Day 04

• IMPORTANT!

  Today, most big companies and many smaller ones have turned the first step in the process of handling applications over to computers. The software used is called an "applicant tracking system" (ATS). The German term is "Bewerbermanagementsystem".
  
  Here's a video that explains these systems and what applicants have to keep in mind when dealing with them.
  -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVvaECOmSS4 (saved version)
  
  Here are some important "tips" for dealing with an ATS when preparing your CV.

  Here's another group of tips.
  
  Finally, here's an article in German on the same topic.
  -> http://www.absolventa.de/karriereguide/online-bewerben/bewerbermanagementsystem
   

• The well-known American journal "Science" also offers lots of information on the job-application writing process.
  How to Craft a Winning Résumé
   
• It seems that lots of people are lying on their CVs these days about their qualifications. Here's a BBC article about the phenomenon.
   

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In case you haven't noticed, we're in Europe, so here are a couple of websites that give some interesting and important information about writing (English) resumes from various European perspectives.

• This is from the Guardian (UK).
• Here's some information from a professor in Finland.
• And of course, something from Germany.
• Last but not least, the "European CV"!
  Please note that this is from an organization that deals with people doing "vocational training" (Ausbildung); I'm not sure it's relevant to university students.

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