When he wakes up, I hope he understands why he can't say he worked as a "cooker"!
Sometimes my francophone friends with over 10 years experience in writing English still fall for this one, de temps en temps!

Sans doute a cause de les intricacies and inconsistencies in the English language, (and just to keep people on their toes!) you can't do it, unless you wish to say that you were the actual cooking pot!
Then you were the 'cooker'.

Mais, je sais, c'est tricky.
You can be a driver, a machine operator, a swimmer, a walker (which can also be used as a noun)....many things, mais jamais un cooker!

So ends Kate's language tip for the day: beware the myriad of exceptions to the rules...

Kate

Est ce qu'il y a un sens "cache" a cooker?

Je sais que ma tendre qui est "chef" deteste qu'on lui dise que son job est "cooker". Pourtant elle fait juste la cuisine

You are almost there Martin but you are still displaying inconsistencies in capitalisation (e.g. Music, cinema), also in punctuation (colons and full-stops). There should be no space between the end of a word and a colon and full-stops are sometimes omitted. The word experience needs correction too.

More importantly, there should be a list of referees on your résumé and don't forget to date your letter and to include your residential address.

It is no secret that a cooker besides being a stove or a pot is also a person who concocts or manipulates something. It is rather disparaging to call a chef a cooker.

salut a tous humm à l'EISTI on a l'équivalence Master's degree, c'est inscrit sur notre diplôme d'ingé, mais est ce une exception? car je croyais que toutes les ecoles d'ingé agrées cti en france (ou presque) délivraient l'équivalence...

+33 (0)6 -------.

Data base -> Database

Language : reasonable standard of English
No french ??? Might sounds obvious but it may be interesting for your potential employer


Experience: Dis-en plus. Expliques tes objectifs, responsabilites et moyens mis en oeuvre.

Ou est passe UNIX ???? Ajoutes une categorie OS.
Par contre video games est encore la (on voit tes priorites )

Ton CV, n'a pas besoin de tenir sur une page comme en France.

Points qui ont deja ete abordes mais qui me semblent importants:
Ajoutes 2 ou 3 references: Nom, fonction, email, telephone.(parlant anglais si possible sinon a preciser)
Insistes sur ce que tu peux apporter a la societe plutot que sur ce que la societe va t'apporter a toi.

My 2 cts.

laurent

Sorry about "cooker", but yesterday i was 07 years old !
Actually my brain was so stone that i have wrote the first word who pass througt my mind !

Ou alors j'ai de gros probleme avec mon anglais ce qui n'est pas exclu d'ailleur !!!

Grégoire Martin
………………
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France

The Personal Manager
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Dear Sir/Madam,

For my diploma « master of computer engineering » to become an engineer, it is essential to have work experience in an english firm.
I am hoping to work for an international firm and would be particularly pleased to have some training in your firm.

I am enrolled in a three-year degree to become an engineer in the field of computer engineering at the 3IL school in Limoges. A twenty four week experience period is a compulsory part of my course, and the report in which I will write about my placement in your company will be presented orally for the examination.

Throughout my studies I have learned and used many computer languages and methods. I enjoy working with people, as well, demonstrating products, and educating others in their uses. I believe I would excel in your firm because I truly find that an international experience is a challenging and rewarding career.

I would be very grateful if you would consider me for a placement in your firm from 15 march to 29 august 2004.
work experience in english firm would enable me to gain the knowledge of international business practice which I need.

Ps: Please find enclosed my curriculum vitae.

Yours faithfully,
Gregoire Martin.
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what do you think about this one

Martin Grégoire, 3rd year student
at the engineering school of Limoges (France)

Age : 23 years old
Sex : Male
Nationality : French
Marital status : Single
Phone Number : +33 (0).............
E-Mail : ..............


Education :

2001 – 2004 : Master degree of computer engineering at 3IL Limoges (France).

1999 – 2001 : Preparatory classes : two-year undergraduate intensive course in mathematics and physics.
National competitive examination for admission to the French "Grandes Ecoles".

1999 : Secondary school at "lycée Montesquieu", Le Mans (France). General certificate of education advanced level with honours.

Expérience :

2003 : Two months practical engineering experience as a web developer with PHP, MySQL and an Apache server, in the Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris.

2002: Two months practical engineering experience as a software developer in the Mutuelles du Mans Assurances, Le Mans.
I had to translate an Excel software to Visual Basic with an Oracle database.

Other skills :

Language : fluent french, reasonable standard of English.

Computer languages : PHP, ASP, Java script, VRML, HTML.
C/C++, OpenGL, Java.
SQL.

Database : Oracle, Mysql, Access.

Other : MFC, DLL, ActiveX.

OS : Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP, Linux Mandrake/Redhat.

Interests :

Licence: Car. Excellent driving record.

Hobbies : football, music, cinema.

Juste un mot, le bac, ici, c'est HSC: High School Certificate.

celine

J'aurais mis un "s" a week

Et tu utilises souvent "firm", essaie de le remplacer par autre chose de temps a autre

jooky, la, il faut demander a nos specialistes: Kate et Jean-Marie

je dirai sans s et twenty four week-training period mais je vais attendre que les pro corrigent!!!

celine

"24 week experience period" definitely doesn't sound right.
("24 week work experience period" or Celine's "twenty-four week training period") would be correct.

Et Jooky, tu as raison.
Gregoire, vary the usage of the word 'firm' a bit to make it less overused. Try 'business', or better, 'company' occasionally peut etre.

Kate

Gregoire, back back a bit, I've found something else, if you haven't fixed it yet...

"work experience in english firm would enable me to gain the knowledge of international business practice which I need. "

(You forgot the capital and a couple of other things).

Try:

"Work experience in an English firm would enable me to gain the knowlege of international business practice which I require."

Also, proper nouns like days of the week, months of the year, degree titles and countries all need capital letters:
so you need to fix March and August,
plus "Master of Computer Engineering"
and "Curriculum Vitae" being the name of something, I would do that in start caps as well (though some might debate that, and the need to put a caps on the 'e' in "English firm" but I think you need to make a difference between any old english - as in learning english, and the English as in England the country.

Hope this makes it clearer.

Aussi:
Under your "2002 Experience" heading, something is also amiss.

"I had to translate an Excel software to Visual Basic with an Oracle database"

This either has to be "an Excel software PROGRAMME" if it was one programme, or "Excel software" (without the 'an') if it was just translating in general, not specific.

Kate

PS Sand, maybe I (or a couple of us if more have time) could write an article for FDU with some guidelines for writing a C.V. for Australia, since the style layout is also different here. Others could then follow some step by step guidelines, and just ask questions for small things which don't fall into the categories. What do you others think? Would that be useful?

Martin

oops pas d'accent en anglais
perhaps translate in brackets as the Le Mans Mutual Insurance Company
French
the report which
people, as well as demonstrating products
work experience in an English speaking firm
PS (or ps) : please find etc should be after the writer's name. Post = after and Script =the writing

Raz00
juste à temps

ben pourquoi pas de "s" a "24 week training period"



(j'aurais pas du dormir pandant les cours d'anglais...)