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Today we’re going to talk about vocabulary related to how to write an effective resume or CV (curriculum vitae). In a resume or CV, you can communicate your degrees, your training, your professional experiences, and your professional skills. The resume is an essential tool, whether you are a student looking for a place at a university or a person looking for a job.

Here we will teach you vocabulary related to writing a resume or curriculum vitae that will help you write a resume or CV in English, and ultimately…help you get a job.

English Vocabulary to Know Section

1) Personal information – details about who you are 

2) About me – an informal sentence or paragraph about you 

3) Full Name – your first and last (family) name

4) Undergraduate – bachelor level at a college/university

5) Graduate – Master’s level studies at a college/university

6) Address – street, city, state, and country where you live 

7) Phone – your primary contact phone number

8) Email – electronic mail. This will likely be the primary way your future employer will contact you. 

9) Schools – the school(s) you attended for your studies

10) College – higher education institution

11) Graduation date – the date you completed your degree(s)

12) Professional experience – the experience you have so far at any jobs

13) Positions Held – list of jobs you have held so far

14) Dates worked – amount of time worked at previous jobs

15) Skills – abilities you have 

16) Soft skills – personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people

17) Hard skills – technical skills

18) Leadership – act of leading a group of people or organization

19) Teamwork – combined action of a group of people, especially when effective and efficient

20) Position – professional role within an institution

21) Cover letter – one page introduction and overview of experience and skills

22) Qualifications – reason why someone is suitable for a job

23) Reference – person who an employer can contact to verify your skills and work history

24) Volunteer Work – model of unpaid work widely accepted as a way to gain professional experience

25) Extracurricular Course – courses that complement the study load, whether for work or college/university

26) Major accomplishments – main achievements of previous jobs

27) Nationality – status of belonging to a country 

28) Intern  – a person who is specializing in an area of ​​training and is starting to develop activities in a company

29) Working knowledge – knowledge of how to make something work without any deeper understanding of why it works

30) Language Proficiency – your knowledge of the languages ​​you speak and the level of fluency in each of them

         – Beginning: when you are starting your studies and acquiring the basics.

         – Intermediate: when you have already started your studies and are a little more focused on the details

         – Advanced: when you already have knowledge of different vocabularies related to the language you are learning

         – Fluent: when you have mastered reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in a new language

         – Native speaker: when you have learned a language since birth