ENGLISH FOR WORKPLACES 求職英文. Agenda Grouping Employment/Job Searching Resume/Curriculum Vitae Top Resume Mistakes Personal Statement Wikispaces.

ENGLISH FOR WORKPLACES

求職英文

Agenda

Grouping Employment/Job Searching Resume/Curriculum Vitae Top Resume Mistakes Personal Statement Wikispaces

Grouping

Find your group members Form a group of 4-5 Discuss your group presentation

topic for this semester Arrange office meeting time

Employment

Warm-up discussion (p. 9) Picture A Picture B Your ideal job Basic interview skill (link)

Advertising a position

Want ad (p.14) Graphic designer wanted

Employment website- Job bank

104 人力銀行 http://www.104.com.tw/ 518 人力銀行 http://www.518.com.tw/ 1111 人力銀行 http://www.1111.com.tw/ ChinaJob.com http://www.chinajob.com/ JobStreet.com http://jp.jobstreet.com/ Best Jobs Australia

http://www.bestjobsau.com/ Monster http://jobsearch.monster.com/ Job Bank USA

http://www.jobbankusa.com/

Applying for a job

Cover letter/Job application email (p.15)

Resume (p. 17) Autobiography or personal statement

(if needed)

Cover letter

A cover letter is a letter of introduction attached to, or accompanying another document such as a resume

Resume

A resume is a summary of your education and work experience that you send with a cover letter or application email when you apply for a job (p.21)

Resume guidelines

Your resume is generally your first introduction to an employer

It should be written with great care and consideration

Your resume is your marketing brochure, showcasing those skills, achievements, and qualification required

Resume categories

Identification/Personal Information Objective Education Work experience Skills/Additional qualification Professional affiliation

Top resume mistakes

Typos and grammatical errors Lack of specifics Attempting one size fits all Highlight duties instead of

accomplishments Going on too long or cutting things

too short

Top resume mistakes (Con’t) A bad objective No action verbs Leaving off important information Visually too busy Incorrect contact information

Relevant videos & links

How to write a resume (link) How to get a job : Creative resume writing

(link) Perfect CV/resume: Tips, lay-out,

wording (link) Cover letter assistance (link) Cover letter for resume (link) 投履歷表絕對不能忘 cover letter (link) Cover letter/job letter 解釋 (link)

Curriculum vitae

A CV concentrates on academic pursuit and de-emphasizes materials not directly related to education background and achievement

Different use between UK, US, Canada, European Union (link)

Personal statement

A personal statement should introduce you to your perspective employer and provide information about your personality and goals

Personal statements should reflect on the applicant positively while making him/her stand out

Personal statement (Con’t)

How to write a personal statement for a job application form (link1) (link2)

Job application: Personal statements (link) What you should include in a personal

statement (link)

Wikispaces

Website http://www.wikispaces.com/ Wiki tutorial (link1) (link2) Wikispaces is a place where one can

write, discuss, and build web pages together

Sing up now

Issues for discussion

【願景工程‧搶救人才】從德教育雙軌制 看台灣技職體系

德國強盛經濟與精良工藝，與德國雙軌職訓傳統密不可分，專業的技術人力，一百六十萬的 技職大軍，更是讓德國這個超級引擎擁有動能的強力柴火。台灣的大學生技術能力不足，很 難上手，於是企業引進師徒制，自己栽培實作力強又心細的「學士黑手」。 (Link)

Q&A

Thank you very much for your listening!