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[Deicide]

I am pasting an older version of my CV (education and Work History), it will be updated after Korea...many people told me my options are much better than the Big Four so I would like to know exactly what they are and how to go about it....cheers all...D

Qualifications

Languages: English, German (bilingual, spoken and written)

French (spoken fluency), Icelandic (basic knowledge),

Good Latin (reading ability), Basic Ancient Greek (reading ability)

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office, E-mail

Educational Background

1992-1996 York Preparatory School, New York, New York, U.S.A., Honors in English

1996-2001 State University of New York at Binghamton, U.S.A.

Karl-Franzens Universit?, Graz, Austria (University Exchange)

Eberhard-Karls Universit?, T?ingen, Germany (University Exchange)

B.A. in German Studies and concentration in linguistics,

Honors in German, State Recognized Certificate for Achievement in German language and literature

2001-2002 Universit?de Nantes, Nantes, France (Exchange Programme)

C.E.L.T.A. Language Centre, Paris
C.E.L.T.A. Certificate (Cambridge Language Teaching to Adults)

2002-2005 Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms-Universit? Bonn

(English and German linguistics and Scandinavian Studies)

Work Experience

1996-1997 New York Parks Department-Environmental Protection

1996-1997 Tutor for English, State University of New York

1999-2001 Assistant for German Language, State University of New York

Assistant Language Teacher for German, Dartmouth College

2000-2005 Freelance Translator (German-English, English-German)

2002-2003 Contractual Teacher of English at Rheinische Friedrich Willhelms Universit?

2004-2005 Freelance Teacher of English at In Lingua Language School, Bonn, Germany

Interests/Hobbies

Fitness, Hiking, Art, Reading(Classical Literature, Fantasy, Philosophy, Linguistics), Travelling, Foreign Languages, Nutrition

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[kdynamic]

Wow, the important parts of that CV could be compressed to about 5 lines.

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[canuck]

[canuck]

And your avatar is too big. Edit that too while your at it.

[Deicide]

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[Quibby84]

Deicide, how have you had time to do so many things? My american resume with frills and retard additions would never be that long. According to what I have read on here it is really long, but in my opinion it is very impressive.
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[Jon Taylor]

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We're playing the picture game? Like a rolling clown, Jon Taylor

[TokyoLiz]

Deicide,

If you get a job in Tokyo, you may find that there is a market for Latin, Greek and German. There are foreign nationals and Japanese who are keenly interested in languages other than English.

In order not to draw fire from others, I'd say don't post your complete CV here and edit that avatar. It's too large to display.

Too bad you stooped to the rude level of the other people in this thread. Otherwise, you seem cool.

[furiousmilksheikali]

Deicide:

Although Tokyo Liz has given you an optimistic assessment of Latin and Ancient Greek's usefulness in Tokyo, the point is that you have stated having reading ability in these languages. Clearly you won't be competent enough to teach it and therefore it can only be a necessary skill if your employment requires you to read Latin and Ancient Greek texts. I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb when I say that those jobs are almost non-existent, even in Tokyo.

You do need to condensce that CV of yours. The rude responses you have received from other posters may not seem justified but they do reflect some of the thoughts of potential employers put off by someone they may think is showing off.

I know someone applying for a job in EFL who gave a detailed description of their physics PhD in mass spectroscopy on their CV. I hadn't got a clue what it was about and it was clearly irrelevant and it took six months before the person in question found a bottom-of-the-barrel eikaiwa job.

Keep it simple and relevant.

[JimDunlop2]

Lingva Latina mortva est.

Did I get that right?