I. Resume types

1. Chinese style

Resumes of China people usually include political views, personality, height and weight.

If you submit your resume in both Chinese and English, it is recommended that you don't write political features in Chinese, because if you work in a foreign company, the less political background, the better, at least there is no need for foreigners to know.

Personality is a subjective thing, and experienced recruiters will never believe anyone's own personality, because it is not a hard thing, unlike education and skills. If someone thinks that the company wants to recruit a more active person, write a cheerful personality on the resume. Some people really believe that they are cheerful, and some people think they should write it? Pleasure is better, but not necessary.

Height and weight, when applying for a foreign job, you don't need to write it, because it belongs to special privacy and doesn't seem to understand foreign culture.

2. Hong Kong style

Resume writing skills books published in Hong Kong require writing age and marital status, and job seekers are also required to write salary status and expected salary in newspaper advertisements. These are all privacy issues, but American resumes do not require such information.

3. British style

It's close to Hong Kong style, but the personal information is not as much as Hong Kong style. It's long but not detailed, so I won't comment too much here.

4. American style

It is quite popular in large international companies, and one page is our key reference style. There are more than a dozen resume writing formats in the United States, and some books have published hundreds of samples, but this style we introduced is more popular with big American companies. For example, investment banks, international consulting companies, industrial companies, manufacturing companies and marketing companies on Wall Street all adopt this style. At the same time, we also refer to three famous schools: Harvard Business School, Wharton Business School and Columbia Business School. The resume samples of the college are similar in style, mainly from Harvard Business School.

Second, resume essentials

1. How do recruiters identify resumes?

Well written, of course. If your background is badly needed by the company, you may meet job seekers soon. If you can't write well, throw it away In fact, you don't even read it. In any well-known big company, hundreds of people hand in their resumes every day. If they are not well written, they are not worth saving at all. Because of this? Some companies think that if a person can't even write a resume well, the quality of foreign language writing is not enough when he enters the company in the future; One thing I can't say clearly internally. The company certainly doesn't want such a person. People often say that people in big companies are well-trained and practical? In fact, this is one of them. Even if you don't enter a big company, your resume is not well written, and you will appear to be ignorant of the basic format and have no wisdom.

Elis.

Your resume is scanned, not read. ("YRIS"). On the one hand, the resume should be well written, on the other hand, the recruiter only scans the resume, which takes about 5 seconds at first, and then throws it away if it is not well written. Here you will ask "well written". What if he can't see it for a short time? "Don't worry, they can tell, because recruiters do it every day. If you doubt that he can't say it, explain two points: First, are you satisfied with the nature of the recruiter's work? I don't understand. Suppose you are a driver and often walk through so many hutongs in Beijing, you will naturally remember, but most people will find it difficult to remember. Second, you are not familiar with the writing format and professional writing image. We know that there are many jobs in America? A tall boss can point out a little mistake in time when reading what his subordinates wrote, even if he changed a font, missed a comma and added an extra space, it shows that their eyes are sharp and their speed is fast. If you doubt it? If you are not familiar with this field, then you need to do a lot of work. Even if you enter this company, you should work hard in this respect, otherwise, it will be difficult to become a qualified member of them. Besides, Elis? It also shows that don't write too much and keep it within one page, because no one will read your resume carefully. About these two points, we will sometimes mention them later.

Anything in the resume may become a topic in the interview.

Write when you are sure, don't write when you are not sure, seek truth from facts and never exaggerate. Lying is the most taboo for foreign companies. Once you make him think that you are lying, you are disqualified from entering this company. Like you? Your resume says that you can speak Japanese, so be careful when you meet people who know Japanese. Some foreigners sent abroad may not speak Chinese, but many people can speak one or two foreign languages and may bump into others.

Third, the format structure

Including the header, education, work experience and personal information.

If you already have a full-time job, you must put your work experience first (that is, "after the header part"); If you are still a student at school, you should put your education first. For example, an American business school graduate, I have worked in a big company for three years, and I have been promoted continuously, and I have never changed my job. Because of his new boss, he wants to change jobs. The headhunter asked him to send his resume, but there was no news for several days. He asked why. Looking around, I finally found his resume in the resume of the student class. It turned out that he used the format of student resume and was regarded as a student at school. So, as an on-the-job person, if you put your education first, people will be rude to you? Attach importance to.

Title part

1. Name

There are seven ways to write it:

Example: 1) Yang Li

2) Yang Li

3) Yang Li

4) Yang Li (Li Yang)

5) Li and Yang

6) Li Yang

7) Li Yang

We think there are acceptable reasons, or suitable occasions, such as the fourth one-Yang Li (Li Yang), which is very convenient for recruiting personnel, especially if the personnel manager is from China, and the tone is wrong or the name is unclear, which will be very embarrassing; However, the standard, popular and established name writing in resumes of foreign-funded companies is the second kind, Yang Li.

After consulting a large number of resumes of China people, we found a very noteworthy place, that is, someone spelled his surname in Cantonese. For example, Wang writes about Wang and Li writes about Li. I want to tell you two things here? First, this is only the spelling of Hong Kong people, not the international spelling; Second, when you apply for a passport abroad in the future, the Public Security Bureau will not approve you to use Cantonese Pinyin. However, we have also met some China people who have been abroad. Because of this, their surnames are different from those in Chinese Pinyin for different reasons. Our suggestion is not to use writing methods other than hanyu pinyin.

In addition, it is also found that it is very undesirable for a small number of people to use foreign surnames, such as Mary Smith. Because if you take a foreigner's surname, others will think you are a foreigner, or your father is a foreigner, or you are married to a foreigner. And English is a very common and elegant name? Convenient, especially when the first letter of the name pinyin is Q, X or Z, it is difficult for foreigners to pronounce it correctly. There is a gentleman named Han Qiang whose business card is printed with John Han, which is convenient for Chinese and foreign people to address him.

Between the first name and the last name, if there is an English name, you can add it or not, or use pinyin initials. The above example: John Q. Han.

There are also four ways to write the name of two words.

Example: 1) Xiao Feng

2) Qiao Feng

3) Xiaofeng

4) Xiao Feng

List four kinds, we suggest using the third one, Xiaofeng, which is the simplest and most convenient. Everyone knows it's a first name, not a last name, or they may mistake your last name for Xiao.

2. Address

I will write about China after Beijing. Many people say, "Who doesn't know Beijing?" However, the country name should be added to the complete address and global mailing address, but it is not necessary to use PRC, because China is simple and clear. What's the postal code? It must be spelled between the province name and the country name, at least before China, because it is the postcode of China.

make a telephone call

The style of writing is very particular. The phone numbers in China's movies are often unclear and unprofessional. I want to remind you of a few points.

1) must be preceded by an area code, such as (86- 10). Because you are applying for a job in a foreign company, your resume will probably be faxed to London and new york. People don't know your area code and don't have time to look it up. What if another job seeker? There is an area code on the mobile phone, so the recruiter is likely to communicate with this person first. In addition, "user-friendliness" is very popular abroad, that is, trying to create convenience for each other, especially when looking for a job, we should deepen this awareness. Explain with the thinking logic of China people, "You begged him, not he begged you". .

2) Add a "-"between 8 numbers, such as 6505-2266. In this way, it is easier to read and dial, otherwise, the first call may be dialed wrong.

3) Add a space between the area code and the brackets after the number, such as (86- 10) 6505-2266. This is the prescribed format of English writing, which many people ignore or even don't know.

4) When writing or informing others about mobile phones, there are certain norms, and the "4-3-4 principle" should be used, such as "1380-135-1234". Some people read six words and five words, which will lead to two results: first, the more words? The more difficult it is to remember everything, or even make mistakes, reducing efficiency, and some people still watch express delivery; Secondly, some people conclude that this is the reading method of Taiwan Province people, with a strong local color. We pursue international norms.

5) Never leave your fax number in the office, lest everyone in the office know that you want to quit. If you have a fax number at home, you'd better tell the other party. In case he can't find you, you can send a few words, which is faster. When the other party issues an employment letter or materials in the future? , more convenient. Don't wait for the future. From now on, we should cultivate the awareness of "user-friendliness" and make it convenient for each other everywhere.

6) Leave a message phone is very popular abroad. Some people buy voicemail to find a job. By the way, this is the news culture. China people, even many Asians, are not used to leaving messages on mobile phones, but communicating with international businesses and cultures? With the increase, more and more people are willing to leave messages on their mobile phones, and their message-leaving skills are getting higher and higher.

7) Old people at home try to write messages. It often happens that when you go out, your friend calls, and when you come back, your mother tells you, "Someone called for you today." You ask, "Who's here?" Generally, she will only tell you: "it's a man" or "it's a woman", when you ask "why don't you ask his phone number?" My mother often answers, "I hung up before I asked him." I want to say two things here: first, communicate with parents? The way to write a message is how to answer the phone and how to write a message; Second, there is a traditional concept of China. In the past, only the office had a telephone, and callers usually asked you for business. People who answer the phone always think? Live high and get into the habit. This habit is popular even among the younger generation. When many people answer the phone, if they fail to recognize each other in time, they often start with a cold tone. Here, us? Advice to the whole society: Anyone who calls you may be your friend, colleague or partner. Even if they don't have it at present, most of them may become one of them in the future, so we must treat every call with enthusiasm? . In addition, think about it from another angle: if you call someone and the other person has the same attitude, how will you feel? We should advocate polite and enthusiastic telephone language in the whole society, which will be mentioned in our future special lectures.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) education

1. Time should be reversed.

The latest education should be at the forefront.

2. The name of the school should be capitalized and bold.

This is convenient for recruiters to quickly identify your academic qualifications, and the principle of "YRIS" is used here.

3. Place names are aligned to the right, and all are capitalized and bold.

China must be written after the place name. For example, the spelling of Haikou is very similar to Hokkaido, Japan. Those who read resumes may be foreigners, and those who don't know can't tell which country it is. Is it okay? It's a good thing that you have been abroad, but if the place you are going to is not very famous and you don't add the name of the country, people won't realize it. In short, it is no use, which has caused some inconvenience and inefficiency. Do everything from the most comprehensive and perfect point of view? Set out. However, it should be pointed out that the American state name is not written in the resume of Harvard Business School, because the American state name has been widely circulated all over the world and has been recognized by people.

4. Education

If you are studying, it is more rigorous to start with the candidates; If you have graduated, you can put your academic title first. See the sample for details.

5. Social welfare work

As a class cadre, only write the position; Have participated in a club association, and indicate the position and club name. If there is no position, write "club member". Clubs and associations are generally used abroad. You don't have to write down the date and work details, some can be left for work experience.

By the way, the translation of several titles:

1) display. Monitor is very popular in China, but monitor is very common abroad, which is more international; In addition, using the YRIS principle, it looks a little bigger.

2) Secretary of the Youth League branch. A secretary is ok, but when dealing with foreigners, if you join a purely commercial organization, the less political background, the better. Usually a class is a branch. Can we use the CIA? Ss means branch. It's not appropriate to use a secretary in class. You might as well use the president. In a sense, the role of the monitor and the secretary of the League branch is the same. But what if the two go hand in hand? Driving, it is better to use the co-president. Moreover, if you write about the president, the monitor may be unhappy when someone asks him. In order to handle the relationship well, we might as well be modest and use the vice president. This will have little possibility of side effects.

3) Vice President. It is the most appropriate and common to use vice president abroad.

6. scholarships

Generally summed up in one sentence. If there is more than one, try to summarize it in one sentence. But if it is a student resume, there are other ways to deal with it, which we will explain in the section of "Student Resume".

7. Achievements

If it is not in the top five, it is recommended not to write. Because if you are in the top five, I feel that you are not the best student. Once written, someone will chase after you and embarrass you.

Personal data of intransitive verbs

1. Name

There are four ways to write it: personal, personal information, other information and additional information. Whether it is education, work experience or personal data, you can capitalize the first letter, capitalize all letters, and lowercase all letters. Is the standard format of Harvard Business School all words? Lowercase has been used in mainstream commercial society for many years. In addition, the name can be written on the far left or in the middle.

2. Language

There are several levels. Native speakers refer to their mother tongue; Strictly speaking, fluency in is more fluent; English as a working language is not very fluent, but it is more reliable; Don't write some knowledge if you are not sure. In an interview, language is the easiest and easiest to be tested. Once you fail in the exam, he will think that you are lying, and even think that the whole article contains many lies. Foreign companies will not hire people who lie or are suspected of lying.

3. Computer

China people like to use "familiarity". "Familiarity" is a weak word in both Chinese and English resumes, which means that you are not skilled and don't use it often. If several softwares, some skilled and some familiar, suggest? Write only the software name. Never write anything that is completely uncertain or unfamiliar. Don't think that you won't be tested without a computer, and he will also test you on one or two key usages. If you really use it often, you might as well use "frequency?" T users.

4. Qualification certificate

The most important thing to note is that some people usually translate certified public accountants into CPA, but all countries in the world have their own CPA, and some of them do not recognize each other, so be sure to write down the country and indicate the year of admission.

There are some hobbies, which can show a certain quality or write, such as piano exam.

Should TOEFL, GRE and GMAT be written? Which one should I write? We suggest not writing at all. Because most foreign companies are reluctant to hire people who are going abroad.

5. Hobbies and specialties

1) writing ability. Don't write if you are weak. The interviewer may be interested in which project, and sometimes he will talk to you, especially after several or more interviews. Some recruiters like to talk about some light topics. Used to be your weakness? Most people will be embarrassed, show embarrassment and lose confidence, which is not good for you. More importantly, he will think you are lying.

2) Write only two or three items. Because few people are strong in many ways. If you think you can play well, your standards may be lower. Of course, some people do play well in all kinds of things, but the average person doesn't? I believe that there are many personal advantages, so I don't need to write so much to avoid giving people a frivolous feeling.

3) Don't write about specific hobbies, such as sports, music and reading. Others don't know what you like, or make people feel that you have no real hobbies at all. To make matters worse, people will think your writing? The level of work is very poor.

4) Give a few words. For example, if you like to travel and some jobs require frequent business trips, it is very beneficial for you to write about travel. Some women write about cooking, which is also very realistic? Giving people a sense of sureness is always good for a position like a secretary.

Seven. work experience

First of all, I want to emphasize once again that for those who are working, experience should be written before academic qualifications, while for those who are at school, academic qualifications should be put before experience? Before.

1. time

1) Write the current work first and the time on the left, for example, write 1997- now. For details, please click on the sample resume of Harvard Business School. In addition, pay more attention to spelling, don't write present as president, or you will now? When you become president, how dare the boss hire you? This kind of "fish escaping from the net" can't be found by spelling check, so be especially careful. We'll talk about this later.

2) For previous works, only write the year, such as 1993- 1995. This writing method is mainly suitable for the following three situations: First, the working hours are earlier; Two, working time for more than two years; The third is to extend working hours skillfully. Like what? If you worked in a company from1997 65438+February to1998 65438+1October, although it was only two months, it seems to be a long time to write 1997- 1998. At the same time, you

3) Previous work, plus month, such as May 1998 or May 1998. This kind of writing will naturally appear more accurate and more in line with the taste of banking employers. Some people in China prefer to use 5, 1998 or1998,5. The former writing is rare, and it will only be used when it is really impossible to write. 1998,5 is pure Chinglish, which is totally unacceptable.

4) Several ways to write "Summer Intern".

Summer intern

Summer analyst

Summer assistant

Summer assistant

One is to write summer interns directly, regardless of the title; The second is to be a summer analyst, which is more suitable for summer work during undergraduate or postgraduate period; The third is to write a summer assistant, which is suitable for many situations; The fourth is to write Summer Associate, which refers to the summer job of MBA students. And it is generally believed that the level of summer assistants will be higher than that of summer analysts. We will introduce the ladder model of American investment bankers' career development in future lectures, which will involve different positions and titles.

2. Company name

The company name should be capitalized and bold. If the full name is too complicated, you can write it simply. For example, arrail chain investment company limited is not as simple and clear as writing arrail chain, and you can know which company it refers to at a glance.

The full names of some companies are often unknown, but the abbreviations are well known. For example, in China, not everyone knows what IBM is, but the name IBM is a household name. So in China, we suggest you write IBM, because many HR managers in foreign companies are from China, which is more pleasing to the eye and smoother. And in America? Countries, people will still write their full names.

3. Place names

The writing of place names is the same as the education part, so I won't go into details here.

4. Position and department

1) Start from the second line after the company name. If you want to introduce the company, the position and department should be written at the back of the company profile.

2) The position and department should be bold, and the first letter of each word should be capitalized, such as manager and finance department.

5. Company Profile

1) For new companies, small companies or companies in certain industries that the recruiting company is not familiar with, it is advisable to introduce one or two sentences to be on the safe side. Even those well-known enterprises in the industry are often not necessarily famous. Job seekers generally don't target? Every company applying for a job has a tailored resume. At present, we may just want to jump in the industry, but we don't rule out the possibility of developing in other industries in the future, so we might as well briefly introduce the company.

2) Some foreigners may not know much about companies in China, so they should introduce them. This is not to say that others are ignorant, but that they lack understanding of China. For example, you may be familiar with some big companies in America, Germany and Japan, but what about some famous companies in Canada, Russia, Australia, India and Brazil? You may not know everything about big companies. Don't think that China's company is very big, so others will know. If you are not careful, you will become a frog in the well. For example, the Bank of China is called Bank of China (BOC). Many overseas banks know about China Bank, but many people mistakenly think that China Bank is the central bank of China. This concept has been confused for more than ten years and has not been completely corrected so far.

3) The length of the introduction should be two lines. Only one line is easy to mix with other content, and three or four lines are more complicated. In short, it should be just right, and people can see it at a glance.

6. Work experience sequence

1), which is a very popular way.

2) Skills, mainly emphasizing your own skills, such as translation, computer, etc. If the recruiting company just needs a translator, this copy can be exactly what it wants. In addition, there is a time gap for work experience, as follows? Post, maternity leave, etc. You might as well use this method. According to the YRIS principle mentioned last week, employers often ignore the problem of time fault in just a few seconds. But be careful, it doesn't mean that you can ask whenever you have time? You must use this method strictly. Because this kind of writing is only suitable for skilled situations, others can refer to the method of writing only the year mentioned above to make up for it. If the fault time is as long as two or three years, be sure to explain it clearly? Explain the exact reasons and seek truth from facts. The more honest and frank you are, the better your impression will be.

3) Combine the two, first classify by skill category, and then list them one by one in reverse order.

7. Work function

1) Replace long paragraphs with bullets. China people tend to go to two extremes when writing resumes. First, it's too simple, only when you work, there is no specific content at all; Second, it's too complicated and a long description? After writing and talking for half a page, people can't figure out why.

2) Punctuated sentences should be one line in length, with no more than two lines at most; The number of sentences is preferably three to five, with a maximum of eight. An American hiring manager once told me that you usually only pay attention to the first three sentences, and after eight sentences, you don't read 100%? .

3) Point sentences begin with verbs. The present work uses the simple present tense, while the previous works used the past tense. In order to facilitate your resume writing, we have selected 148 common verbs from some resume books for your reference. Is this specially prepared for here? Here are the usage of popular words in two resumes. The market does not mean complete selling, it is more abundant than selling. Market can be a verb, that is, market can be followed by a noun. This kind? Writing will make the work more sense of management and higher grade. A noun should be added after Conduct, such as researching something, where conduct is equivalent to "doing" in Chinese.

4) Who comes first in major responsibilities and achievements? Some people think that the main responsibility should be put first, because others can know what you are doing at a glance. In fact, this kind of writing is more suitable for junior work and no groundbreaking work. If it is more advanced or? For groundbreaking work, the main performance should be written in the front, because what others see is your performance. So we can't judge who comes first.

5) Work results should be digital and accurate, and avoid using many, many, some and several vague words. Use the specific figures as much as possible, how many people are managed, how much sales are, and so on.

6) In the performance of the same company, it is not necessary to stick to the chronological order, but should adhere to the principle of "important priority". For example, the most important grades can be written in the grades first; Can you write the highest position first, and don't stick to the reverse or positive order? Method. The key is to let employers find your highest selling point in just a few seconds.

7) The training content can be placed behind each company. We believe that training is internal to the company and related to the company's business, not part of education.

8. Five Avoidances

1) Long sentences: No one wants to read too long sentences. Remember the YRIS principle, the employer is just scanning your resume.

2) Abbreviation: Because it is often difficult for laymen to understand. Don't take it for granted that this is a well-known thing. We talked about the principle of "user-friendliness" earlier, so don't assume that others can guess or find the abbreviations you use.

3) "I" (I): There is no "I" because there are many sentences in a formal resume that start with verbs. Of course, if you must use it once or twice in the company profile, it is not completely impossible.

4) Disadvantages: We said that the principle of resume is not to lie, but not writing does not mean cheating. You may remember that "any sentence in your resume may become a topic of interview". The principle of fostering strengths and avoiding weaknesses, I think? Everyone in the family knows.

5) "Reference materials can be provided upon request": This phrase means that witnesses can be provided if evidence is needed. This often appears in many resume templates in Britain and Hong Kong, but don't write it in American resume. Because in real life, recruiters? I think anyone can catch one or two witnesses in case of emergency. And if their names and contact information are not written on the resume, this sentence is completely unnecessary.

Eight. Student resume

The reason why students' resumes should be taken out is because students have little work experience and can't write anything, which leads to insufficient pages. It's also awkward according to the format we talked about earlier. So we are here to launch a special one? Some remedial techniques:

1. Academic background, writing related courses. But don't write all the courses such as physical education in order to piece together the space. This effect is not very good, and others have no patience to watch it.

2. Scholarships are one line at a time. Many students have scholarships every year and can write three or four lines or more.

3. Extend the sentence. You can add some words to each sentence to prolong it. In fact, it is not difficult to lengthen, but it is difficult to shorten.

4. Change lines naturally and write more sentences.

5. Increase the font size. You can change Xiao Wu 10 into Xiao Si 12.

6. The details of social work are put in the work experience. This will make up for the lack of work experience, such as what activities have you organized, contacted and participated in when you are doing social work such as the Communist Youth League Secretary and the President of the Student Union? Column. If you only do one thing, try to break it down, such as how many people you led, what you accomplished, and what role you played. So, there are at least three lines. If you do more things, do only one line at a time? Here we go. The principle of concise words should still be observed.

7. Summer job. As a college student, employers usually don't expect you to achieve anything earth-shattering during your summer job. Of course, it would be better if there were. But even if I didn't, even if I stayed in my parents' unit for a few days, no? Stop writing. This can also be regarded as getting in touch with society, understanding some industries and doing some work. But you must be able to say a few words before writing it on your resume. Otherwise, you may be tongue-tied and embarrassed in the future interview.

8. Secondary school situation. I don't usually write. Don't write too much. Some people experienced brilliant experiences in middle school, such as being the president of the student union and the secretary of the League branch, and their academic performance was among the best. In fact, how good the middle school grades are is the least valuable. Sex, unless it is a national famous school like Beijing No.4 Middle School, is committed.