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Are you a graduate, postgraduate or PhD student? Are you simply looking for a new job in the private or public sector, in research or industry? If your aim is to produce a professional CV or resume, then this book is for you. Based on interviews with recruiters and HR managers, and an analysis of hundreds of CVs from around 40 different countries, the book is structured as a series of FAQs.Topics covered includehow recruiters and HR people analyse a CVwhether using a template is a good ideathe difference between a CV and a resumehow to present your personal details and whether to include a photohow to write an Executive Summarywhat to write in each section Education, Work Experience, Skills, Personal Interestshow to write dateshow to highlight your language, communication and team skillshow to get and write referencesYou will also learn some hints and strategies for writing acover letterLinkedIn profilereference letterbioThe last chapter of the book contains a simple template to help you get the job of your dreams!,.
About the Author
Adrian Wallwork is a published author (ELT and EAP) who lives and works in Pisa, Italy. He has written 20 books on academic / professional English for Springer Science (1.35 million chapter downloads) , four general English books for the BBC, four course books ( WBs and TBs) for Oxford University Press, four discussion books for Cambridge University Press and Scholastic, as well as grammar manuals and phrasebooks for Rizzoli, De Agostini and Vallardi.2019 saw the publication of five books in his new series of Discussion books, with a further five to be published in 2020. For details: tefldiscussions.com Adrian is the owner of English for Academics (e4ac.com) a scientific editing agency that revises and edits research manuscripts. E4AC edit around 1.5 million words per year for clients in China, England, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, and Vietnam.Adrian also teaches academic/scientific English to international PhD students. His personal mission is also to teach the 350 million native English speakers to communicate more effectively (i.e. to speak slowly and clearly) to the 1.8 billion non-native speakers is finally off the ground. In 2018 he published a book on this topic, Communicating in English Across Borders, with Business Expert Press - the first ever of its kind.
