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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5336 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 33 of 34 15 March 2012 at 7:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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You never know what get's the employer's attention. My sister once applied for a job as a French teacher, and her qualifications and grades were so equal to those of another guy applying, that she got the job because she had done a 2 day course in marine biology in France that he hadn't. I once caught an employer's attention because the recommendation from my previous job mentioned that I had invited all the students and teachers to my home for a farewell party. He said that this showed him that I was a person with initiative who was willing to do more than what was strictly demanded of me, and that was the kind of person he wanted to hire. I am still in that company 20 years later.
I once got an interview for a very interesting job because I had written that I was beginning to learn Russian, which gave me an enormous edge compared to all those who hadn't. I did not get the job, but that was not because of my poor Russian. Generally it is a good idea to put in any qualification remotely connected to the job as long as you are dead honest about your level. I think I have about 50 certificates,diplomas and recommendations which I hand in with my CV, and the only one I do not list or hand in is the certificate from a 10 hour crash course in belly dancing in 1982:-) 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6599 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 34 of 34 15 March 2012 at 9:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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