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C V British style
Writing a CV or rsum

Name Mark James Wallace

(curriculum vitae) Address 22 Rocks Lane, Bristol BS8 9DF
Telephone 0117 945649
Mobile 0779 9238182
Some people omit these labels. Email mjwallace@vjbworld.co.uk
Nationality British
Date of birth 11 March 1979
Some people omit the Profile section. Profile A highly motivated, well-travelled and
creative graduate with practical design
experience in a large company.
Education
1998 2001 Cardiff University: BA in Graphic Design (2.1)
Other useful phrases for 1990 1997 Clifton School, 3 A levels: Art (A);
a CV or rsum: Design and Technology (A);
Mathematics (B); 9 GCSEs
j Native French speaker
j Near-native command of English Employment
j Adequate spoken Dutch and German 2001 present EMS Corporate Imaging, Design Dept,
j Baccalaurat, srie C (equivalent of Riverside House, 19 Charles St, Bristol
A levels in Maths and Physics) Skills Computer literate: familiar with a
j The qualifications described below number of design and DTP packages.
do not have exact equivalents in the Clean driving licence.
American system. Interests Tennis, photography and travel.
j I enclose photocopies of my References available on request
certificates with English translations.

Rsum American style

JENNIFER ROBERTS
1320 Forest Drive email: jroberts@mailbox.com
Palo Alto, CA94309 telephone: (650) 498129 On an American rsum you may choose
Objective To obtain a position as a GermanEnglish whether or not to include your birth date,
translator with a firm in the Bay Area. marital status, children, etc.

Education
20002002 Master of Arts in Translation, Begin with your most recent
Stanford University qualification and work backwards.
19941998 Bachelor of Arts (cum laude)
Major: German; Minor: Russian,
Georgetown University
Experience
2002present Freelance technical translator, Begin with your most recent
German-English, mostly for hi-tech employment and work backwards.
industries in California
20002002 Teaching assistant (German),
Stanford University
19982000 English teacher, Cambridge Institute,
Heidelberg, Germany
Languages Fluent German, conversational Spanish
Personal Interests include sailing,
playing the accordion, cooking
Reference Dr M Rosen, Chair, Dept of Modern One or more references may be included
Languages, Stanford University, on the CV/rsum or they may be included
Palo Alto, CA94305 in the letter of application instead.