Applying for a job

If you want to apply for a holiday job or a position in a company, you

should send them a CV (curriculum vitae, BE)/résumé (AE) and a
covering letter (BE)/cover letter (AE).

A résumé is usually divided up

into
résumé the following sections:
 Personal and contact information: address,
 gives an telephone number, (professional) email
outline of a address, photo (only if explicitly asked for), age
(only if explicitly asked for)
person's
 Education and qualifications: start off with
education, the most recent and only mention the most
quali- important ones
 Work history and experience: list the most
fications and
relevant and recent first, including holiday
the
workemployer's name, your job title and how long you worked there, as well as
jobs, voluntary work and placements; mention
giving a brief description of what you did in each job
experience
 Skills: put in skills that are relevant to the job; show that you have the skills by
giving examples rather than just listing them
 Interests and activities: give brief details and choose ones that also reflect
your skills and personality (but be truthful!)
source: Green Line Oberstufe. Stuttgart: Klett, 2015, S. 167.

Ready for action (verbs)?

When describing what you have done it is
possible to use action verbs:
to assist sb. to be responsible for sth.
to devise1 sth.
1

to liaise /li'eiz/=to sth. to

to devise = to invent a plan, system, object, etc. usually using your intelligence or imagination
2 initiate
to speak to people in other organizations, complete
etc. in order sth.
to work with them or successfully
exchange information with them

2
 OBJECTIVE
Obtain a specialist position in aerospace engineering
or mechanical engineering

EDUCATION
2013-2017
University of Leicester
Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
JARED 2015

BOSWORTH Erasmus Year in Toulouse, France

2006-2013
Address
36 Grange Ln
Leicester Grammar School
Leicester LE2 7EH A-levels: Physics (A), Maths (A), Chemistry (B)

Contact
EXPERIENCE
+44 116 254 0654
jared.bosworth@gmail.com 06.2015-10.2015
Internship at Leadership University Toulouse
Date of Birth
26∙10∙1995 05.2013-09.2013
Internship at Meggitt Polymers and Composites
LANGUAGES 2011-2013
English ●●●●●○ Opinion polls for Leicester Mercury
French ●●●●○○
Spanish ●●●○○○
SKILLS
 High knowledge of web technologies HTML
SOFTWARE SKILLS
 Experience in programming android applications
Microsoft Word ●●●●●●
Microsoft Excel ●●●●●○  Supervising advertising campaigns in social media
Corel Draw ●●●●●○
Adobe Photoshop ●●●●○○ TRAINING
Webdesign ●●●●○○
Knowledge in improving usability of websites

PERSONALITY HOBBIES
 optimistic  patient
 hard-working  adaptable
 loyal  creative New technologies Fitness Photography Travel
 A curriculum vitae
Complete the CV using the
information on the right.

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Surname ………………………………………………………………….

2. First names ………………………………………………………………….

3. Address ………………………………………………………………….

4. Tel. N°. ………………………………………………………………….

5. Mobile N°. ………………………………………………………………….

6. Email ………………………………………………………………….

7. Date of birth …………………………………………………………………. a) +33 141 58 96 20

Education - Lycée St. Exupery b) 20 November 1985

- Business School, Nice c) Dupont

d) jean.dupont@yahoo.com
8. Qualifications - e) Baccalaureate Professionale ; BEP
- certificate in Tourism

9. Work Experience – f) Sociable, conscientious, quick

worker & reliable
-
g) +33 76031455267
10. Personal qualities ………………………………………………………
h) G.O. (Gentil Organisateur) Club
Med Ibiza
References: The Principal, Lycée St. Exupery Front office – Hilton London – 2
Head of Business School, Nice years

i) Jean Pascal

j) 55 rue de France, 83600 Fréjus.

Using the above CV as a model, write your own.

Invent if you have no qualifications or job experience.

 My CV I

T T M V R M B K B D F W D P S E L K

N W Y I M E X H I E F H X K T T A F

E T X F S Y S V Z G N O N A R P N L

M E V F U C O U K R L X R J I N G F

T L I C G R E G M E F E T Q A J U D

R T I X C T R L B E T A U T Q G A M

A U H E R I H R L I T O I V D F G S

P O D R J G B D L A F O D J F A E P

E U B A C K G R O U N D C H E C K R

D I C L T O E L A A Q E K L R S I E

F L U E N T I B L V M E O P J M Q A

Y I M B U C K I M Z A H W U F R O D

J P D P E D T H Y R A I D I S B U S

K A M P H Y P K S Z E K L E K P A H

Q O E R A W T F O S A E I A F D M E

C I N T E R N S H I P T R X B P D E

H H D R O D S A K N U X F A V L I T

K E U N A F J V E D L T Q T C X E B