Practice exercises

iDevice ikoon Writing and reading CV-s

These days employers often receive a lot of CV-s for each advertised position - jobs advertised in national papers can often attract hundreds of applicants. So your CV has to be just that little bit special to stand out if you want to obtain interviews.

Of course your CV can continue to work in your favour even after it has obtained an interview for you. It can help you at an interview by carefully focusing the interviewer's mind on your good points and on your achievements. Once you have left the interview it will continue to work in your favour as the interviewer will probably reread it before making a decision, either on who should be invited to the second interview stage or who the job should be offered to.

Here is an exercise where you have to put the parts of the CV together with the headings of these parts.

CLICK on: MATCH THE CV    


iDevice ikoon Vocabulary practice

Let's repeat the vocabulary of WRITING CV.

You have to match the words with their definitions. Use the mouse to drag the two parts together.

CLICK on: EXERCISE 1 to start.


Right/ wrong statements
Decide if these statements are right or wrong.


1. Make sure your CV is well-organized.

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2. Include a lot of detail - a good CV is long.

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3. List your education and work experience in reverse order - start from your mostr ecent job.

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4. Include additional information that you think could help your application: for example travel experience, voluntary work.

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5. Don't send a covering letter - no one reads it.

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Work in pairs. Read the job adverts below. Discuss the qualifications and experience the applicants need. Look at the CV in the first exercise again. Which job do you think Jenna Hopkins is applying for?

Tourist service manager

The city of Cambridge is the home of one Britain's

oldest universities. We have a new position managing

visitors' facilities. The successful applicant will have

responsibility for:

  • improving and updating facilities for visitors
  • managing a team of 20 employees
  • promoting the city, both in the UK and abroad

Apply in writing with CV, to

Director of Leasure Services, City of Cambridge

 

***SUNNY TRAVEL***

wants a Marketing Information Manager to work in their new offices in Munich

Responsibilities include:

  • maintaining good relationships with customers
  • managing large marketing campaigns
  • training staff in offices all over the world

 

Apply to: Sunny Travel Group, 45 Queen Victoria Street,London,EC4

 
IF YOU WANT TO GET SOME MORE VOCABULARY CONNECTED WITH JOB APPLICATIONS CLICK ON: APPLYING FOR A JOB

 

iDevice ikoon Let's get real

You are working in a summer resort hotel at the beach. You are looking for the front house staff for the high season. Write a job advertisement into the newspaper.

To make it easier for you have a look at some real job advertisements for hotel workers.

CLICK on: HOTEL JOBS 


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