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[billycorgan]

I'd like to move to london to work as a trader for a bank.. i have written down my resume but i fear to have done mistakes (spelling, grammar..). my resume is just 1 page long.. is there any kind person that could read it and tell me if there are any errors?

[damon@English24/7]

Hi,

I am sorry but I won`t rewrite your resume. There are a few things I recommend you consider before submitting your resume.

1. Think about who your audience--make sure it is written for that audience. I am no banking expert, but I should point out that in Britain they don`t say resume, they say CV (curriculum vitae), and you should check your CV for British spellings.

2. Do not include anything that doesn`t advance your goal (of getting hired as a trader or banker). Think about how every detail of your resume advances your goal and then emphasize it.

3. Use online resources (and any others you might have access to) to the best of your abilities first. Here are a couple of pages with links to resume/CV resources that I found http://jobsearch.about.com/od/curriculumvitae/ and http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/res-web.php.

4. No spelling errors--you have a spell-check, use it. Just be careful about British and American spellings because they aren`t.

5. You will also probably need a cover letter. If you have any reasonable expectation of getting employed as a trader or banker, then I expect that you will be able to search for resources to help you write an English cover letter.

I hope you don`t find this message hostile or discouraging, maybe you have already done all of this. However, I would rather you to learn to do it yourself.

Best of luck,

damon

[billycorgan]

Thank you damon for your answer.. actually i have already written down both cv and cover letter but you know, for a non-english speaker it could be difficult to find out little mistakes inside a pretty long text....
By the way I've already spent a lot of time trying to taget my curriculum for a banker position... I think all this work will pay!

Thanks again for you support...

Franco