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[jdl]

Anyway haopengyou, good luck on your job search! Once in I am sure you will love the work.

[haopengyou]

thanks for your feedback - and for the link to the other discussion as well. One final question - Does this look like a resume to you or a CV? (I have looked at more than 8 pages to learn what a CV is and find I am more confused than I was before.) In answering this question it would be helpful if you answered this way: to make this a CV you would have to .........

Thanks!

[jdl]

haopengou

Try this: http://jobsearch.about.com/lr/curriculum_vitae_templates/60172/1/

It may help.

My CV which I use for administrative positions is about 12 pages long in large print since the admin jobs I apply/have applied for are typically overseen by older managers who appreciate the larger (12-14) font. Since applications for Admin positions are even more carefully scrutinized the employer is more prone to have the patience to 'wade' through the paper. My CV is filled up with publications/presentations/career highlights/awards and the like. The contents are also rearranged to fit particular aspects of the job advertised. A CV is most useful in mid to late career since it allows for more detail. It has its drawback in that it requires an accompanying crisp synopsis/resume/profile to appeal to employers who want the 'quick version' and this can be a challenge. I use a profile section at the beginning of the CV just beneath my demographics which highlights my job strengths.

My resume which I use for teaching positions is 2 pages long in 12 point and includes the basics as you have included in yours.

I would regard your paperwork as a resume with some detail.... a nice compromise.

Don't get caught in the 'paralysis of analysis'. What you have is good. Your resume/cv will grow and evolve as your circumstances do. The key here is to review and refine based on market feedback.

[rmcdougall]

I would need more examples of your willingness to listen and be flexible.

[roadwalker]

I'm not an HR guy and have never hired anyone. So take this with a grain of salt. I didn't like your Summary of Qualifications: part of it shortchanges your excellent experience and part of it makes me picture Rain Man saying, "Excellent driver, yeah."

Examples:

1 You write "Professional Teacher". Professional means what 'natural' means on a food label: nothing. How about Licensed Teacher or California Licensed Teacher? Or even, Licensed Professional Teacher.

2 It's a bit wordy as to your quite (American sense) extensive experience. The 10 years living in China doesn't add much to nine years teaching there. That is, unless you mean a total of 19 years, then I wonder what you did for those non-teaching years.

3 Instead of Competent to teach students aged... I prefer 'Experience teaching students from age 5 to 75, including special needs students and students from a variety of backgrounds. (Still not right, but along these lines....)

4 I would toss "effective at teaching people at their level" personally. It sounds like horn tooting and possibly snobby, when your experience should speak for itself.

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5 You didn't describe what you taught at a couple of the mentioned jobs, such as the Tianjin School, Beijing New O, and Jiao Tong. I assume it's English...

Ok that's my two cents. Maybe it's better that you keep your own style. If a guy who hires teachers says you would have been short-listed, I can't argue with that. Being yourself on your resume will most likely get you into a situation with like-minded administrators. Personally, I like short and direct resumes where the readers draw their own conclusions.