Comments on: The Most Important Tip for Choosing Your Resume Language http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/ JobMob is about bringing together job seekers and jobfinders to find jobs in Israel and all over the world. Our motto is "all together now." The blog is filled with straight-talking advice based on real world experience and lots of humor thrown in. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:04:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: How To Make An Israeli CV Out Of Your Resume | JobMob http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/#comment-53995 How To Make An Israeli CV Out Of Your Resume | JobMob Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:26:25 +0000 http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/#comment-53995 [...] If you liked this article, you’ll enjoy The Most Important Tip for Choosing Your Resume Language. [...] [...] If you liked this article, you’ll enjoy The Most Important Tip for Choosing Your Resume Language. [...]

]]> By: Temporary Jobs in Israel: Where To Find Them | JobMob http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/#comment-46265 Temporary Jobs in Israel: Where To Find Them | JobMob Tue, 05 May 2009 20:03:38 +0000 http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/#comment-46265 [...] Quick tip: Most of these websites are in Hebrew so you might want a friend or family member to help you search them. Depending on how small a job is needed, getting translation help is ok here as opposed to a search for full-time jobs where the language of the job listing is usually the required language of work. [...] [...] Quick tip: Most of these websites are in Hebrew so you might want a friend or family member to help you search them. Depending on how small a job is needed, getting translation help is ok here as opposed to a search for full-time jobs where the language of the job listing is usually the required language of work. [...]

]]> By: How Job Hunting in Israel is Different. » What Would Dad Say http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/#comment-9755 How Job Hunting in Israel is Different. » What Would Dad Say Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:30:17 +0000 http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/#comment-9755 [...] job seekers used to wonder in which language they should submit their resumes but there’s an easy language rule of thumb for that: use the same language as the job listing. That said, many aspiring professionals will prepare [...] [...] job seekers used to wonder in which language they should submit their resumes but there’s an easy language rule of thumb for that: use the same language as the job listing. That said, many aspiring professionals will prepare [...]

]]> By: Jacob Share http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/#comment-6475 Jacob Share Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:25:44 +0000 http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/#comment-6475 Thanks for the extra insight and tips, David. I remember seeing lots of CVs in France where people claimed to be fluent in English but the CV was filled with errors. It's bad enough that there are mistakes but it's so much worse if the candidate claimed fluency, you're right. Thanks for the extra insight and tips, David.

I remember seeing lots of CVs in France where people claimed to be fluent in English but the CV was filled with errors. It’s bad enough that there are mistakes but it’s so much worse if the candidate claimed fluency, you’re right.

]]> By: David http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/#comment-6471 David Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:16:16 +0000 http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/#comment-6471 oh, and another thing. Speaking as someone who has hired hundreds of people over the years, there's nothing worse that reading a CV in a language that, imho, has errors, but they claim to be "fluent/advanced/etc" in that very language. That's a big negative in my book, and I know lots of bilingual friends that are hiring managers, that may throw a CV in the bin for that. oh, and another thing. Speaking as someone who has hired hundreds of people over the years, there’s nothing worse that reading a CV in a language that, imho, has errors, but they claim to be “fluent/advanced/etc” in that very language. That’s a big negative in my book, and I know lots of bilingual friends that are hiring managers, that may throw a CV in the bin for that.

]]> By: David http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/#comment-6470 David Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:07:14 +0000 http://jobmob.co.il/blog/resume-language/#comment-6470 Very helpful. From my international job seeking ventures, and assuming you've managed to contact a real person, I've found that it's also helpful to ask what language they want it in. This works best if there is reference to "must be fluent in..." or "blah is highly desired". Sometimes you may be speaking to a recruiter that is hiring for someone who does speak another language (or in another country in the cases where a big company is trying to hire locally). And as Jake mentions, don't kill yourself trying to impress someone with another language, it rarely works and is time consuming. But as a bottom line, make the recruiter happy, their job easier, to get to the decision maker. Very helpful. From my international job seeking ventures, and assuming you’ve managed to contact a real person, I’ve found that it’s also helpful to ask what language they want it in. This works best if there is reference to “must be fluent in…” or “blah is highly desired”. Sometimes you may be speaking to a recruiter that is hiring for someone who does speak another language (or in another country in the cases where a big company is trying to hire locally). And as Jake mentions, don’t kill yourself trying to impress someone with another language, it rarely works and is time consuming.

But as a bottom line, make the recruiter happy, their job easier, to get to the decision maker.

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