蜡笔小新川口和sh:英文求职信和简历，与及一些求职时会遇到的问题(2)

第二步，结合一封好的求职信，必须有一份好的个人简历才能引起对方给你面试的机会。下面将简单介绍一下英美两种不同风格的个人简历。
首先是传统的英式个人简历： www.6park.com

Why you need an excellent CV when you apply for a placement.
This is what one leading company has said about graduate application:
‘We were disappointed with the overall standard of the application we received this year. Out of the 700 applications, about 90% were badly informed, badly presented, and stood little chance of gaining the candidate even an interview,
…Applications from graduates received by this company do clearly indicate that the vast majority has no concept of presenting themselves well on paper, or of the need to stand out and attract attention even at this early stage.
…This is often little attempt to maximise the quality and achievements which the candidate has to offer, and when the application does go beyond the mere mechanical recital of biographical and academic detail, it is often only to lapse into clichéd generalities which do far more harm than good.’
以上是一段某跨国大公司对于求职个人简历的反应。简单可以概括成很多人都不能很好地把自己的个人简历以合理的方式编辑起来，无论你有多优秀，一份让人不满意的简历甚至连面试的机会都得不到。
The purpose of a c.v. is to persuade a potential employer to interview you for a job.
Your curriculum vitae (CV) is your passport to an interview and hence to securing a job. It is vital that your CV is very well presented and that the content ‘sells’ you in a positive way.
个人简历可以说服潜在的雇主去给你个面试的机会。
个人简历是你通向面试，甚至是工作的护照，只有一份合理的个人简历才能把你自己的才能展现给对方。
What we require on your CV
我们对你个人简历的要求
There is more than one way of designing a c.v.
We have found that 2 sides of A4 paper, organised as follows, is effective for most students looking for a job:
• page 1: Neat, clear lists that summarise your academic and employment history, plus other key information such as where you can be contacted.
• page 2 A personal statement that draws the employers attention to your transferable skills, and to relevant personal qualities that would be of interest to an employer.
To start to create a good c.v in this format follow the steps below.
You will probably already have a c.v., and possibly some past personal statements and job applications. Find these and use them as resources and starting points in the steps that follow.
写个人简历的方法有很多，但是一份两页A4纸的规格是比较合理的。
第一页，清楚，简单介绍你的个人资料，然后学历，以及工作经验。
第二页，一段可以吸引雇主的个人简介，其他相关的技能和兴趣等，最好是一些能和你申请的职位有所关联的技能。 www.6park.com

下面再详细介绍简历里应该写进什么资料，和用什么格式去写。
Step 1: Page 1 - The factual summary page
This is the easiest page, so draft it first. It will also serve as a memory jogger when you come to write the second page.
第一页比较简单，你可以先打个草稿，想想怎么写。
brief personal & factual details
Please refer to the standard layout shown at the end of this document. www.6park.com

o Your name: your full name, with your surname highlighted at the top of the CV www.6park.com

o Currently studying at Northumbria University
e.g. BSc (Honors) Computing for Business, 2nd year
o Nationality: e.g. British, Irish, etc.
o Address (home): your permanent address and telephone number www.6park.com

o Address (term): only include this if its different from your home address
首先把自己的个人情况详细写下来，也许不同的地方所要求的资料不一样，但是基本的姓名，性别，年龄，联系地址，联系方式等资料都要写清楚的。
o Education: www.6park.com

o Do this in reverse order, starting with your current course.
o Give dates (e.g. 9/1997 – 6/2003)
o For your current course, list the modules you are studying and give results if known, don’t use the university codes ( e.g. Foundations of human computer interaction (65%))
o Give secondary school or college names and dates and what qualifications you obtained there. Put, for example, ‘A’ levels before GCSEs and put your best results at the front of each list. If you are short of space because you have A levels and lots of GCSEs then it is not necessary to list all GCSEs, but do mention English Language and Maths (if you’ve got them) e.g.
A level Computer Studies (B), Physics (C)
8 GCSEs including English Language (B), Mathematics (D) etc.
o It is a matter of opinion whether failed exams should be included or not, but do so if their omission would be obvious (e.g. you stayed at school until 18 but don’t appear to have taken any A levels).
学历，写的时候以倒过来写的顺序，从最近到最早，其中特别是大学时的学科要注重标明。另外时间顺序也要清楚。另外分数也最好写上。如果你曾经因为不及格而重读的话，具体要看对方的要求决定是否标明，但是有一点，除非对方不问，不然一定不能说谎，诚信如果破产的话，就算你再有能力，在国外的公司来说已经是等于上了黑名单了。
o Summary of technology knowledge and experience:
o A simple list of technical things you know or will know. This is intended to allow employers to quickly check if you have any required specialist skills in advance of the job, so lay it out neatly and avoid explanations which can be made on the back of the form.
o Check with your unit tutors to find out exactly what you will be dong this year (you may have to amend this section later once you have got the teaching schemes for each unit), and add things you’ve picked up elsewhere, e.g.:
Operating systems: MS-DOS, UNIX, Windows, and Linux.
Programming languages: Visual, C++, Perl, Visual Basic, Pascal etc.
Word processing, spreadsheets, DTP
Internet tools
Databases
Unified modeling language, rapid application development, interaction prototyping
o you can talk in more depth about any technology experience or highlights from your course in your personal statement on page 2 of the CV.
总结你的各种技能，这里主要给雇主一个简单的列表让对方可以清楚你到底有没有他们需要的技能，与及你有没有满足职位所需求的技能。你可以在这里列出一些不轮是否正式在学校里学到的技能和技术经验等。
o Employment: www.6park.com

o If you have earned money from directly course-related work, list it here e.g.:
Full time-employment
Paid contracts for work such as repairing people’s computers or setting up web sites etc.
工作经验，你是否有和你学习专业相关的工作经验，或者和所申请的工作相关的工作经验等都是给你加分的条件之一，详细列出你的工作经验信息，比如工作岗位，时间，工作内容等。
o other experience & training:
o A simple list part-time work, summer jobs, voluntary work etc. Shelf stacking at the supermarket on Saturdays is important (if it’s the only work you’ve done) because it shows that you are employable. And have gained valuable transferable skills.
o Include training courses even if they were just a few hours (e.g. Assistant warden, YHA, summer 2006, 2007 – 2 days “Welcome Host” customer relations training)
o This section is meant to be a brief summary to allow employers to see at a glance what previous work experience you have. If you’ve got a lot of work experience, put down only the most recent or the most relevant. (Modify the heading to “Other experience and training includes:”)
o If you have other experiences that might catch the eye, list these here e.g.:
Participant in Great North Run 2007
Drummer in a band, occasional public performances. 2005 - present.
Active member of British Red Cross. 2004 - present
Voluntary webmaster for rock climbing club. 2006-7
o Mention any languages, other than English that you speak e.g.;
Fluent in French, some German etc.
如果你没有全职的工作经验，或者你没有工作过，你有没有其他相关的经验，或者参加过任何活动，项目等，比如兼职售货员，社会上的义务工作，一些兴趣协会，能说其他语言等，这些都是可以告诉雇主的经验。
When you have done all this you will probably have too much to fit well onto a page without it all becoming difficult to read. Keep revising and refining how you express the information and how you lay it out until it fits concisely and neatly on the page. You will probably have to miss out some of the detail you originally drafted.
当你把这些都列在草稿里的时候，尽量选择一些重要的，对申请的工作有加分作用的经验，因为太多无关的东西对方不一定有耐心一一看完，并且太多的内容就会超过合理的简历长度。 www.6park.com

Step 2: Self assessment – gathering information for the contents of page 2
Don’t bother yet about the exact words you will use in your personal statement.
Spend some time doing and reflecting on the following in private or share ideas with your friends or family.
先不要考虑你应该具体用什么词语来写你的个人简介，可以先和身边的人商量一下，看看他们对你的看法，总结一下你的各方面的表现。
Write down some rough notes and answer the following questions:
下面是一些简单的问题可以帮你总结你的表现：
a) – your interests in specialist area
• Why have you chosen to pursue a career in …….././.?
你为什么选择在这方面发展？
• Why did you decide to enrol on this course?
你为什么选择学习这个专业
• What do you hope to get out of this job?
你希望能在这份工作里得到什么
• What aspects of specialist area are you best at?
你在这个专业里有什么特长
• What aspect of specialist area are you most interested in?
i.e. from a career point of view.
你在这个专业领域里有什么是特别感兴趣的？
• What technical skills have you developed, or will have developed by the time you go on working?
到你开始工作之前，你自身已经是否有什么特别的技术，或者到你开始工作的时候，你还能学会什么技术？ www.6park.com

b) – your transferable skills
Employers will be very interested in your personal qualities, not just your computing knowledge and interest. Many skills from other aspects of your life are very relevant here – skills can be ‘transferred’.
雇主不会光注意你的某项技能—比如电脑技能，或者职位相关的技能，很多时候，他们也会关注你生活里相关的“可转移”技能。
So, drawing on any previous experience from school (projects, clubs, sports, responsibilities etc.), college (similarly), work (part time jobs included), hobbies, interests, voluntary work etc., what evidence can you give that:
从你以前学校里（作业，校外活动，兴趣小组，相关的责任等），还有你的工作经验，爱好等的经验里，你有什么东西是可以证明以下的问题?
• You get on well with other people and can work as part of a team?
你和其他人相处融洽，并且能很好地配合团队工作？
• You can communicate effectively, verbally and in writing?
你可以很好地和其他人沟通，不光语言上的，并且书面上的？
• You can manage your time effectively and work to deadlines?
你能很好地掌握自己的时间，并且在期限前完成工作？
• You can work in a systematic, methodical way and to a high standard?
你能系统地，有条理地，并且高标准地工作？
• You can follow instructions carefully, and are reliable?
你能严格按照工作的程序完成任务，并且很可靠？
• After initial direction, you can work within minimum supervision?
在受过初期指导后，你能在最低的监督范围下工作？
• You are enthusiastic and self motivated
你是否热心和自觉呢？
• You can learn quickly, e.g. new programming languages, etc
你可以很快地吸收和学习新事物么？
• You can think creatively, and suggest new ways of solving problems?
你是否很有创意，并且能建议尝试新的问题解决办法么？
• You have, or are developing, a good knowledge and understanding of computer applications in business and/ or industry?
你是否有很好的在商业或者工业方面的电脑知识或者正在学习这方面的电脑知识呢？
• You could work with users and clients of the computer systems, providing a professional image on behalf of your employers?
你是否能在用户和客户面前熟练地应用电脑，给人非常专业的感觉呢？
Think especially about when you have led or helped to organise an activity. www.6park.com

Note – you may not be able to say something positive to all of the above questions, but you should make an effort. Few people have all of these qualities – you should assess your strong points and emphasise them.
你也许不能给出全部正面的回答来回答上面的那些问题，你要做的是尽量把好的方面展现出来。
c) – personal summary
Summarising your answers to the above questions, consider:
• What are your strengths and most ‘saleable’ skills/attributes/experience? www.6park.com

• What are your weaknesses? www.6park.com

• You can leave your weaknesses out and only feature your strengths, or you can mention them, but if you do make sure you present them as challenges that you intend to do something about.
个人总结，你可以把你上面的答案总结一下，把你最有用的地方（或者说最能推销的地方）说出来，你可以不提你的弱点，但是你必须清楚你的弱点。 www.6park.com