ENGLISCH (SPEZIELLE ZIELGRUPPEN)
Writing CVs/ Resumés
- Staufenbiel Institute's Job + Career Portal, info for applications in English (10/2011)
- Marina Zvetina's sheet of 10 tips for writing CVs for international applications: CV10tips (PDF 6,57) (1/04)
- The BBC's job tip information (31.10.07)
- Resumania (humorous look at what can go wrong)
- U.S. Dept. of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook - a resource which can help when you need to translate German job titles. While it WON'T give you translations, it will give you titles and very detailed (but readable) descriptions of what people actually do in specific jobs, what training is required, etc. (10/02)
- Marina Zvetina's information sheet with translations of some basic terms often needed on CVs: CVvocab (PDF 4,53 KB) (8/03)
- Occupational Information Network (O*Net Online) - another excellent searchable resource for finding expressions and vocabulary for describing jobs and work experience: (11/03)
- The DIHK's list of English translations for "xxxkaufmann/-frau" job titles (PDF 16,3) (01/04)
- Writing CVs for Australia (06/04)
- Jobline: LMU's online training site for preparing job application materials in English (requires free registration (7/04)