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Help me write a resume
Filthyscent
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Howdy, good people of the PA forums.
I'm applying for a job of "Online Researcher" in a U.S. based company operating in Croatia. I have a lot of experience with writing job applications but until now I've only written ones in Croatian language for Croatian companies. From what I've been reading so far, job applications in Europe and US differ slightly in some ways, specifically, the US employees put more emphasise on the "resume" part (i.e. the part where you write in prose about yourself and your job qualifications) while European companies prefer of the "CV" part (i.e. a template where there is little to no freedom of expression, you basically answer very specific question and name specific skills).
I could be completely off here, but so far that has been the impression I got.
My question is the following; even though I did quite a lot of Googling around, I have failed to find a decent but at the same time free of charge reliable-looking source of job application examples or templates and I'm wondering if you fellas have any suggestions where to start off. Second, even though my English is at least adequate for the job I'm applying to, I have trouble with some of the expressions used in proffessional correspondence. For example, I have no idea what's the appropriate expression to open the resume with. In Croatia, roughly translated, it would be something like "Respected sir/madam, ......".
Once again, pointing me to some kind of template or written example would help a lot.
Also, if you have any U.S. job application specific advice, feel free to share them.
Thanks!
I'm applying for a job of "Online Researcher" in a U.S. based company operating in Croatia. I have a lot of experience with writing job applications but until now I've only written ones in Croatian language for Croatian companies. From what I've been reading so far, job applications in Europe and US differ slightly in some ways, specifically, the US employees put more emphasise on the "resume" part (i.e. the part where you write in prose about yourself and your job qualifications) while European companies prefer of the "CV" part (i.e. a template where there is little to no freedom of expression, you basically answer very specific question and name specific skills).
I could be completely off here, but so far that has been the impression I got.
My question is the following; even though I did quite a lot of Googling around, I have failed to find a decent but at the same time free of charge reliable-looking source of job application examples or templates and I'm wondering if you fellas have any suggestions where to start off. Second, even though my English is at least adequate for the job I'm applying to, I have trouble with some of the expressions used in proffessional correspondence. For example, I have no idea what's the appropriate expression to open the resume with. In Croatia, roughly translated, it would be something like "Respected sir/madam, ......".
Once again, pointing me to some kind of template or written example would help a lot.
Also, if you have any U.S. job application specific advice, feel free to share them.
Thanks!
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Like what Tycho said, that's a Cover Letter. It's where you introduce yourself and tell the company why you want to work there.
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Cover-Letter is a general guide.
http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/career/guides/cover_ltr.shtml is a more technical breakdown of a cover letter. This has the formatting and such.
Are there any 'up to date' (emphasizing 'up to date') resume sites around? Is the trend still simple Arial font with thin lines, concise info, lots of 'white space'?