Sample CV/Résumé - John Smith
Date of Birth: 18th March 1972
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Employment:
Your Trading Name (1994-present): Currently working as a freelance translator of English-Spanish and Spanish-English, have been involved with legal documentation for the setting up of Anglo-Spanish joint ventures, software manuals and software license agreements, cell phone operating manuals, fiber-optic cabling promotional material, clinical trials documentation, company profiles and reports etc. Proofreading work of other translators.
District of XXXX Civil Law Court: Summer placement 1992 involving following the work of a judge and assisting with the legal paper work.
District of XXXX Office Administration: Summer placement 1991 involving varied work in 4 different departments. This office deals with social security, pensions, insurance, property planning, etc.
Key Skills:
Fluent in English (Cambridge 1st Certificate + 4 years residence in UK), Spaniash including legal and information technology jargon in both languages.
Computer literate: Office 2003, Windows XP, and many other industry standard software packages.
Education and Qualifications:
University of XXX (Spain). Masters Degree 1994: (grade maximum is 5)
Law 4 (equivalent 2i)
Thesis title: Spanish customs legal procedure and administration in the light of recent and future political and economic changes.
XXX University of XXX (Greece).
TEMPUS Placement 1993:
During a five month placement (3.93 to 8.93) I studied, in English, the following subjects: (subject grade maximum is 10)
Sociology of Law 10 Ecclesiastical Law 8
Private International Law 7 Greek Company Law 8
CV/Resume Explained
Employment:
State any relevant periods of employment which could be useful to get some
translation work.
If you have been freelancing for a couple of years part-time, make the most of
this because you're selling yourself.
If you have worked for a few years in a professional occupation or even in
another country, put this in here. This will give you a credible background for
a specialist subject, e.g. legal or commercial.
If you are a recent graduate, try to identify something from your past
experiences which you can make relevant.
If you have absolutely nothing to put in, you could offer your services to a
charitable organization in order to obtain some experience - this might help
you get started.
Key Skills:
Anything relating to your language abilities.
do.
Any relevant achievements
Anything relating to your computer literacy or IT skills. Put down as many
software packages as you know how to use, although not more than a few
lines. This will give you more credibility.
Education & Qualifications:
University Education.
Courses completed.
Membership of professional associations.
Only put your highest or most recent achievements. Nobody is interested in
the ten subjects you studied at age 16.
Publications: If you have published any papers state them.
Relevant Hobbies: If you do have a hobby such as computers or photography, then it might be worth putting it down as a possible specialist subject.
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