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[smokingzen]

Hi all,

I am currently in Thailand and i'm looking to get my first English teaching job. I am not sure exactly where i am looking to get a job yet, but i'm considering the following places; Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China. Roughly in order of preference. I am just in the process of creating a CV for the purpose, and would like to know several things.

What format should such a CV take and what info should be included?

Can i use the same CV for all of those countries?

Has anyone has success posting their CV on this site?

To give some more details about myself, i am male, 32, and have an MA (Hon) Mental Philosophy, and considerable previous business experience, yet i have no English teaching qualifications or experience. I ask the above questions then as many posts i have seen say to only include relevant experience, but as such, i have none, what then should i include?

Advice from anyone who has experince in any/ or all of these countries would be most appreciated. Examples of CV's also would be greatly appreciated.

[Kent F. Kruhoeffer]

Greetings smokingzen



Here are two excellent online CV resources to read through;

the WorkBloom website contains teaching-specific samples:



http://www.rockportinstitute.com/resumes.html

http://workbloom.com/default.aspx



A couple of years ago I did something a bit radical -

and dumped the whole concept of a hard copy CV.


I just got really tired of lugging outdated resumes around the world ...


so I transfered my entire resume into the body of a normal Yahoo E-mail

and then saved it as a draft document. In so doing, it can be easily

and quickly updated & sent out with a simple click of the mouse.


Instead of using attachments, I use hot-links to relevant information;

i.e., the university I graduated from, an online photo album, etc ...


More and more employers are now asking

for 'in-body' resumes since attachments:


a) can take up a lot of space

and

b) sometimes contain a virus

[Glenski]

Read the sticky about CVs for the Japan forum. Feel free to ask specific questions about it there.

Also realize that just sending a CV from Thailand will not get you a job. You are going to have to interview in Japan (or with a recruiter for a Japan school that visits your native English speaking home country).

[tedkarma]

I agree with Kent on approach - though I do it a bit differently with webpage links to a page of scans of qualifications, publications, awards, etc. - and a link to my resume/CV.

Though I confess - I am old-fashioned and still attach my resume as a word document too .

A couple things I think are important: list what qualifies you for the job as close to the top of your resume/CV as possible - as well as in the cover letter. And, find out what is locally appropriate where you are applying. Photos, personal family information, etc. can be important in some countries.

I do think I will develop a "Kent Method CV" though on my Yahoo account . . .

[Kent F. Kruhoeffer]

Sooner or later it's probably a good move, ted.

There are 3 advantages that make it worthwhile:


a) It's guaranteed to be read by anybody anywhere using any kind of computer


b) making periodic updates, additions & revisions is fast and painless


c) more and more employers are refusing to open attachments


Everything is laid out neatly on one simple page,

much as a you'd expect in a normal hard-copy resume.

It can be printed out at the recipient's end if they want to.


In the past, I'd attach a single photo since the photo alone was 75K.

Now, you just click on a hot-link to my Yahoo Photo Album

and you can view an entire album of 12 photos.

And it takes up only 18K in the DOS' inbox.



You might get the job for that reason alone!