Leo Fellmann wrote, On 17/05/07 10:20:
> Flash Gordon wrote:
>> Leo Fellmann wrote, On 15/05/07 21:37:
>>> Flash Gordon wrote:
<snip>
>>> Problem is the extra-curricular activities, as they're mainly along
>>> the lines of "enjoy looking at Picassos". I'll see if we can get some
>>> better stuff in.
>>
>> It can be used to show breadth of knowledge, a degree of culture and
<snip>
> Problem is that it's _just_ stuff like that. It'd be best to get some
> captaincies of debating teams on or something like that, but I'm getting
> this sort of rather miffed "aren't my hobbies good enough then"
impression.
Hmm. That won't help.
> (This is probably why people I know who're doing MBAs are so keen on
> extra-curricular associations).
I used to have "captain of the chess team" on my CV way back when :-)
> The scary part is that what I got has already been looked at by another
> friend; I shudder to think of what it was like before. Probably listed
> all the philosophy essays she's written.
Maybe the other friend knows know better than she does.
>>> Is the "Languages" section something that can be played on? She's
>>> apparently not that bad at Spanish in addition to English.
>>
>> Yes, languages are a good thing and all should be listed with an
>> indication of the degree of fluency.
>
> Hopefully she has some sort of test score for Spanish then.
Even without a test score you can say "fluent written, conversational
spoken" or whatever.
>>> Do you have any advice for motivational letters? In Switzerland you
>>> tend to write about how much you're interested in the job and in
>>> France you tell people how wonderfully suited you are for the job.
>>> I'm fairly sure the latter wouldn't go down well anywhere but France,
>>> but I'm also unsure anyone anywhere reads them in the first place.
>>
>> Generally in the UK the covering letter states what job you are going
>> for and why you are the right person for it.
>
> Ok. Current one's probably okish then, although it could do with a bit
> of a rewrite.
Keep it short though, after all the information is in the CV ;-)
>>> The job's at a company that does consumer panels, incidentally.
>>
>> OK, so some emphasis on people skills would be a good thing.
>
> Yup. She does mathematics tutoring, which probably counts towards that.
Yes, that is a good one, especially if something can be said about it
being successful.
> [summer]
>>> I guess I'll just start driving lessons instead and get some serious
>>> studying done.
>>
>> You could also do some serious work on some open source projects. This
>> would give you something real to point prospective employers at later.
>
> Yes, that's a possibility too.
> But I have less time then usual, so between getting a driving license
> and revising for exams in september.. who knows? I'm writing some stuff
> for an open source project at the moment as part of a course and if that
> goes well, I might hang around it a bit.
Worth a try. At your age anything that looks like real world and/or
practical experience is a good thing.
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Flash Gordon
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