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Personal letter and CV

CV – Curriculum Vitae. Life Description. • Merits• Facts about what you have done, where and

when.• (Ambitions, goals)

Personal Letter / Employment Letter• Engaging & Captivating presentation about

yourself• Why should you get the job? Sales Letter.

Aim- Provide a brief description of yourself. CV and Personal Letter complements and supports each other.

Look up: grades, certificates, diplomas, degrees.

List Employments: When and where?

Job Analysis. First/last job.

Layout, Appr. 2 pages, spacious, basic personal info

Checklist

The following subtitles are common:

• My goals and strength• Employments /work experience• Education• Language skills• Computer/ technical skills• Relevant projects• Honorary Posts, Military service.• Additional information• References• Contact information

Type of CV?

Chronological, Skill, Casual…..

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/cv1.htm

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/cvexamples.htm#templates

General focus Personal Letter

• Who are you?

• Why are you applying for the job?

• Why should they hire you?

Personal Letter

• Personal information

• Title

• Introduction

• Main text

• Conclusion

• Salary?

Check, Layout

Show your interest!

• Brief description of yourself

• What you want.

• What you can do.

• Send to many

• Follow up with a visit or a call

The Interview Situation

To think about for the interview……..

Test

Questions

Interview Questions

• Goals, ambitions • Experiences• Skills• Your person• Teamwork• Other

Implicit questions: Invisible, underlying

Explicit questions: Visible