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Unit 6. Resume and J ob Inyerview
VOCABULARY PRACTICE
1. Give English equivalents of the following words and word
combinations.
Безработный, опытный, претендовать, цель, гонорар, обязанности, призвание, умения, дарования, объявление, работодатель,
страховка, заработная плата, личные данные, поручитель, семейное
положение, беглый английский, продвинутый уровень английского, родной русский.
2. Match the words with their definitions.
unemployed advert a picture, short film, song, _______, etc.
______ that tries to persuade people to buy a product
or service, ______ or a piece of text that tells
people about a job, etc.
fee a written statement of your educational and work
experience
advertisement not having a job that provides money
responsibilities agreement to pay a money to someone if something,
esp. a misfortune, happens to them
calling an activity that is a person’s most important job, esp.
one in which the person has an unusually strong
interest and ability
resume sum of money paid for a particular piece of work
or for professional services
referee an aim or purpose
insurance something that it is your job or duty to deal with
goal a person who knows you and who is willing to describe
and, usually, praise you, in order to support you when
you are trying to get a job, etc.
FOKUS ON SYNONYMY
3. Match the words with their synonyms:
vacancy CV (Curriculum Vitae)
fee competence
resume course
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skills pay
career announcement
advertisement job
LANGUAGE PRACTICE
1. Read the text Resume and say what information can be included
in your CV.
Resume
When it comes to creating resumes, graphic designers are lucky. Not
many fields allow for potential employees to directly demonstrate their
work-related skills with the resume itself. Pastry chefs don’t get to bake
their resumes into a cake, teachers can’t assign their resumes as homework, and lawyers aren’t given the chance to defend their resumes to
a jury.
But graphic designers can – and should – treat their resume as they
would a sample in their portfolio. The design of your resume can help
potential employers and clients get a feel for your style and creativity,
which is something you just can’t get from a standard letter-style resume.
Graphic design resumes can be challenging, since the standard rules
of resume creation do not apply. Your resume has to ride a fine line
between pizzazz and professionalism – too much of one and not enough
of the other can hurt your chances of employment.
Start with contact info
The very first item to include in your resume is your full contact info.
Include your name, phone number, e-mail address and any pertinent
URLs, such as your online portfolio or website. Depending on the situation, you may want to include more information. If you’re sending your
resume via snail mail, then you’ll definitely want to include your home or
office address.
Your contact info should be placed at the very top or bottom of the
page so that it can be easily located. If your resume is two pages, be sure
to include the contact info on the second page as well. This way, potential
employers will still be able to contact you in the event that your resume
pages are accidentally separated.
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Skip an “objective” statement
A long time ago, someone decided it was a good idea to include an
“objective” statement at the top of a resume – even though everybody
knows
that the objective of any resume is to find employment. As such,
objective statements are starting to go out of fashion-frankly, you can
take them or leave them. Graphic design resume already tend to have
very unique formats; it doesn’t seem all that important to stay traditional
when your resume itself will be anything but.
If you do decide to include an objective statement, make sure it’s not
something generic like “Objective: I want to have a career as a professional designer.” Put your unique spin on your objective statement and
personalize it for the job you’re applying for. Make the objective something that would benefit your employer as much as it would benefit you.
For example, your objective could be to help new businesses create longlasting, recognizable brand identities.
Keep it brief
You’ve done a lot of great things with your life, both professionally
and personally – but not every one of your achievements needs to be
listed in your resume. Keep it simple. The person reading your resume
has to go through several applicants, and if your resume is too long or too
dense, you’ll hurt your chances of making an impression.
Think of your resume like a snapshot–a single photograph can tell
a detailed, vivid story without needing extraneous details. Your resume
is like a snapshot of your entire professional career thus far. It’s like
highlight reel that shows only the best of the best.
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The best resumes are a single page, if possible. It’s entirely okay to
spill over onto two pages if necessary, but it’s always a good idea to have
a one-page version of your resume ready to go in case an employer specifies that they only want to see one-page resumes.
Be honest
There was a time when “everybody” exaggerated on their resumes,
but that was before Google was invented. These days, employers and
clients can and will find out everything there is to know about a designer
before working with them, so resist the urge to embellish.
For one thing, if you’re caught in your own lie, it’s going to pretty
much nullify your chances of getting the job. But the other factor you
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have to consider is that employers are going to hold you to whatever skill
level you claim to have. If you can’t deliver the results they expect, the job
may not last long even if you get it.
Show your results
Make sure to be detailed when talking about your past work experiences and clients. Recruiters want to know what you did for past
employers, but it’s not enough to just list a bunch of tasks that you were
responsible for. You also want to include the results of your hard work.
Just saying that you helped a past client run a print campaign isn’t
going to excite anyone. But proving that your print designs helped drive
up sales and conversions will definitely get people’s attention. If you can
provide specific statistics to back up your claims, you’ll make a much
bigger impression.
Don’t resort to cliches
Unless you sell out stadium shows on a nightly basis or are somehow
living in feudal Japan, there’s no reason to ever call yourself a “design
rock star” or “design ninja”.
Recruiters hate this kind of stuff, and you won’t be the first designer
to try and dazzle them with how cool and witty you are. And in doing so,
you’ll automatically look the opposite of cool or witty – you’ll come off
as an annoying slave to trends.
Edit, edit, edit
When you’re done writing your resume, you’re not actually done
writing your resume. You still have to edit for spelling, grammar and
clar ity.
Automatic spellcheckers aren’t infallible, and don’t always account for
phrasing and proper nouns. You’ll want to make sure the names of your
references and past employers are all spelled correctly. Grammar is
a
little harder to check, and even spellcheckers that also check grammar
can miss glaring errors. It helps to read your resume out loud; when
something doesn’t sound right, it can be an indication that the grammar
is off. This also helps you catch omitted words.
If you don’t feel comfortable with checking your own work, have
someone else do it for you. This is a good idea even if you do feel
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confident in your own abilities as an editor; a second pair of eyes will
often catch something you never noticed before.
Designing Your Resume use the tools of your trade
Put away Microsoft Word for now. When creating the look of your
resume, whip out design software such as InDesign or Illustrator. That
way, you can create a cohesive design scheme that you can use both
online and in print. This also helps make it easier for employers and
clients to bridge the gap between your print resume and your online portfolio, since they have a similar visual brand.
Make it your own
Your resume design is an opportunity to show potential employers
and clients a bit of your personality, both as a person and a designer. It
gives the people you want to work with a chance to get a feeling for
whether you fit in with their culture and identity.
Showing people your true personality is a bit of a risk. After all, there’s
a chance you might not be the sort of person they want to work with. But
that’s okay. In the long run, you’re going to have more success working for
clients who understand and appreciate you and your work. It’s better to be
rejected for being yourself than to try and fake a completely made-up
persona [pǝʹsǝunǝ] because you think it’s what employers are looking for.
Be smart about your colour choices
Unlike other professionals, graphic designers get to inject some colour
and personality into their resumes. This can be highly advantageous, as
different colours can invoke different emotions from your audience.
Using the right colours in your resume can help you play to the recruiter’s
emotions. For example, the colour blue evokes feelings of security and
stability, which would therefore make you seem like a secure choice for
the job.
Whitespace makes it easier to quickly scan for information, which
means that all the important points you make in your resume and cover
letter have a better chance of actually being seen. Use lists to break up
information and keep paragraphs brief.
When your resume is a wall of text, it exhausts the eye and makes the
recruiter miss out on a lot of the most important points because they’re
not reading every single word.
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Distributing your resume. Send a digital copy in PDF
format
Depending on the situation, you may have to send a digital copy of
your resume to potential employers. In this case, PDF is the best format.
Why PDF? Well for starters, you never know what kind of office program
your employer is used to, and there’s a chance that a text document that
looks fine on your computer will not look the same on theirs due to
compatibility issues. Sure, most people can open a
.doc file, but it’s
a somewhat unpredictable format depending on what program a person
uses to open it.
Use high quality paper stock
You’re asking employers and clients to invest in you as a designer; the
least you can do is invest a little in yourself. Make your resume really pop
by using high quality paper stock. If a recruiter can simply feel the
difference between your resume and everybody else’s, it will be a huge
help towards getting it to the top of the pile.
Just like any other print media, the feel of your resume can say a lot
about you to potential employers. A weak, flimsy stock portrays the
message that you’re a weak, flimsy designer, even if that’s not the case.
Show it off to someone who isn’t a designer
There’s a good chance that the person who will be reading your resume
first is someone who works in HR (Human Resources – управление
кадрами), not a fellow graphic designer. Even design firms have HR
people who might know enough about the business to know what to look
for in an employee, but not so much that they’re going to appreciate every
little design idea you implement.
It’s worth having a second set of eyes review your resume – this is true
for any person looking for a job in any field. But in the case of graphic
designers, you should try to find someone who isn’t a fellow designer.
This will give you a better understanding of how your resume will be
received by your typical person off the street.
Don’t stop at one resume design
It’s always a good idea to have multiple versions of your resume
available to suit any career situation you might encounter. This is
especially important if you like to do work in certain industries or if
you’re particularly skilled in one area of design. Try having a standard
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resume that will work for any occasion and a separate resume that’s
specially designed for clients and employers in your field of interest.
(https://www.designyourway.net)
USEFUL TIPS FOR ENGLISH LEARNER
2. Study the following information and be ready to fill in your
applications for employment.
1. Personal Information
Full name: name, the first word of patronymic, surname;
address (house, street, apartment, city, index, country);
phone and email;
date of birth;
civil status (marital status) married, single, divorced, no children;
2. Objective
1) Start with a strong trait, add 2–3 skills, describe your career goals,
and say what you hope to do for the company.
2) State the position to which you’re applying and use the name of
the company.
3) Keep it short: 2–3 sentences or 30–50 words is the sweet spot.
4) Avoid first-person pronouns.
3. Education
Indicate your profession, be sure to include the name of educational
institutions, years, specialty, faculty, high school, city, country; different
courses.
4. Work Experience
Your career history is presented in reverse date order starting with the
most reset appointment (year – to present, place of the work with address).
5. Responsibilities
1) One must give a clear understanding about the tasks he / she has
been accountable for at his current as well as previous organizations.
2) In the resume, a candidate should mention the different job
responsibilities handled by him against the different job titles he held
at various organizations he was employed at. Special emphasis should
be laid on the key job responsibilities undertaken by the candidate at
different positions.
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6. Skill s
Include (computer skills, foreign languages, skills, and any other
recent training that is relevant for the role applied for).
7. R efe r ences: available upon request.
References section is at the end of the resume.
Letters of Reference are available upon request.
8. Additional Information
Take your resume to the next level by including information that
supports and reinforces your qualifications (driving licence, foreign passport, readiness for business trips).
9. Personal characteristics
One or two referees who know you well, have worked with you can
vouch for you to the prospective employer. Be sure to include full contact
information for each of your references. Find specific, rather then general
to illustrate important points of yourself. (e. g. stress-resistant, work well
in a team and individually, critical thinking, problem solving, interpersonal skills, outgoing, memory skills etc.)
PROGECT WORK
3. Look at different variants of resume (Add. 4, fig. 8) and create
your own.
JOB INTERVIEW
4. Read the text Job Interview and say how you can avoid mistakes
being interviewed.
It’s a good idea to read through these dos and dontʼs for job seekers to
be sure that they don’t make any mistakes.
Don’t chew gum
•• It looks very unprofessional to be chewing gum. If you are worried
about having bad breath, suck on some strong mints before you go in.
Also, don’t take any food into the interview, even if you aren’t planning
on eating it there.
Don’t smoke
•• This should be obvious that you wouldn’t smoke during a job interview.
If you do smoke, make sure that you don’t smell like it when you go inside.
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Turn your cell phone off
•• Definitely don’t ever answer your phone during a job interview.
Your phone should also be turned off so you don’t hear an embarrassing
and distracting ring during the interview. You also should not pick up
your phone either to look for messages or send them.
Give a firm handshake
•• It’s important to be able to give a proper handshake. When you
shake someone’s hand, make sure it is firm, but do not try to crush the
other person’s hand. Make sure you look the other person in the eye and
smile while shaking hands.
Sit and walk with good posture
•• It’s important that you sit up straight and stand straight while
walking.
Move at a fairly quick pace as well. Employers don’t want to
see anyone who looks tired and slow.
Smile
•• It’s a fact that smiling makes other people happy and comfortable
around you.
Make eye contact with the employer
•• When you are talking, make sure to look the employer in the eyes.
It makes you look more confident.
Also, when you look someone in the
eyes while speaking it makes you look like you are telling the truth.
Don’t interrupt
•• Even if the employer is talking too much, let them finish and don’t
try to interrupt them. Simply wait for them to finish and then you will
have a chance to say something.
Don’t fidget
•• Don’t play around with your hands or papers or anything.
It will
make you look nervous. Just try to sit still with good posture and smile.
Don’t look around the room
•• If you are looking around the room and not at the employer, you
will seem like you are bored or you are not paying attention.
Do you
think someone would want to hire you if it seems like your mind is always
on other things and you can’t listen?
Don’t wear too much make-up
•• For a female, wearing make-up is ok but do it in good taste. Don’t
wear too much.
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Don’t wear too much jewelry
•• For women, watch, ring, and earrings are ok.
For men, watch and
ring is ok.
Cover up any tattoos if you have them
•• If you have any tattoos it’s a good idea to cover them up.
Make sure you are very well groomed
•• Obviously you want to look clean, but make sure your hair looks
good, you’ve cut your fingernails well, and paid extra attention to your
grooming. Being neat and groomed is important for the company image.
Even if you were very smart and good at what you do, companies don’t
want people who are going to embarrass them by not looking their best.
(http://www.china232.com/business_english)
5. Imagine you are being interviewed for a new job. Every interviewer is different and their questions may vary. Answer the
questions:
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. How would you describe yourself?
What makes your unique?
3.
4. Why do you want to work here?
5. Why are you leaving your current job?
6.
What are your goals for the future?
7. Where do you see yourself in five years?
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