Your CV
Before you start n Answer the questions: n Have you ever had a part time or work experience job? n What was your job? n How did you get it?
Reading: answer the following questions before you read the curriculum vitae (CV) and then check if you were right: What’s CV? a) A description of someone’s family, education, likes and dislikes. b) A description of someone’s education How is a CV arranged? a) Under headings b) Like a letter.
Read the following CV : n NAME Gavin H Alvarez n ADDRESS 26 Dryfield Road Cambridge CB 2 2 DS n TELEPHONE NUMBER 01223 786594 n E-MAIL ADDRESS gravi@drinternet. com n DATE OF BIRTH 4 June 1984 n EDUCATION 1995 -2000 -2002 Graves High School for Boys Graves Avenue Cambridge CB 3 4 RG Cam College of Engineering and Technology Birch Road
n n n n QUALIFICATIONS 2000 GCSE’s: Maths, English, General Sciences, Design and Technology, Spanish, Art and History 2001 Level 1 Engineering and Technology foundation course 2002 Level 2 Computing course specializing in software development WORK EXPERIENCE AUGUST- SEPTEMBER 2000 Temporary job as IT assistant at Norriss’s Aeronautics, Cambridge OCTOBER 2000 - JUNE 2002 holiday job computer games Silicompany, Cambridge Saturday and testing at
n OTHER INFORMATION bi-lingual in Spanish and English clean driving license n INTERESTS developing computer games, member of college football team, photographing and playing the guitar n REFEREE Ms Daisy Valentine (course tutor) Cam College of Engineering and Technology Birch Road Cambridge CB 6 7 YT
Decide if the sentences below are True or False: n n n n Gavin H Alvarez lives in Cambridge He’s a student at Cam College He passed his GCES’s in 2001. He has had Saturday and holiday jobs since 2000. He left Cam College at 2000. He’s quite good in languages. He isn’t interested in technology.
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