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in thread Always someone better than you?

A few more tidbits. Sweden may have different laws on the subject, but in Canada, an employer is not even permitted to ask marital status in an interview. Thus, an applicant should not give it until they are employed (and only then so that benefits can apply to one's spouse/children - at least to HR, not necessarily anyone else).

Remember - you're trying to tell an employer why they should hire you. Or at least interview you. Social activities are important to some as they provide evidence of a "well-rounded" applicant. So, I'd suggest switching from "I party with..." to "I socialise with ..." - or just remove it. I can't think of a positive spin for this.

s/Good social ability/Good social skills/

s/projekts/projects/ # a good English spell-checker can help with many typos, though not all.

s/Some Courses:/Course Highlights:/

You have under "Projects" a "2005 - ?" - change ? to "Present".

s/Swedish: Mother tongue.*?$/Swedish: Primary language. Fluent in both speaking and writing/

s/English: Fluently in both speech and writing/English: Fluent in both speaking and writing/ # ;-)

s/Polish: Understand speech/Polish: Understand spoken only./

I'll also echo dimwit's comment: remove the picture. Unless this is a Swedish custom, it seems distracting to me.

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Re^3: Always someone better than you?
by Ace128 (Hermit) on Dec 07, 2006 at 02:08 UTC
    Alrighty! Thanks goes to you too! I didn't really think anyone would reply... Gonna fix those regexes there! :) Can almost do a copy paste, since I use LaTeX and edit the file in vim hehe.

    What I heard, the picture is supposed to be a nice touch. If you have a good one. But how do you define a "good" picture?

    I actually used gmail's spelling for the spelling part... funny eh? ;)

    Also, interesting fact about that marital status... gonna remove it.

    Thanks,
    Ace