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Re: LETTER FOR SCHOLARSHIP

nona the brit — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:07:21 GMT

Hi, I've moved your post into the letters section. We won't write your letter for you but we will help. You can find lots of advice here about motivation letters and this is a good place to start, see Post:111482.

I would try to write your CV in a way that isn't just lots of lists. Of course, some things you have to list out, but other sections, such as your personal attributes (virtues) can be written out fully and will create a better impression that way. Section headings: 'Backround' should be Work Experience and you should list the most recent job at the top and work back from there. Didn't the 'courses' lead to qualifications - yet you list qualifications separately. A lot of the 'qualifications' sound as though they are skills rather than courses you have passed. Divide all this into simple 'qualifications' and 'skills' sections. 'Idioms' - you mean 'Languages'. 'Virtues' sounds odd - just do a personal statement describing yourself (not a list). This would include the information you have listed under Professional Interests.

Re: cv , i need your advise , should i add something???plzzzzzzzzzzzz

nona the brit — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:58:12 GMT

That's an understatement. Very thin.

Your objective is too vague. what sort of industry do you want to work in - what sort of career goals do you have? Just 'a job in an English company' doesn't exactly tell anyone anything, does it. Valuable knowledge of what? what type of environment?

Are you sure you didn't get your high school diploma until you were 23 years old? If that really is the case then you probably need to include some explanation on what you were doing from the age of 18, normal graduation age. That's the first thing I would think as a recruiter - how come a 24 year old has no work experience, has only just acquired their high school diploma, and has done one year of a degree?
Also, why are you leaving your degree course?

Do you have any work experience? Do you have any experience relevant to work from your studies (i.e. led a team, researched something, took responsibility etc).

What computer skills do you have exactly 'most software' is not detailed enough. List the programmes you are competent in.

A brief personal statement is a good idea too.

Don't forget that when you apply for a job that person may have several hundred applictions in front of them. They will then narrow this down to a short-list of maybe only 6 people to interview. Your CV has to jump out at them and make you sound better than all the others. At the moment it says nothing about why anyone should employ you. You are 24 but this reads as though you have no experience in the adult world of work or studies.

Re: Curriculum Vitae

nona the brit — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:58:30 GMT

Hi Andre,

This needs a lot of work. It is usual to lay out a CV in a more formal manner rather than as a letter. A good format is

Your details: Name, address, contact details, date of birth. (Drop all the stuff about your family, utterly irrelevant and including it in CV makes you lsound peculiar).

Personal Statement - just a short paragraph describing your self and your aspirations, for example, I am a non-smoker. I am resourceful, hard-working, and determined to make a career as a professional ballet dancer.

Education: List in a sort of 'table' format. You need to put where you studied and which qualifications you achieved (with details on subjects) and you should put the correct name of the qualifications - what are the actual German qualifications, don't just guess at ones in English, as these are not your actual real qualifications. If you are applying in England then you could put (equivalent to GCSE) - if these are the ones you took at age 16 - O'Levels were phased out long ago in the UK. Same thing with your high school qualifications - out the actual qualification then put (equivalent to A Levels). Your primary school is irrelevant.

Other Qualifications: Anything else you have achieved since leaving school, professional memberships etc.

IT proficiency: List all the programes you are proficient in.

Experience:Here you detail your work experience in REVERST chronological order, so that you start with the most recent and work down to the oldest. Where you worked, job title, brief description of duties/responsibilities.

Interests: If you can think of anything that makes you sound like a better employee, include it, if not, don't.