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刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-04-18
难易度:High
关键字:resume, superfluous, attribute, legitimacy, skydiving


























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Well, we're talking today about things that you should and maybe should not
include on your resume if you are looking for a new job.
Of course, something that you might want to put is something relevant.
You don't want to put anything that is superfluous like hobbies or personal
attributes.
You want to include relevant information that will help you with this new job.
And of course, we're going to get started with the next section looking at some
of these tips.
Let's do that now.
(Music).
Should I Put This on My Resume?
1. Home address: Career coach Lavie Margolin recommends including your address.
"Not listing your address on your resume will make things more challenging for
you," Margolin says.
"It will be an immediate question mark for employers as to why there is no
address listed.".
Just make sure that you've done your research on the company to ensure its
legitimacy before sharing any contact information.
2. Reference information: "Never include reference information,
especially if you don't know that you want the job," says Bruce Hurwitz,
president and CEO of Hurwitz Strategic Staffing.
Always speak to your references first before sharing their details with
prospective companies.
We have two great tips here today.
And our first one is home address.
Career coach Lavie Margolin recommends including your address.
So this is your home address, where you live.
How does it continue, Gabe?
Well, she says: Not listing your address on your resume will make things more
challenging for you.
All right.
She says that this will make things more challenging for you.
That means it might be more difficult for you to get the job.
It will make it more challenging for you.
That's right.
And that was Margolin says.
And she continues: It will be an immediate question mark for employers as to why
there's no address listed.
So if it is an immediate question mark, then the employer is going to be a
little bit confused why didn't you include this on your resume.
That's right.
You might call that a question mark.
You can kind of see an invisible question in their head.
You might also call this a red flag.
You can talk about... that sometimes.
If something makes you confused or makes you cautious, you call that a red flag.
You want to be careful.
It's kind of a warning.
So you don't want your new employer to have that kind of question mark in their
head, just put your home address.
That's right. And she continues:
Just make sure that you've done your research on the company to ensure its
legitimacy before sharing any contact information.
So it's important to provide your contact information like your home address to
your employer or your potential employer.
But you want to make sure of the company's legitimacy first.
And legitimacy is a really great word from our Word Bank today.
If something is legitimate, then it is good.
It is OK.
It has been approved and is official.
How might you use this word "legitimacy," Gabe?
Well, I like that Carolyn just used another form, the adjective, legitimate.
L-E-G-I-T-I-M-A-T-E, legitimate.
It's for real.
It's legitimate.
You might talk about the legitimacy of your signature.
I know that you sign your name, not somebody else.
It's your legitimate signature.
Or maybe you want to see if a website has legitimacy, if it is a legitimate
website.
Sometimes you will see a little lock at the beginning or "http" with an "s" says
that it might be a more legitimate website, a website that you can trust.
These are legitimate things with... legitimacy.
That's kind of a big, fun word to say.
It is.
And the article continues with our second tip here.
It is reference information.
And our first quote says:
"Never include reference information, especially if you don't know that you want
the job," says Bruce Hurwitz, president and CEO of Hurwitz Strategic Staffing.
So this CEO and president of the staffing company has some good advice on what
you should and shouldn't put on your resume.
And his first is to never include reference information.
How do you feel about this one, Gabe?
Well, it is kind of interesting.
You want to be able to talk about your current boss or maybe people that can
speak highly of you, that can say something about you.
And you want to be able to list them, maybe eventually.
But you also want to uh, let your references know that... that you can trust
them or that they trust you.
So you don't want to just give their information out to anybody.
You want to be careful about sharing that reference information.
And of course, the reference information is talking about the people that you
might refer to to help you with your new job.
That's right.
And the next sentence does say:
Always speak to your references first before sharing their details with
prospective companies.
So a reference is a person, not a book, not a reference book but a referee,
a referee person who can refer you or give you a recommendation to your
potential employer.
And you want to make sure you talk to them before you give their information to
someone they don't know.
Well, I think now is a great time for us to... enjoy a review skit.
And then we'll join Michelle in the Language Lab.
Hello. Hello! And how do you do?
I'm here for my job interview.
OK.
And here's my resume.
I'm sure you'll be really impressed.
I hope so.
Let's see... you are 5 foot 2 with eyes of blue.
Yeah, that's me.
And I see that you have three dogs.
Fluffy, Freddy and Franky.
Yeah, that's right.
And you love skydiving?
Oh, I sure do.
And your favorite color is red.
Yes, it is.
Hmm... I don't understand.
Oh. Well, dogs are cute, and skydiving is exciting, and red is a lucky color.
I don't understand why you put this on your resume.
Well, I want you to know all about me.
I'm a very interesting person!
But these details don't belong on a resume.
They don't?
No. Resume should only include relevant information.
Relevant information? Is that all?
Yeah. You can also include requested information.
And nothing else?
And contact information.
And so that's it?
Yes.
Anything superfluous should not be shared.
But don't you want to know about Fluffy and Freddy and Franky?
Uh, no.
And now, what are your job qualifications?
Uh, job qualifications?
Is that relevant?
Yes! And please include your education and experience.
Well, that's a great idea!
Why didn't I think about that?
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OK. Now get ready to learn more from our teachers.
Today we've learned two great tips on things that you should and should not
include on your resume,
and a few other things to think about when you are applying for a job.
One thing that I found a little bit surprising was checking the legitimacy of
the company before you give them your contact information.
It's something I hadn't really thought about before.
Gabe, was there anything else that you found surprising in this article?
Well, these two tips kind of seem to point to trust.
You want to be able to trust the company that you might work for in the future.
Now some people don't think about that.
They just think: I want to get a new job.
This job looks nice.
This company looks good, so I will give all of my information, including my
reference information.
But you want to make sure that you can trust this company as well before you
give other people's information.
That's right.
Well, we still have two more days for this article and many more tips to learn
about writing resumes.
And I hope that you will join us tomorrow again here on Studio Classroom.
See you.
See you later.