooperation with Foreign Aide Groups and connecting them to Iranian health authorities and services.

HONORS and AWARDS

3rd National Medical Congress of Young Researchers, Town, City, Country (December, 200-)
Best Article Award: Moderate Physical Activity in Female ...

Pre-Internship Clinical Knowledge Examination Nationwide (September, 200-)
Above 99 percentile nationwide, Ranked 3rd among *** University All branches Nationwide.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Playing Basketball from very young age has taught me to appreciate team work and self-sacrifice and be well versed in time management. Other interests: Reading., Table Tennis, Foreign Languages, world history and civilizations, Internet, Climbing, Hiking, Music, Computer.

Re: Resume

Santrac — Wed, 30 May 2007 02:54:55 GMT

Hello,

As Kathrin said this is more of a cover letter format than a real Resume format. If you still need a good Resume your first step should be concentrating on the actual advert or job post from the company you want to apply for. Please, read and highlight carefully all requirements and make sure that you have collected all relevant data from your employment and educational history.

Since you did not have any pauses in between two job positions in the past, you can easily start writing your Resume using Chronological format. This format unmistakably shows your work record and professional development and it starts from the most recent experience going chronologically backwards through a succession of previous experience.

Looking at your career you should definitely begin with your Personal Information writing your name, surname, address, telephone number and email. These are basic contacts details nowadays, but if you think that there are other ways that the employer can actually contact you write that information, too.

Beside Personal Information any Resume usually contains three basic headings:
-         Objective,
-         Working Experience
-         Educational Background

But remember, writing a resume and being relevant to the job position that you are applying for is being accurate in all parameters needed for that job position. That is why, if there are any, you should list all your awards, publications, community/voluntary service, special achievements, certifications or anything else that is again relevant to the job position you are applying for.

Objective is simply there to describe general aim on the type of the industry or company that you would like to work in. On the other hand it should explain how an employer would benefit from hiring you and it has to show why you are qualified for particular position.

List all your Working Experience staring from the most recent one. And at the end list your relevant Educational Background in brief with the name of your college/school, city where is the college/school, year of your graduation, degree and field of study again starting from the last one.

Before you start writing your resume I would like to give you some practical advices:
- Be clear in your vocabulary,
- Be optimistic showing incentive,
- Avoid grammar errors and low quality paper,
- When you are printing your Resume, always use the best quality paper. It can be from 50gsm up to 100gsm. Do not use glossy paper! Use only mat paper. Keep your printed version away from damages.

Here you can find more free stuff about Resume writing.

Hope this was of help to you!

Good luck!

Rade Santrac
Resume and CV Writer

comprehension: Rene

Hela — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:42:03 GMT

Dear teachers,

Would you please correct my answers? But before that Iâd like to ask you if I understood the meaning of the underlined expressions or ideas. Furthermore, Iâd like to ask British teachers if they confirm what she says about the âBritish thingâ and give me more elements about this British attitude. And what about Americans, is it true that they are more extrovert? Thank very much for your help.

TEXT: An interview with Rene Wyndham (How is "Wyndham" pronounced, please?)

Interviewer: So how did you come to write that song, Rene?

Rene: Well I wrote it a few years ago after Iâd been at a rather formal dinner party, sitting next to (1) a crusty old stick, a lady I knew, and I thought âThis is going to be a bit of an effortâ, and I plucked up courage and started chatting to her about herself and she said sheâd been in Egypt and various things. And I was following the line of the conversation and all of a sudden she stopped dead and looked at me and said: âIf youâd really like to know more about me I shall write out my curriculum vitae for you!â And I thought that was so rude after making that effort that I (2) looked around and thought âWell what are other people talking about?â And I realized that other people donât ask direct questions, itâs one of the things, unwritten laws of social etiquette. You skirt the issue if youâre trying to find out things, or you (3) make polite niceties and nice noises at dinner parties but you donât often say what your emotions are doing underneath.

Interviewer: Can I come back to something you said? You said something about people not asking direct questions. Why do you think that is?

Rene: I think itâs partly fear, that they feel that they themselves will be exposed if theyâre asked those questions, and there is some sense of losing face by showing too much of yourself. I think it might be a particularly (4) British thing because I was for instance in the USA with people Iâd never met before, went to a very large dinner party, and within seconds people were telling me what their psychiatrist had said about them and their problems with the grocer and so on. Things that nobody in England would (5) open out and do because there is fear, there is a protective barrier and a sense of inferiority for anybody who dares to disobey these social norms.

Interviewer: Rene, when we talked about this song I think once before, you mentioned something about the way people donât listen to one another, and that was one of the reasons that you had written the song, you were very concerned about this.

Rene: Certainly a lot of my songs are concerned with communication. I was initially very inspired by the works of Wesker and Pinter and Albee and the way they show the people talking past each other, through each other, but never with each other, and this is something that in different ways I try to show in a lot of my songs. I even try and find the gulf between the Third World, the developing world, and our own world, because some of (6) the things people talk about there miss each other by miles. And (7) we do this in our own... unless youâre really close to people and you have a total trust, very often you say things as much to defend yourself as to listen to them. Youâre so concerned with the kind of impression you ought to be making that you fail to be listening to whatâs coming back to you from them. (8) Weâre all guilty of it.

Interviewer: Right, especially in that situation.

Rene: Very much so, and the more you know somebody, the more you relax and probably allow yourself to listen properly to them. That does demand a lot more energy of living that they simply havenât got time to make space for another personâs being within them.

Interviewer: You mentioned your other songs just now. What sort of other things do you write about in you other songs? What themes?

Rene: Well one of the other themes Iâm very concerned about is the use of time. I wrote one for instance about the fact that you give people flowers long after theyâre gone, and when people are leaving a firm that theyâve been working for, you give them a drink and say: âWhat a jolly good fellowâ and so on. But at the time they were there perhaps youâd never noticed them, never took the time again to listen to them properly. (9) We always seem to be missing the mark as far as time goes. I hate the thought of time rushing past. I really want to live every single minute to the full. Some of the songs are expressing that. The fact that you never have anything but this second that youâre living in, that when youâre looking to the future or the past, that doesnât really exist at all. And yet a lot of us find it the hardest thing of all, to coincide with the second that weâre living in.

Interviewer: And well, perhaps a final question. Why do you write songs at all? Why songs? Why not poetry or novels or something else?

Rene: Itâs something to do with a sense of rhythm. Thereâs a terrifically enjoyable discipline about fitting into a nutshell your own thoughts. In a poem youâve got more freedom, youâre not restricted by the music. But music itself is a wonderful art from and it conveys emotion more directly than anything, to me anyway. More directly than painting. More directly than theatre or whatever. If I hear a piece of music, thatâs it, instantly, in the heart. Thereâs even music therapy and so on, which shows that it can do this. If one can convey by oneâs own creativity a mood in another person through the music, and then enhance it with a discipline of well-chosen words, then I think youâve got a perfect portrait of an instant communication.

VOCABULARY:

1) an unpleasant irritable lady?

2) left the old lady and listened to other peopleâs conversations?

3) use clichÃ©s and say things that would not upset anyone?

5) show their inner feelings?

6) Does she want to say that British people wouldnât understand the way people in the third world communicate with each other because they always talk about intimate problems even with strangers and donât feel guilty about it?

7) British people will do the same only with close friends or relatives?

(8) = weâre ashamed of it?

QUESTIONS:

1) How does Rene describe the old lady? As an unpleasant irritable lady?

2) What was the old ladyâs reaction to the way Rene was conducting their conversation? Explain.

Suddenly she thought that Rene was nosy, indescrete? By telling her if she wanted her curriculum vitae showed that it wasnât the thing to do.

3) How did the incident affect Rene and what did she learn from it?

Rene stopped talking to the old Lady and left her to hear other peopleâs conversations and noticed that no one was talking about personal and intimate things. She learned that for British people it is rude, unseemly to ask personal questions. It is a sign of bad manners. So if people wanted to know more of their interlocutors they needed to be more diplomatic and not so direct perhaps.

4) What does she mean by âa British thingâ?

This attitude is paculiar to British people who are introvert and inhibited. They never reveal themselves in their true colours because by doing so they may jeopardize themselves, become an easy target for criticism, which is a sign of weakness.

5) Is it also âan American thingâ? Explain.

This is not the case of Americans they are more extrovert, outright, spontaneous, and like talking about themselves.

6) In her reflection over social communication, why is she contrasting âtalk withâ and (/ with ?) other similar verb constructions?

She contrasts âtalk withâ with âtalk pastâ and âtalk throughâ to show that people do not really communicate: exchange ideas, expreriences, feelings and emotions. They only have a superficial contact with others, they do not touch their heart, do not learn anything from them and miss a lot by doing so.

7) What is the point she tries to make about âthe use of timeâ and how does it relate to human behaviour in society?

She says that she tries to take advantage of the present moment whereas people tend to look at the past or the future and do not give much importance to the moment they are living. They do not appreciate the company of the people they are with at the present and so miss very important things and can be left with regrets.

8) What main advantage do songs have over other art forms?

Music makes you feel emotions that otherwise you might not feel only with prose, poetry or drama. It touches the heart of people more instantly than any other form of art.

She prefers writing songs because she finds interesting the fact of being obliged to fit her own thoughts to a piece of music and being restricted by its rhythm. It demands a lot of discipline from the writer.

Thank you very much in advance,

Hela

Re: how to make a perfect resume

Santrac — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:15:04 GMT

Dear Chaobo,

To start with first you have to go trough the advert for a job position you want to apply for. Than pick up their key requirements and see if you can meet them. If you think that you can apply, then you are able to start preparing yourself to write a Resume.

I will give you a couple of basic advices. First you need to know that the purpose of your Resume is not to get you a job; it is there to get you an interview with a hiring manager.

When a hiring manager takes your Resume and starts reading it, you have 15-20 second to attract his/her attention. So, the most important part of any Resume is Objective or Summary Heading. In order to achieve that try to write the most interesting and persuasive facts about you. Writing an excellent opening statement of this kind is gathering experience and skills into phrases that demonstrate your qualifications for the new job position.

After that try to list all your relevant past experience making âEmploymentâ heading in chronological order, starting from the recent one. When I mentioned relevant it means to concentrate on bringing benefit to the employer throughout concise, results-oriented and measurable statements.

Then list all relevant education in brief with the name of your college/school, city where is the college/school, year of your graduation, degree and field of study.

If you can try to indicate as well some awards, publications, community/voluntary service, special achievements, certifications or anything else that is relevant to the job position you are applying for.

A couple of advises at the end:
- Be clear in your vocabulary,
- Be optimistic showing incentive,
- Avoid grammar errors and low quality paper,
- When you are printing your Resume, always use the best quality paper. It can be from 50gsm up to 100gsm. Do not use glossy paper! Use only mat paper. Keep your printed version away from damages.

Register with Resume builder and learn more from free eBook that you can find once you register for free account at http://www.getresume.com

Hope this was of help to you!

Good luck!

Rade Santrac
Resume and CV Writer

"to take responsibilities" or "to take on new responsibilities"

COUME — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:18:41 GMT

Hello,

Firstly, I'm not sure if I should post this one in vocabulary or in grammar, so my apologies if I posted in the wrong forum.

I am looking to say in my personal profile (CV) that thanks to my proactive attitude, I have been given more and more responsibilities as time goes... But I have a small dilemna regarding the appropriate phrasing to use...

Should I say:
In addition, my proactive attitude allowed me to take responsibilities and to develop my organisational and team working skills.
or
In addition, my proactive attitude allowed me to take on new responsibilities and to develop my organisational and team working skills.

Both sounds ok in my French mind but I do believe that the first one is correct.
So which one do you reckon I should you? Or should I use another sentence?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers,
Ludo