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刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-04-20
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Hey, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
I'm Carolyn.
And you're joining us for the third day of our lesson: Should I Put This on My
Resume?
Well, if you are looking for a job, then I hope you have joined us for the last
couple of days.
We've been talking about tips for what you should put on or what you should
leave off of your resume if you're applying for a job.
Carolyn, what was one helpful tip that we talked about yesterday for what you
should put on or take off of your resume?
Well, yesterday we talked about two great tips.
The first one was a disability.
If you have a disability, it's a very difficult decision whether or not you
should disclose that information to your potential employer.
We also talked about how you should not state explicitly if you have a
disability, but you can do some different things to break the ice on that issue.
That's right.
And Carolyn used some good key words from yesterday right there.
Another tip that we learned was about your grade point average.
Sometimes a job might want to see your grade point average.
But often you might want to leave your grade point average off, especially if
it's been a while since you graduated from college.
Well, we have some more tips to look at today, so let's get started with the
first reading of today.
Should I Put This on My Resume?
(Music).
Should I Put This on My Resume?
5. Objective:
"Never put an 'objective,'" Hurwitz says.
"The real objective is to get the job.
If it is too generic, it means nothing.
If it is not a perfect match for the job, the employer will ask herself,
'Why is he applying if he wants something else?' It's a waste of space and has
no advantage.".
6. A photo:
If you're pursuing a modeling career, it's understandable that you would want to
share a photo of yourself with the prospective employer.
For most other jobs, leave the photo off.
If information isn't relevant to a job, you wouldn't include it, so why would
you share a photo when your appearance has nothing to do with the position?
(Music).
Well, those are two really great tips about things that you might want to not
include in your resume.
And our lesson today is Should I Put This on My Resume?
And before we get into the lesson too much, we want to go see Steve and Ken in
the Information Cloud because they have something very important to tell us.
As we focus on resume today, let's take a closer look at this word.
Sometimes we see it with an accent mark over the last "E" so that it can be
distinguished from the verb "resume".
Right. Good point, Ken.
For a handful of reasons, accent marks, or diacritics, are quite useful.
But their main function is to give English letters a different phonetic sound.
There are many common English words that contain diacritics like fiance, deja
vue, expose and cafe.
Even names can include a diacritic, like 19th-century author Charlotte Bronte
and 21st-century pop singer Beyonce.
And if you haven't yet get to know the diacritics over the words "jalapeno" and
"naive," any other, Steve?
Well, the word "facade" is somewhat unique because its diacritic is under the
letter C.
Diacritics are easy to write if you're using a pen or pencil.
But what you do if you're using a computer keyboard, smartphone or tablet?
Well, some word processing software is intuitive and will automatically add
diacritics for you.
So try that first.
If that doesn't work, though, log on to the Internet and type in "typing
international accent marks and diacritics" for more help.
(Chinese).
Thank you, guys.
Well, we're going to our fifth tip of this lesson.
And it is Objective.
"Never put an 'objective,'" Hurwitz says.
But let me pause right there and ask Carolyn, what is an objective?
Well, many times your objective is your goal.
And sometimes we write a resume, at the very top we'll put our objective and say
why we want the position at this company.
But here Hurwitz says that we really shouldn't put an objective.
All right.
We're going to continue learning why.
But it's true; in life, you have objectives.
You have different goals for different things.
So you have your objectives.
But maybe it's smart not to put your objective on your resume.
You know what it is inside your head.
Just don't write it down.
We continue: The real objective is to get the job.
So if it is too generic, it means nothing.
All right.
Let's take a look at that word there.
The word is "generic." Now if something is generic, that means it's not very
detailed.
It's not very specific.
Maybe someone might say it is vague.
You don't really know what the person means by something generic.
How else could you use that word?
Well, a lot of times when I hear the word "generic," I think of a brand.
You might have a name brand for something, and then also a generic brand.
This is very common when you're getting your medicine.
You might get a name brand medicine or a generic brand that is a little bit
cheaper.
That's right.
I think sometimes people prefer to buy name brands.
And then other people don't really care if they spend something... spend a
little less money on something generic.
Well, if you put your goal or objective, and it's too generic, it means nothing.
But, we continue, if it is not a perfect match for the job, the employer will
ask herself: Why is he applying if he wants something else?
So if you're applying for a job, this just means that you know what you're
applying for,
the boss knows what you're applying for, you don't need to write down what you
are applying for.
That's right.
It seems a little bit superfluous.
It's not necessary to include an objective on your resume even though some
people might recommend it.
And we see in our article:
It's a waste of space and has no advantage.
You know what you're applying for.
The employer already knows what job you want.
So really it has no place on your resume and just takes up space.
That's right.
It's a waste of space.
You can use this phrase: a waste of something.
Maybe a waste of space if there is not much room in your car, and someone has a
lot of things in there, you might say:
That's a waste of space.
We need to use this car.
Or maybe clean up your room a little bit.
Why do you need that piece of furniture there?
That's a waste of space.
That's right.
There are many ways to use that phrase.
And we have another tip here in our article, our sixth piece of advice: A photo.
If you are pursuing a modeling career, it's understandable that you would want
to share a photo of yourself with the prospective employer.
So if you have a job that requires your appearance to be very important like
modeling or maybe being on TV, you might need to include a photo in your resume.
But how does it continue, Gabe?
Well, for most other jobs, leave the photo off.
We read: If information isn't relevant to a job, you wouldn't include it, so why
include a photo?
So why would you share a photo when your appearance has nothing to do with the
position?
So what the author is saying is that a photo is kind of like information that
isn't relative to most jobs.
That's right.
So if you have a very specific job that you're applying for, like here a
modeling career or maybe you want to be an actor or an actress, then you might
need to include a photo.
Your employer expects one.
But if your appearance is not really relevant to the job, then you don't need to
put a photo on your resume.
That's right.
Your appearance has nothing to do with the position.
I like that phrase: to have something to do with something, or to have nothing
to do with something.
If your appearance has something to do with it, that means it is related.
If it has nothing to do with it, it means it is not related.
That's right. Well, now it's time for us to join Michelle in the Language Lab.