How to Write a Cv in English (for International Students)
Help me write my Résumé in English, please
By Carlos Diaz
Professor at the Engineering School of
Universidad Panamericana in the Mexico City Campus
Written on April 5, 2010,
Reviewed on November 2011, with the following comment.
Some years ago, as I was winding down my consulting company, Grid Inteamericana, a Grid International Associate company, devoted to conduct the Blake-and-Mouton Grid Seminars, and while exploring a teaching career I wanted to start, I had an interesting experience.
I was invited to audition for Senior Business students at Universidad Panamericana, with a subject I was free to choose. For reasons too long to explain here, I chose the subject “How to look for a job”. One comment on the critique page struck me: ‘Why wait so long to talk to us about Curriculum Vitae, interviews, and so forth?’
The University hired me as a part-time professor teaching different Marketing subjects and I have taught almost ten years, enjoying my students and classes very much, first in the Business School, now in Engineering. However, the need to advise students on such skills have never left me, and several years ago I started to write a regular column in the school newspaper Noticia, called ‘Desde el otro lado del Escritorio’, with practical advise on those job-seeking related subjects, speaking from the ‘other side of the desk’, as I looked at candidates for many years as an manager at companies like IBM, Honeywell, Duracell.
All my articles are in Spanish, but since I teach in English, some students have asked me to advise them on how to write a CV in English, therefore I wrote the following article for the on-line magazine of the Engineering School, Eure-k. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did writing it.
1. Summary:
One of the most challenging tasks that any student or professional, for that matter is to write his or her Resume or Curriculum Vitae. Many books and essays have been written about this subject, and some writers even
By Carlos Diaz
Professor at the Engineering School of
Universidad Panamericana in the Mexico City Campus
Written on April 5, 2010,
Reviewed on November 2011, with the following comment.
Some years ago, as I was winding down my consulting company, Grid Inteamericana, a Grid International Associate company, devoted to conduct the Blake-and-Mouton Grid Seminars, and while exploring a teaching career I wanted to start, I had an interesting experience.
I was invited to audition for Senior Business students at Universidad Panamericana, with a subject I was free to choose. For reasons too long to explain here, I chose the subject “How to look for a job”. One comment on the critique page struck me: ‘Why wait so long to talk to us about Curriculum Vitae, interviews, and so forth?’
The University hired me as a part-time professor teaching different Marketing subjects and I have taught almost ten years, enjoying my students and classes very much, first in the Business School, now in Engineering. However, the need to advise students on such skills have never left me, and several years ago I started to write a regular column in the school newspaper Noticia, called ‘Desde el otro lado del Escritorio’, with practical advise on those job-seeking related subjects, speaking from the ‘other side of the desk’, as I looked at candidates for many years as an manager at companies like IBM, Honeywell, Duracell.
All my articles are in Spanish, but since I teach in English, some students have asked me to advise them on how to write a CV in English, therefore I wrote the following article for the on-line magazine of the Engineering School, Eure-k. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did writing it.
1. Summary:
One of the most challenging tasks that any student or professional, for that matter is to write his or her Resume or Curriculum Vitae. Many books and essays have been written about this subject, and some writers even
References: 1. Merriam Webster Dictionary, http://www.m-w.com 2. Virginia Tech University, Division of Student Affairs, http://www.career.vt.edu/ 3. Wikipedia English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Résumé 4. Wikipedia English British http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curriculum_vitae. 5. About.com: Job searching http://jobsearch.about.com/od/curriculumvitae/a/curriculumvitae.htm 6. Word Reference.com http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1593968 7. Careers in Motion.com http://www.careersinmotionllc.com/ 8. Elearnspace.org/blog http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2002/11/07/effort-vs-ability/ 9. AGBO Business Architecture, S.L. http://www.easyjob.net/cvs/cv-skills.htm %