1. By Susanna Frolova - 2 year student of Philology. Tambov State University

2. Carefully written resume in English - the best guarantee for you to enter the staff of a prestigious international company.

3. * Resume (or CV - curriculum vitae) is a detailed characteristic of your personality (personal details), received education and skills, employment history, interests or pastimes and even referees.

4. * The purpose of the article is to prevent various mistakes and inaccuracies connected with the structural aspect of writing a resume\CV. * The tasks of the article: - Analyze the structural aspects of writing resume - Show various mistakes and inaccuracies connected with the structural aspect of writing a resume\CV.

5. DOs DON’Ts Keep your CV/résumé brief and concise: there is no need to go into a lot of details about your education or employment history. Go into too much detail: employers are too busy to read rambling or unfocused CVs/résumés. Try to keep your CV/résumé to one or two sides of A4 paper. Leave gaps in your employment history: add a sentence or two explaining any periods that are not accounted for.

6. DOsDON’Ts Use brief, informative sentences, short paragraphs, and Standard English Use too many different fonts or typefaces: keep to one or two that are clear and easy to read. When describing your responsibilities and achievements, start each point with an action verb (such as teaching, leading, developing): this creates more impact. Name people as referees unless you’ve confirmed that they’re happy to provide a reference for you.

7. * A good resume is recommended to be clear and well structured, with a limited number of main sections, so that an employer can mark the useful information quickly and easily. It is worth using good-quality, plain white paper, wide margins, and bold type for headings to make your resume look accurate. * There are a number of compulsory points which make a good resume: 1. Personal details & summary 2. Educational qualifications (other skills, achievements, or training) 3. Employment history 4. Extracurricular activities (interests or pastimes) 5. References

8. * Begin with your name, surname and patronymic and essential contact information for to make it easy for employers to contact with you (telephone number (home and/or mobile), email address (personal, rather than work). * There can be also included presence of driving license and your nationality.

9. * It is also important to mark a personal summary - introduces your personality, what skills and qualities you have, and why you would be an asset to the company. * It also provides a good opportunity to tailor your application to the requirements of a job before you move on to the details of your experience or qualifications.

11. * Require information about your previous completed education (diploma and\degree you received). * Different certificates in success in knowledge English as foreign language (TOEFL, Pearson Test of English, IELTS e t. c.) can be a brilliant benefit for you to be suitable for future work * There can be also includes various certificates of professional development and excellence or equivalent qualifications

12. * Give a brief outline of your current role, responsibilities, skills and duties, focusing on those which are most relevant for the job you’re applying for.

13. * It is important to show how your leisure interests reflect your good qualities. * If you like to play chess, this hobby can characterize you as a thinking personality with analytic and logical reasoning. * Use terminology that indicates that you are full of energy and have a wide choice of interests: enthusiastic, fun-loving e t. c.

14. * Give the names and contact details of people who would be willing to give you a reference. * Ideally, one person should be from your current place of work, while the second could be from a previous employer. * Always make sure that the people you have in mind are happy to provide a reference for you before you add their names to your CV/résumé

15. * CV/résumé is an essential step to your future successful career as this is the first thing to know about you for your future employer – like a first impression that can be never experienced twice. This is a responsible task which is required to be accurate and follow the rules of written English.