Work Experience, или Employment

Обычно указывают не более трех последних мест работы. Укажите полностью название компании, свою должность, отдел, в котором вы трудились. Перечислите свои основные должностные обязанности.

Special skills

В разделе специальных навыков нужно указать:

а) знание иностранных языков и уровень этих знаний.

б) уровень компьютерной грамотности.

в) наличие водительских прав (driver’s license)

г) опыт воинской службы, если он есть и если он может иметь отношение к вашей предполагаемой работе.

References

Обычно рекомендаций должно быть как минимум две, и не от коллег, а от непосредственных начальников. Укажите конкретные лица, которые могут рекомендовать вас, напишите полностью имя, должность, место работы и контактную информацию ваших поручителей.

36. Here are some samples of CV. Look through them in order to compose your own CV:

 

Sample 1

На должность администратора /секретаря

 

JASON DAWSON

235 White Road

San-Francisco, California 029992

+ 01 (245) 987-6543

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain an administrative assistant position which would utilize my administrative skills and offer opportunity for growth.

EDUCATION:

Technical College of San-Francisco September 1988 — May 1991

EMPLOYMENT:

6/94 to present

The Institute of Medical Care; San-Francisco

Unit Secretary, Child and Adolescent Unit — Responsible for maintaining patient charts, entering patient data on database, transcribing medication orders, tracking and paging medical personnel. Relaying patient records to other treatment facilities and fielding incoming phone calls.

10/91 to 5/94

University of National Law; San-Francisco

Administrator, Registrar's Office

— Answered telephones, filed documents, produced letters for certification and deferment, proctored exams. Registered students for courses, proofread grade sheets, registration materials, exams and course schedules, computed grade point average, Interacted with students, faculty and staff.

SPECIAL SKILLS:

Languages: English – mother tongue, German – beginning

Computer literate: word-processing (Word Perfect & Word for Windows), Spreadsheet (Lotus 1-2-3)

Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.

REFERENCES:

Available upon request

Sample 2

 

На должность маркетингового аналитика

 

ELENA K. PETROVA

0/01-1000 Neizvestnaya St., Moscow

Tel. (home): + 7 (095) 000-0000

E-mail: [email protected]

OBJECTIVE:

A full-time position as a Market Analyst, where a motivated high-energy team player capable of individual initiative will contribute to the efficiency and profitability of the company.

EDUCATION:

September, 1991 – June, 1996: Institute of International Economic Affaires, Finance Academy (Moscow)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

June, 1998 – present

Procter & Gamble, Junior Marketing Manager, Cosmetics department:

— register clients’ orders on the data base;

— analyze the efficiency of sales;

Area of work: My duties are to provide the Head of Marketing Department with the relevant information about the market of cosmetic goods in Moscow, about costs’ dynamics and to maintain the clients’ data base.

September, 1995 — June, 1998

Milling Ltd, Specialist in advertising and marketing:

— Development of advertising strategy of the company;

— Copywriting advertising information;

— Clients data base administration.

Area of work: During my work for Milling Ltd I developed advertising profile for the company, created its corporate web site and conducted constant analysis of relevant markets in Russia.

SPECIAL SKILLS:

Languages:Russian — Mother tongue, English — fluent at the Advanced level, French – fluent at the Intermediate level.

Computer literate: Windows 95/98/NT, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, CorelDraw, HTML.

Clerical: Typing 20 wpm.

Other: A professional Internet user. Have a driving license and prepared to be as mobile as necessary to provide the best performance.

REFERENCES:

Available upon request

WRITING PRACTICE

 

Sir … or Madam…

§ I’d like to apply for a position as a … § I've been interested in working in … § I can offer many skills, for example … § I'm available for interview from …

§ communicative § hard-working § strong academical qualifications § enthusiastic § team-player § leading qualities § competence § flexibility § receptive § a strong command of (language)

§ acquired § achieved § established § assisted § coordinated (a project) § developed (a new way of working) § delivered (the project on time) initiated (a new system)

37. Compose your own CV. The phrases below and the Action Verbs will help you:

 

Action Verbs

 

Action verbs should be used abundantly throughout your resume and cover letters to promote your achievements. They help make a strong impression.

Management	Communication	Research	Technical	Teaching
achieved	arranged	clarified	analyzed	adapted
administered	drafted	collected	assembled	advised
analyzed	developed	conceived	built	clarified
consolidated	defined	critiqued	calculated	coached
coordinated	directed	detected	computed	coordinated
decided	edited	diagnosed	designed	defined
developed	formulated	disproved	devised	developed
executed	interpreted	evaluated	engineered	enabled
improved	moderated	examined	fabricated	encouraged
incorporated	motivated	extracted	inspected	evaluated
increased	negotiated	identified	maintained	explained
inspired	persuaded	inspected	operated	facilitated
managed	promoted	interpreted	overhauled	guided
organized	reported	interviewed	programmed	informed
planned	researched	investigated	remodeled	initiated
produced	summarized	organized	repaired	instructed
reported	spoke	researched	solved	presented
reviewed	translated	searched	trained	stimulated
scheduled	wrote	studied	upgraded	trained
strengthened		systematized		updated
Financial	Creative	Helping	Clerical or Detail
administered	acted	advised	activated
analyzed	applied	assisted	assembled
appraised	composed	coordinated	approved
balanced	created	demonstrated	arranged
calculated	designed	diagnosed	classified
compared	developed	educated	collected
computed	directed	encouraged	described
developed	established	facilitated	edited
estimated	evaluated	guided	executed
managed	formed	helped	implemented
marketed	founded	inspired	maintained
planned	integrated	maintained	monitored
projected	invented	modified	observed
reevaluated	originated	performed	organized
reconciled	performed	referred	prepared
researched	presented	represented	published

 

Additional Action Verbs

 

checked	experimented	lectured	received	selected
classified	explained	lifted	recommended	separated
collected	expressed	listened	performed	served
completed	fixed	maintained	piloted	showed
conducted	followed	managed	predicted	solved
consolidated	formulated	mediated	prescribed	sorted
constructed	founded	monitored	processed	symbolized
controlled	gathered	motivated	projected	synthesized
delivered	generated	predicted	promoted	talked
detailed	headed	persuaded	purchased	tended
eliminated	helped	memorized	recruited	trained
empathized	imagined	negotiated	protected	translated
enforced	implemented	observed	reduced	treated
estimated	informed	originated	related	tutored
evaluated	initiated	performed	rendered	unified
examined	innovated	piloted	restored	utilized

UNIT 8

Pre-Text Exercises: Word Building Active Vocabulary   Text 8 A. Transport Text 8 B. Who Iinvented the Automobile? Text 8 C. Geographical Challenges Facing Urban Transportation Text 8 D. Automobile Dependency   Text And Vocabulary Exercises Conversational Practice Writing the CVs Writing Practice

 

PRE-TEXT EXERCISES

 

1. Here are some expressions with the prepositions with and without. Translate and learn them:

 

§ to cover with	§ to fill with
§ to leave with	§ to shake (tremble) with
§ to be pleased with	§ to be popular with
§ to be pale(red) with	§ to be satisfied with
§ without fail

 

2. Fill in the gaps with the word combinations above in the appropiate form:

 

1. The mountains and hills were ___ snow and it was very cold.

2. The children were ___ and crying in the dark room.

3. The dean was ___ the results of the session.

4. The writer is very ___ the children and his books have been sold.

5. He ___ the gaps ___ the prepositions and started a new exercise.

6. She was ___ and left the room hurriedly.

7. As a very famous actor he is ___ the spectators.

8. Ann was ___ the results of her exams because she got only ‘fives’.

9. He was ___ because he got frightened.

 

3. Correct the mistakes:

 

1. This book is rather popular at young people.

2. Neil stood under and left the room.

3. The truck ran in the tree and broke it

4. She always does it in envy.

5. The chidren congratulated their mother of her birthday.

6. Canada borders at the USA in the south.

7. Barry had been ill for a long time and fell after the group.

 

4. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences:

 

1. We came home ___ night and went to bed at once.

a) in; b) at; c) on

2. It happened ___ a cold winter day and we couldn’t help him.

a) in; b) at; c) on

3. The debates were ___ this urgent problem.

a) by; b) over; c) on

4. She is the best ___ mathematics and chemistry.

a) in; b) on; c) at

5. The bumblebee stung him ___ the leg when he went barefoot.

a) in; b) on; c) at

6. The international conference ___ the problems of disarmament has already started.

a) by; b) over; c) on

7. He promised he would come ___ Friday.

a) on; b) at; c) on

8. The lecturer read the lecture ___ the problems of natural environment.

a) by; b) over; c) on

9. Have you heard? Sally’s dog bit her ___ her hand.

a) in; b) on; c) at

 

5. Explain the meaning of the following phrases in English:

 

§ Transport networks

§ urban planning

§ modes of transport

 

6. Fill in the gaps with the suitable word to complete the sentences:

 

1. The automobile industry ___ often regarded as the main engine of industrial growth of the 20th century.

 

is

are

has

have

 

2. The automobile industry ___ an important and dynamic sector of economics.

 

remain

is remaining

remains

remained

 

3. Europe is the largest producer ___ automobiles in the world.

 

in

of

at

with

4. Some ex-colonies of the British Empire continue to drive ___ the left, but others, such as Canada, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the United States switched to the other side.

 

on

in

at

within

 

5. In the United States each state ___ its own traffic code.

 

has

have

will have

had

 

6. The first legal reference in Britain to an order for traffic to remain on the left occurred in 1756 ___ regard to London Bridge.

 

in

with

on

at