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dinarte7 · Newbie Joined: 17 Jan 2008 Posts: 1 Career Advice: +0/-0

Hi, I've been trying to make one new CV in English, but has been a while since I wrote something in English, so, I think it's natural to have done some mistakes! I would appreciate if someone could take a look to my CV and point the errors, and if possible give advices about how could I improve the CV.

Best regards, Dinarte

PROFILE
(haven't made yet)

RELEVANT SKILLS

Languages

 Portuguese – Excellent in all components (mother tongue).
 English – Good in all components.
 Spanish – Good understanding and speaking, weak writing
 German – Good understanding, weak speaking and writing.
 French – Weak in all components.

Computer skills

 Microsoft Office – 14 years experience (Word, Excel, and later PowerPoint).
 Good knowledge of different Microsoft operation systems.
 Specific software knowledge: Turbo Pascal, Surfer 8.0, Statistica.
 Good learning of new software.
 Experience in hardware assembling and software installation.

EDUCATION

Environmental Engineer Universidade de Aveiro – Aveiro, PORTUGAL 1996-2005

High School Diploma Escola Secundária Jaime Moniz – Funchal, PORTUGAL 1993-1996

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Collaborator Dr. Kölsch Geo und Umwelttechnik GmbH – Braunschweig (GERMANY) Set- Jan 08
 Responsibilities – field work in Landfills (temperature, pressure and inclination measurements) for settlements monitoring and determination of landfills stability.

Collaborator Sociosistemas – Aveiro (PORTUGAL) Feb- Aug 07
 Responsibilities –Training used oil producers about the Portuguese used oil management program, law requirements and specifications.

Assistant Agro-Ideia A.C.E. – Caldas da Rainha (PORTUGAL) Jun- Nov 06
 Responsibilities – Collecting and preparing agriculture soil and leaves samples for laboratorial analysis, secretarial attendance and costumer assistance.

Consultant Austrian Embassy – Lisbon (PORTUGAL) Feb- May 06
 Responsibilities – Preparing reports about investment opportunities in environment areas for Austrian companies in Portugal.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

German Intensive Course Wolksschule – Braunschweig, GERMANY July-Set 07

Training of Trainers (TOT) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia – Aveiro, PORTUGAL Mar- May 07

OTHER SKILLS AND ACHIEVMENTS

 Student representant in Department of Environment and Planning 2001 - 2002

 ASPEA Member (Portuguese Environment Education Association) 1998 – 2001

 ASPEA Collaborator in European environment programs (Coastwatch, Clean up the Med)

 Regional Champion of Junior Cross Country (Madeira – PORTUGAL) 1996

 Regional Runner up of Youth Cross Country (Madeira – PORTUGAL) 1995

 Regional Champion of Handball (Madeira – PORTUGAL) 1990

lexa10881 · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:09 am Post subject:

Not bad, of course you need to make up your profile still. I would change one thing though, I thought it gave the whole CV a negative feel: the way you mentioned your French skills seemed like you were talking poorly of yourself. You might change this little blurb to say "limited skills" or omit it as I found it to be distracting.

You don't want your Cv to sound negatively about you, it is supposed to market you to prospective employers.

About improving your CV:

http://www.cvtips.com/make_your_CV_more_interesting.html

C_Vaughan · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:04 pm Post subject:

I agree with the above poster. Either leave off the French language component or reword it.

~C. Vaughan

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