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Joeviee Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Resume

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00For example when you talk about your previous job responsibilities, "My duty have included 02br
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00writing press release, meeting with clients. Besides, i also participated in promotional 02br
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00activities." OR "My duty included writing press release, meeting with clients...." 02br
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00Which sentence is better in writing resume? Or any better suggestion? 02br
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00Another example, "In year 1995, my project has won the best entry for the poem 02br
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00competiton." OR "My project had won" OR simply "My project won?" 02br
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0No different than ordinary writing, Joe. 02br 02br 00If the previous job is finished, use simple past ('duties included'). 1955 is long gone, so use simple past ('project won').

— Mister Micawber

  • 0No different than ordinary writing, Joe.
  • 02br 02br 00If the previous job is finished, use simple past ('duties included').
  • 1955 is long gone, so use simple past ('project won').
  • 02br 02br 00Use present perfect for skills and abilities that you are (potentially)continuing to upgrade, and for current job duties, ongoing hobbies, etc.
  • (Simple present often occurs in these latter cases also).
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0No different than ordinary writing, Joe. 02br
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0 Thanks for your quick reply Mister M. I'm afraid your explanations are too simple for my 02br
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00finished, use simple past". My question is why "have included" wrong in this context 02br
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0Present perfect vs simple past has nothing to do with duration, but with time. If an action or event is definitely completed in the past (that is, it is clearly finished and there is no need to explain to the reader that it is finished), then use simple past tense: your job is finished and your duties there are finished-- therefore, use simple past: 'I 01b00worked02b00
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0 Hi Mister M, 02br
00Thanks for your reply once again. I have to admit that i have no sense of tenses at all, i 02br
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00learned my english through lots of reading and listening. I don't even know the basic rules 02br
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00in grammar, i use tenses which sound natural to me. I guess it's time for me to go back to 02br
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0 It sounds to me as if you have a very good sense of tenses, joeviee! Perhaps it's simply that CVs have a particular tone, and are rarely encountered by students of English. 02br
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0 Hi MrPedantic, 02br
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00Thank you for your compliments. I agree with what you said perhaps that's the reason 02br
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00i've never had confidence sending out my resumes without proofreaded by someone of 02br
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hi .. i have something to ask you, do you know how to make a resume? b'coz i dont know how to make a perfect resume, can you give me the best tips..
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Resume writing is an art, Hardly 10 to 40 seconds a resume get to impress your recruiter, based on needs, your content, professional design, over all you can say how much it appear positive based on this you get the interview calls.

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Hi. It's a common problem actually. I also had the same issue. But XXXXX helped me to write a good resume, hope you'll also find it useful.

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