Write Your English Resume

Many people learn English because they need it to help find work. Having a resume or CV in English can also help you and help to display your English skills, but writing a resume isn't easy.

In today's activity you are going to create an English resume using a tool that will help you with the structure and the wording of your resume.

Task:

• Go to: http://www.howtowritearesume.net/ and click on 'Start Your Resume Now'. You will need to register to use the site, but this is quite quick, especially if you already have a Yahoo or Google account.
• Once you have registered the 'Resume Builder' will take you through the steps involved in creating your resume. First, you can start to add your details to the resume

• You will then be asked to add a headline. If you click on the template tab you will get some suggestions for the wording of this.

• You can then add details about your education, work history, achievements, qualifications etc. Again you can get help wording these where you see the template tab. You just select the appropriate words from the structure.

• Finally, when you get to the format stage you can either download you resume as a text file (then edit on your computer using a word processor) or html (if you want to put it on a website)
• You can also post it to a range of free job searching websites, but only do this if you are serious about finding work and your information is true.

I hope you have enjoyed creating your English resume. Here are some more Business English Activities.

Related links for teachers:

• The StockNews Game
• Using 'How to' videos
• Advertisement Project
• Multimedia Business Simulation
• Becoming a citizen journalist
• Video conferencing for EFL
• Make your own chat room

Best

Nik Peachey

Create an Online CV in English

The ability to speak English well and to use computers are definitely both big advantages when applying for a job, so why not highlight those advantages by creating an online English CV that allows you to show off your portfolio of English and ICT skills.


You can do this using a free website called Visual CV. Creating your online CV is also a good way to practice your English and think about the things that you would want to tell a potential employer.

Task:

• So the first thing you need to do is got to the http://www.visualcv.com website, take a look at the tour and then register for a free account.

• Once you have done this you can start to fill out information about yourself, add images, documents and videos.
• You can create a private CV that only specific people access, or you can have a public one that you can share thorugh social networks.
• You can choose the types of information your CV includes

When you create your public CV be sure not to include your home address or telephone number. Only give this information to potential employers.

Happy job hunting!

Hope you find this useful. Come back tomorrow for more EFL ESL learning activities.

Best

Nik Peachey