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Writing a resume is controversial. Discuss your viewpoints on the argument.

My previous writings are mainly essays, reports, and emails to ask for
information
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 about courses’ lectures, services on campus, …
However
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,
this
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assignment
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 is to write a
resume
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 to apply for jobs, so there are some specific requirements in
format
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 and structure that I should follow.
Firstly
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, because
this
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 document aims at seeking for a
job
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, so
instead
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 of requesting
information
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 like in other writings (e.g inquiry email), we have to focus on providing
information
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 about ourselves
that is
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 relevant to the
job
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.
Secondly
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, while plain text is widely used in other types of documents (e.g email, essay), a
resume
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 requires
information
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 to be organized into particular sections with corresponding headlines.
Thirdly
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, regarding the structure, these are some sections that are mandatory and specific to a
resume
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: headers, education, experience, and others (skills, hobbies, awards).
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, writing a
resume
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also
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 requires us to analyze the
job
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descriptions
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 carefully beforehand so that only
information
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 relevant to the
job
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 is included in our
resume
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. Through
this
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assignment
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, I have learned various useful lessons and
tips
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 on how to design a good
resume
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.
Firstly
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, the
information
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 provided in the “education” and “experience” sections should follow the reverse chronological order because
this
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 style makes the
information
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 easier for employers to follow.
Secondly
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, I
also
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 learn some valuable
tips
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 to write
descriptions
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 in a
resume
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 effectively: (1) a good description should follow the
format
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 “Action verb + Project + Result” (2) the
descriptions
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 can be written more succinctly by eliminating non-essential phrases and quantifying accomplishments when possible.
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, the most important lesson that I learn from
this
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assignment
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 is that we should try to analyze the
job
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descriptions
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 before starting writing our
resume
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.
This
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 will help us to figure out important requirements of the
job
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 and after that, only
information
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 relevant to those requirements should be included and emphasized in our
resume
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.
Last
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 summer, I did not pay much attention to
this
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 analysis step and just used a single
resume
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 to apply to multiple jobs simultaneously.
This
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 is a mistake because my previous
resume
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 did not emphasize specific skills required by each
job
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 and it
also
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 contains a lot of redundant
information
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 not related to the
job
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. Fourthly, I
also
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 learn important
tips
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 to make my
resume
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 more suitable when applying to big companies that use ATS: (1) do not include headers, footers, tables or images (2) try to use standard headlines
such
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 as “work experience”.
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,
this
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assignment
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also
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 teaches me general
tips
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 to design a good
resume
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such
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 as allowing white space, keeping the
format
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 consistent throughout the document. In the near future, there are some aspects that I need to consider when I have to write a
resume
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 again to apply for jobs or internships.
Firstly
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, I will need to organize the
information
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 by following the standard structure for a
resume
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: header, education, experience, others (skills, awards, hobbies).
This
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 might help my
resume
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 look more standard and familiar with the hiring teams.
Secondly
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, for
information
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 in the ‘education’ and ‘experience’ section, I will represent them in the reverse chronological order to make it easier for readers to follow.
Thirdly
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, for each
job
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 post, I will carefully analyze the
job
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 description and select appropriate
information
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 according to that
job
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 to include into my
resume
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.
This
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 might help my
resume
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 look stronger and
as a result
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, my chance for getting hired would be higher.
Lastly
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, I will pay attention to other aspects that can help guarantee a good design of
resume
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,
such
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 as keeping the
format
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 consistent throughout the document, avoiding spelling and grammar errors…

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Structure your answers in logical paragraphs

The easiest way to score well on the IELTS Task 2 writing portion is to structure your writing in a solid essay format.

A strong argument essay structure can be split up into 4 paragraphs, each containing 4 sentences (except the conclusion paragraph, which only contains 3 sentences).

Stick to this essay structure:

  • Paragraph 1 - Introduction
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion

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