Week 3: ACCESSING THE WORKPLACE

FEATURED CILL WEBPAGE - Online Resume Writer

 

            http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/resumewriter.htm

 

The aim of this page is to help you with the format and content of a resume.

 

1. TOP TWO Websites – Resumes

Just click on the URLs and off you go!

1.         http://www.io.com/~hcexres/tcm1603/acchtml/resumeq.html

This is a quiz which tests your understanding of a resume. Do the quiz and then read about resumes at:

http://www.io.com/~hcexres/tcm1603/acchtml/resume.html

 

2.         http://resume.monster.com/articles/resumeblunders/

This section is from a website called ‘Monster.com.hk - Common blunders in resumes’.

Here is a suggestion on how to use this page. First, read the section on ‘4: Use of personal pronouns ("I" and "me") and articles ("an" and "the")’ and then read your own resume. Change your resume using the tips suggested on this website.

 

2. Boost Your Writing Skills – with selected rules:

Rule 2

Use commas to enclose nonrestrictive clauses or phrases, which are not essential to the sentence's meaning.

Want to see the three example-sentences written with the above rule, click the above hyper-link.

Practise writing your letter of job application with the suggested rule.

The site is hosted by Junket Studies Tutoring -- a private tutoring service in northern New Jersey

http://www.junketstudies.com

 

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