CONVERSATIONAL PRACTICE. 35. Speak about the engineering and its tools

35. Speak about the engineering and its tools. Use the information you’ve read in the TEXTS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING, the Active Vocabulary and the expressions below:

§ As far as I know…	§ I think you are right
§ I don’t think you are right	§ I think it is a good idea
§ It would be better to…	§ I like… /I quite like…/I really like…
§ It is very important to…	§ I don’t mind…

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WRITING THE CVs (RESUME)

СОСТАВЛЕНИЕ РЕЗЮМЕ

Резюме играет огромную роль. Хорошо составленное резюме должно давать полное представление о Вашем трудовом опыте, образовании и о других деловых качествах, чтобы потенциальный работодатель (employer) мог судить о Вашей квалификации. От четкости и информативности резюме во многом зависят Ваши шансы быть принятым на работу или учебу. Часто вместо слова «resume» используют аббревиатуру CV (Curriculum Vitae), что в переводе с латыни обозначает «ход жизни».

Резюме обычно состоит из следующих основных частей:

1. Личная информация / Personal information

2. Цель / Objective

3. Образование / Education

4. Профессиональный опыт /Work Experience, или Employment

5. Специальные навыки / Special skills

6. Рекомендации / References

Personal Information

Напишите полностью свое имя и фамилию, укажите адрес, телефон (вместе с кодом страны и города); электронную почту. Если в России сначала указывают фамилию, затем имя и отчество, то в англоговорящих странах сначала указывают имя, затем — первую букву отчества, и только потом — фамилию.

Objective

Следует указать не только желаемую должность, но и в одном-двух предложениях объяснить, почему вы считаете свою кандидатуру наиболее подходящей.

Education

Пишите о том, какой вуз вы окончили. Название учебного заведения сокращать не принято. Укажите факультет и специальность, месяц и год окончания учебного заведения, средний балл аттестата.

Work Experience, или Employment

Обычно указывают не более трех последних мест работы. Укажите полностью название компании, свою должность, отдел, в котором вы трудились. Перечислите свои основные должностные обязанности.

Special skills

В разделе специальных навыков нужно указать:

а) знание иностранных языков и уровень этих знаний.

б) уровень компьютерной грамотности.

в) наличие водительских прав (driver’s license)

г) опыт воинской службы, если он есть и если он может иметь отношение к вашей предполагаемой работе.

References

Обычно рекомендаций должно быть как минимум две, и не от коллег, а от непосредственных начальников. Укажите конкретные лица, которые могут рекомендовать вас, напишите полностью имя, должность, место работы и контактную информацию ваших поручителей.

36. Here are some samples of CV. Look through them in order to compose your own CV:

Sample 1

На должность администратора /секретаря

JASON DAWSON

235 White Road

San-Francisco, California 029992

+ 01 (245) 987-6543

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain an administrative assistant position which would utilize my administrative skills and offer opportunity for growth.

EDUCATION:

Technical College of San-Francisco September 1988 — May 1991

EMPLOYMENT:

6/94 to present

The Institute of Medical Care; San-Francisco

Unit Secretary, Child and Adolescent Unit — Responsible for maintaining patient charts, entering patient data on database, transcribing medication orders, tracking and paging medical personnel. Relaying patient records to other treatment facilities and fielding incoming phone calls.

10/91 to 5/94

University of National Law; San-Francisco

Administrator, Registrar's Office

— Answered telephones, filed documents, produced letters for certification and deferment, proctored exams. Registered students for courses, proofread grade sheets, registration materials, exams and course schedules, computed grade point average, Interacted with students, faculty and staff.

SPECIAL SKILLS:

Languages: English – mother tongue, German – beginning

Computer literate: word-processing (Word Perfect & Word for Windows), Spreadsheet (Lotus 1-2-3)

Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.

REFERENCES:

Available upon request

Sample 2

На должность маркетингового аналитика

ELENA K. PETROVA

0/01-1000 Neizvestnaya St., Moscow

Tel. (home): + 7 (095) 000-0000

E-mail:[email protected]

OBJECTIVE:

A full-time position as a Market Analyst, where a motivated high-energy team player capable of individual initiative will contribute to the efficiency and profitability of the company.

EDUCATION:

September, 1991 – June, 1996: Institute of International Economic Affaires, Finance Academy (Moscow)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

June, 1998 – present

Procter & Gamble, Junior Marketing Manager, Cosmetics department:

— register clients’ orders on the data base;

— analyze the efficiency of sales;

Area of work: My duties are to provide the Head of Marketing Department with the relevant information about the market of cosmetic goods in Moscow, about costs’ dynamics and to maintain the clients’ data base.

September, 1995 — June, 1998

Milling Ltd, Specialist in advertising and marketing:

— Development of advertising strategy of the company;

— Copywriting advertising information;

— Clients data base administration.

Area of work: During my work for Milling Ltd I developed advertising profile for the company, created its corporate web site and conducted constant analysis of relevant markets in Russia.

SPECIAL SKILLS:

Languages:Russian — Mother tongue, English — fluent at the Advanced level, French – fluent at the Intermediate level.

Computer literate: Windows 95/98/NT, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, CorelDraw, HTML.

Clerical: Typing 20 wpm.

Other: A professional Internet user. Have a driving license and prepared to be as mobile as necessary to provide the best performance.

REFERENCES:

Available upon request

WRITING PRACTICE

Sir … or Madam…

§ I’d like to apply for a position as a … § I've been interested in working in … § I can offer many skills, for example … § I'm available for interview from …

§ communicative § hard-working § strong academical qualifications § enthusiastic § team-player § leading qualities § competence § flexibility § receptive § a strong command of (language)

§ acquired § achieved § established § assisted § coordinated (a project) § developed (a new way of working) § delivered (the project on time) initiated (a new system)

37. Compose your own CV. The phrases below and the Action Verbs will help you:

Action Verbs

Action verbs should be used abundantly throughout your resume and cover letters to promote your achievements. They help make a strong impression.

Management	Communication	Research	Technical	Teaching
achieved	arranged	clarified	analyzed	adapted
administered	drafted	collected	assembled	advised
analyzed	developed	conceived	built	clarified
consolidated	defined	critiqued	calculated	coached
coordinated	directed	detected	computed	coordinated
decided	edited	diagnosed	designed	defined
developed	formulated	disproved	devised	developed
executed	interpreted	evaluated	engineered	enabled
improved	moderated	examined	fabricated	encouraged
incorporated	motivated	extracted	inspected	evaluated
increased	negotiated	identified	maintained	explained
inspired	persuaded	inspected	operated	facilitated
managed	promoted	interpreted	overhauled	guided
organized	reported	interviewed	programmed	informed
planned	researched	investigated	remodeled	initiated
produced	summarized	organized	repaired	instructed
reported	spoke	researched	solved	presented
reviewed	translated	searched	trained	stimulated
scheduled	wrote	studied	upgraded	trained
strengthened		systematized		updated
Financial	Creative	Helping	Clerical or Detail
administered	acted	advised	activated
analyzed	applied	assisted	assembled
appraised	composed	coordinated	approved
balanced	created	demonstrated	arranged
calculated	designed	diagnosed	classified
compared	developed	educated	collected
computed	directed	encouraged	described
developed	established	facilitated	edited
estimated	evaluated	guided	executed
managed	formed	helped	implemented
marketed	founded	inspired	maintained
planned	integrated	maintained	monitored
projected	invented	modified	observed
reevaluated	originated	performed	organized
reconciled	performed	referred	prepared
researched	presented	represented	published