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Writing a resume / CV
1. What is the difference between a résumé and a CV? Work in pairs, then watch a video and
check your answers.
2. What is the purpose of writing a CV?
3. Have you ever written it?
a. YES (When, what purpose, what language…)
b. NO (need to write it in the future? Why?)
4. What headings does a CV usually have?
5. What skills in general do undergraduate/graduate students of chemistry need?
6. Academic vocabulary
Can you brainstorm for nouns that the verbs below might collocate with?
performed worked gained delivered won assisted created administered
co-presented guided demonstrated built analysed/researched attain
supervised trained participated demonstrate experienced awarded have
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Now match the verbs and the nouns that they collocate with:
experience science clubs for children
(co)-present a good mark
gain in experiments
attain findings (at a conference)
participate a grant
be awarded experience
assist laboratory work of students
build the 3rd
place in a competition
deliver sb. on st.
guide and supervise the effects of a chemical
demonstrate a questionnaire
administer an ability
train studies
analyse (research) relationships
win how sb. deals with st.
perform sb. with investigating
Fill in the missing verbs:
1. _______________________questionnaire research
2. _______________________the ability to work unsupervised in a professional laboratory
3. _______________________assay studies such as enzyme kinetics and inhibition using UVvisible
spectrophotometry
4. _______________________the effects of a chemical introduced into human plasma samples
to investigate whether a correlation exists between drug metabolism
5. _______________________effective working relationships with the participating schools
6. _______________________after-school science clubs to primary school children
7. _______________________professor with investigating Lake Makatawa sediments
8. _____________________and _______________________ laboratory work of General and
Organic chemistry students
9. _______________________students on laboratory equipment
10. _______________________research findings at local research colloquium
11. ___________________in small groups to plan and carry out over 20 laboratory experiments
12. ______________________ good practical experience in using specialist software to capture
and analyse numerical data
13. good teamwork helped to _______________________ the highest mark (86%) for project
presentation made to panel of lecturers and industry professionals
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14. _______________________ the 3rd
place in an international chemistry competition for
university level students
15. _______________________how the team dealt with various environmental issues
16. _______________________college grant to further research on the synthesis of kalkitoxin.
Worked in collaboration with Professor John D. Black and two postdoctoral researchers.
17. _______________________ inorganic chemistry focus group and its website
18. _______________________ experience of various molecular techniques from taught courses
including DNA extraction, PCR, ELISA & Gel electrophoresis
7. Targeting a CV to an advert: Read the advert below and underline the parts that state the
required skills/characteristics/previous experience etc.
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Now read the CV below and try to identify parts that correspond to the requirements from the
advert:
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Source: http://www.careers.qmul.ac.uk/docs/Departments/86458.pdf
8. Assignment - writing your own CV.
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