把你的美國式的簡歷變成一份履歷并非是件讓人害怕的麻煩差事。你要做的更改只是添上些工作描述,增加個人方面的詳細信息以及附上一份關于你的技能和經歷的摘要。在你修改簡歷的時候,可以參考我們的履歷范文。這里我們?yōu)槟峁┲笇В嬖V你該如何修改自己的簡歷:
1.在你的履歷的開頭(除了你的地址和聯(lián)系方式之外)給出簡歷里通常不包含的一些個人信息——也就是,你的婚姻狀況和國籍。
2.提供一個你的技能和經歷的摘要,把它作為給未來老板的自我介紹。我們的履歷范本列出了曾經擔任職務的清單和申請者對于過去的職責、成績以及技能的總結。把這些信息,以及履歷前一兩頁上的其它細節(jié)信息,當作為你履歷后面更深入的信息拋磚引玉。
3.在工作描述這一欄里盡量多添加一些細節(jié)。美式的簡歷強調簡潔;但履歷并非如此。在履歷當中,工作描述,不是像發(fā)電報似的那樣簡單的描述事件,而是需要深入的說明工作經歷,而且需要涉及具體的項目,職責和成績。想想下面的兩個工作描述有什么不同。第一個是簡歷當中的工作描述,詳細地描述了某一職位,但是第二段(履歷的)更為詳細具體的描述讓招聘者對于應聘者的工作經歷有一個更深刻的印象。
簡歷式的
艾科軟件有限公司(1997年2月至1999年3月)
軟件開發(fā)員
為客戶網(wǎng)站制作Java應用軟件,包括能讓客戶更新網(wǎng)頁的數(shù)據(jù)庫驅動的程序。
和項目經理合作,確保對客戶要求的更新作出快速反應。
履歷式的
艾科軟件有限公司(1997年2月至1999年3月)
軟件開發(fā)員
在由六名成員組成的負責建立一套供艾科客戶使用的網(wǎng)絡應用程序的軟件開發(fā)小組擔任首席開發(fā)員。艾科為它的客戶(包括一些財富500強企業(yè))提供高端的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)工具、咨詢以及服務來維護和更新網(wǎng)站。作為首席開發(fā)員,我工作的一部分是與項目經理合作,評估項目目標,調查客戶需求,并按時起草計劃。項目需要運用Java, DHTML, SQL服務器以及Java描述語言等多種語言。在財富500強的一家金融公司的非技術最終用戶群體中完成了正式投入使用前的試用工作。項目比最終期限提前兩周完成。在項目交付之后,繼續(xù)進行對軟件的調整改進和額外用戶試驗等工作。為小群體的最終用戶介紹如何使用這個應用軟件。
4.考慮在自己的履歷中增加一部分,來納入自己在文章發(fā)表、講演、訓練課程以及其它方面的成績。這一部分對于是否能夠讓你的未來老板對你的資歷條件留下深刻印象至關重要,然而這也取決于你所在的領域,以及你所取得過的成績。比如說,如果你在重大會議上做過6次演講,那么給出這些演講的題目、地點以及主要內容。對于你出版的文章或者書籍以及完成的課程也這樣做。
5.其它的一些特殊技能、具體的興趣和愛好也應該寫入履歷當中。你不需要再把自己的興趣愛好總結成簡歷里那短短的一行字。詳細的描述自己的興趣愛好,特別是那些與你在未來的國際職位上能否取得成功密切相關的興趣愛好。
簡易貼士
你需要一份履歷?
上個周末的時間你都花在了寫簡歷和改簡歷上了,而你現(xiàn)在終于知道你需要的不是簡歷——而是一份履歷。深呼吸,靜下心來,接受一些可靠的建議:
• 履歷本質上是簡歷的另外一個名字。也就是說,你不需要重新寫一份履歷,而只需要思考一下該添加那些細節(jié)內容以及如何重新安排簡歷里的內容。
• 你的美式簡歷是否能被你正在申請的國際公司所接受呢?也許他們能夠接受。你需要和公司確認一下。
• 尋找員工為自己海外工作的美國公司仍然希望收到美式的簡歷。所以如果你正在申請這樣的公司,不需要為履歷勞心費神了。
Turning a Resume into a CVTurning your American-style resume into a CV should not be a much-dreaded ordeal. The changes may simply be a matter of expanding job descriptions, adding personal details and including a summary of your skills and experience. Refer to our sample CV as you revise your resume. Here is a how-to guide to help you in the process:
1. At the start of your CV (along with your address and contact information) include personal details typically left out of a resume -- namely, your marital status and nationality.
2. Write a summary of your skills and experience as an introduction to potential employers. Our sample CV accomplishes this with a list of positions held and an overview of the applicant's previous responsibilities, accomplishments and skills. Think of this information, along with the other details in the first one or two pages of your CV, as a quick guide to the more in-depth descriptions that follow.
3. Add considerable detail to job descriptions. An American-style resume emphasizes brevity; a CV does not. In a CV, job descriptions, rather than telegraphing details, should explain employment in depth, with references to specific projects, responsibilities and accomplishments. Consider the differences between the following two job descriptions. The first describes the position adequately for a resume, but the second (for the CV) enhances the description, giving the potential employer a much deeper sense of the applicant's work experience.
Resume-style:Ecco Software Enterprises, Inc. (Feb. 1997 to March 1999)
Software Developer
Created Java applications for client Web sites, including database-driven programs to allow clients to update Web pages. Worked with project manager to assure quick response to client-requested updates.
CV-style:Ecco Software Enterprises, Inc. (Feb. 1997 to March 1999)
Software Developer
Served as lead developer on a six-person team charged with building a suite of Web applications for use by Ecco clients. Ecco provides its clients, including several Fortune 500 companies, with high-end Internet tools, consulting and services for maintaining and updating Web sites. As lead developer, tasks included working with the project manager to assess goals, interpret client requests and construct a plan for meeting deadlines. Project included the use of Java, DHTML, SQL Server and JavaScript. Managed prelaunch testing with nontechnical end-users at Fortune 500 financial company. Project delivered two weeks in advance of deadline. Following project delivery, work continued on fine-tuning application and testing with additional clients. Delivered presentations to small groups of end-users on use of application.
4. Consider including a section with publications, speeches, training courses and other accomplishments. Depending on your field -- and your accomplishments -- this section can be crucial in giving a potential employer a sense of your qualifications. If you have given six speeches at conferences, for instance, provide the topics, the locations and brief descriptions of each. The same goes for publications and courses you have completed.
5. Include details about any other special skills, interests and hobbies. You need not limit yourself to a single line outlining personal interests. Describe interests in detail, especially if they have some relevance to your potential success in an international position.
Quick TipsDo You Need a CV?You've spent the last weekend writing and rewriting your resume, and now you learn you need something else entirely -- a curriculum vitae. Take a deep breath, calm down and prepare for some reassuring advice:
•A curriculum vitae is essentially another name for a resume. In other words, you don't need to prepare for a wholesale reworking of your resume, so much as you need to think about adding detail and reordering what you already have.
•Is your brief, American-style resume acceptable to a potential international employer? It may be. Check with the company.
•US companies looking for workers to live abroad will still want a US-style resume. Don't bother with a CV.