Curriculum Vitae

A CV contains in brief all information about you that is relevant for the job: personal information, education, work experience etc. The CV shows what qualifications and experiences you have that make you an ideal candidate for the position.

Structure and Content

• Personal Information
  name, address, phone number, email, nationality, date of birth
• Summary of Qualifications (where appropriate)
• Work Experiences (current experiences first)
  period of time, company name and address, position, brief description of your responsibilities and achievements
• Education and Training (current experiences first)
  period of time, name of institution, qualifications
• Further Information
  other skills (e.g. foreign language skills), additional information that may support your objective and qualifications

Tips

Marital status and place of birth are irrelevant for applications in the UK or USA. Neither should you give information on your primary or secondary school education if you already have plenty of work experience.

Cover Letter

In most cases, the cover letter is your first contact with potential employers. Use this opportunity to make a strong and convincing impression, otherwise you may not get the attention you want.

Before writing, ask yourself why you are the right person for the job.

• Which of your qualities might be essential for the job?
• What contributions can you make to the company?

In your cover letter, emphasise why you are the ideal candidate for the position.

Structure and Content

• Introduction
  Mention where you found out about the job offer and show interest in the position.
• Details
  Give reasons for your application: Why are you the ideal candidate? What relevant qualifications, experiences do you have? (Important: refer to the requirements given in the job description.)
• Conclusion
  Demonstrate your interest in the position once more.

Note

Even if there are hundreds of experiences that you wish to emphasise on, keep your cover letter short (no longer than 1 page). Employers usually have to read lots of applications and usually cannot afford spending all day reading lengthy cover letters.

When writing a cover letter, keep to following rules:

• Write an interesting cover letter that impresses the employer.
• Emphasise on qualifications and experiences that are relevant for the job. Explain why you are the right person for the job.
• Avoid negative statements (e.g. I have no / very view experiences ...).

Halloween

O que significa Halloween?

Uma pergunta óbvia sobre o Halloween é, "O que a palavra significa?" O nome é, na realidade, uma versão encurtada de "All Hallows' Even"(Noite de Todos os Santos), a véspera do Dia de Todos os Santos (All Hallows' Day). "Hallow" é uma palavra do inglês antigo para "pessoa santa" e o dia de todas as "pessoas santas" é apenas um outro nome para Dia de Todos os Santos, o dia em que os católicos homenageiam todos os santos. Com o tempo, as pessoas passaram a se referir à Noite de Todos os Santos, "All Hallows' Even", como "Hallowe'en", e mais tarde simplesmente "Halloween".

Seguindo a tradição judaica, os cristãos consideram os dias santos do pôr do sol de um dia até o pôr do sol do dia seguinte. É daí que temos o costume de comemorar a véspera de Natal, de Ano Novo, etc. O antecessor direto do Halloween de hoje é a festividade que era iniciada no Dia de Todos os Santos, o qual começava ao pôr do sol do dia 31 de outubro.

Apesar de seu nome vir do Dia de Todos os Santos, o Halloween moderno é, na verdade, uma combinação de várias tradições diferentes. Na realidade, muitas das coisas que fazemos no Halloween antecedem completamente o cristianismo.

Some more slangs!

Miffle: Nothing.
Example: A. What are you doing? B. Miffle. 


Mint: Very cool. Everything's okay.
Example: That party was mint - good party.


Hack: To borrow something that you have no intention on paying back.
Example: Hey, lemme hack a cigarette from ya.


Half-cut: Drunk
Example: Kelly was so half-cut the other night she hit on Jay.

 

  

Some Humor