Japanese Style Resume
Keep your English CV short and to the point - a page of A4 or two pages at the most. Techniques such as bullet pointing and sub-titles highlighted in bold help you to compress a lot of information into a small space. Make your CV stand out, and you will be picked out.
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Essential Information
Include all the essential information that the person reading your resume needs. This includes your full name, date of birth, nationality, address and telephone number. Qualifications and experience for the job you are applying for must be included, anything not relevant can be omitted. If the job requires knowledge of the Japanese language include any qualifications you may hold such as your grade on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) and an honest assessment of your written and spoken levels of proficiency.
Photographs
An up-to-date passport size photograph is essential, not a CV where the photo has simply been photocopied leaving an ugly black smudge in the top corner.
Content
Mentioning accomplishments is essential. Make sure your resume is up-to-date as far as the post you are applying for. Include action words in your resume such as designed, developed, organized, planned etc.
List Your Skills
Include a section where you list your basic skill sets: communication, team work, computers and software knowledge and for teaching jobs specialized skills such as CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning), knowledge of language labs or testing.
The Japan Experience
Many universities or language school employers may be looking for someone specific not just a native speaker. Age and gender discrimination is often a given so though you may be the best candidate on paper, you may be considered too old, the wrong sex or nationality. Don't despair, carry on to the next application.
Include all the essential information that the person reading your resume needs. This includes your full name, date of birth, nationality, address and telephone number. Qualifications and experience for the job you are applying for must be included, anything not relevant can be omitted. If the job requires knowledge of the Japanese language include any qualifications you may hold such as your grade on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) and an honest assessment of your written and spoken levels of proficiency.
Photographs
An up-to-date passport size photograph is essential, not a CV where the photo has simply been photocopied leaving an ugly black smudge in the top corner.
Content
Mentioning accomplishments is essential. Make sure your resume is up-to-date as far as the post you are applying for. Include action words in your resume such as designed, developed, organized, planned etc.
List Your Skills
Include a section where you list your basic skill sets: communication, team work, computers and software knowledge and for teaching jobs specialized skills such as CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning), knowledge of language labs or testing.
The Japan Experience
Many universities or language school employers may be looking for someone specific not just a native speaker. Age and gender discrimination is often a given so though you may be the best candidate on paper, you may be considered too old, the wrong sex or nationality. Don't despair, carry on to the next application.
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