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Rainer writes his resume - Intermediate German with Herr Antrim #20
Hello, German learners.
In my last video I said I found an open job position at Aldi,
but I have to write a resume in German.
I will research with you in this video
and write my own resume.
The first step when I research anything is, of course, Google.
I searched for “Lebenslauf” (resume)
and found many low quality pictures.
Then I searched for better pictures.
This resume is the first result.
In this resume we see the history of Mrs. Example Lady.
In German, you use the name “Herr” or “Frau Mustermann” (Mr. or Mrs. Example Man) for a fictional person,
just as in English it is done with Mr. and Mrs. Doe.
The contact information is the first information;
what her name is, where she lives and her telephone number.
After that she lists her personal information;
again her name, birthdate and place,
relationship status, meaning single, married or divorced
and citizenship.
Under “school” she writes the dates during which she studied at a Gymnasium (secondary school aimed at university bound students).
She also studied in Australia.
She, of course, writes that here, too.
She hasn’t studied at a university.
She has a lot of professional experience.
She did an internship at two banks.
She worked in the office of a textil company.
Her current job position is “Zeitungsbotin” (newspaper deliverer) for the “Munsterstädter Allgemeine”.
What I find interesting under “school” and “professional experience”
is that they are listed backwards with regards to English resumes.
In an English resume, you are supposed to list the most recent experience first
and at the end the oldest.
On a German resume, it is reversed.
This woman also describes her “special skills”.
She isn’t really good with computers, but she can use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
She is a German native speaker and can also speak English very well.
She only speaks a little French.
Under “miscellaneous” she writes her hobbies.
She likes to play volleyball, read and take photos.
If I take this resume as an example, I have a few problems.
First of all, I don’t want to list my hobbies on my resume.
I don’t know how that could be relevant.
My special skills are not really important,
because I am applying to Aldi.
My skills with video editors are not important here.
When I searched for “Lebenslauf” (resume),
I found an interesting website.
It is called “lebenslauf.com”.
On it you can use a resume template
in order to write a resume.
I will do that with you all now.
First, before I get a naive comment,
I have to talk about the letters F, U, and K.
When I first read this as an English native speaker, I had to laugh.
Then I found out
they are the formatting buttons with a German translation.
“Fett” is bold. “Unterstrich” is underline and “Kursivschrift” is italic.
It just looks a bit weird
to see these letters next to each other.
That’s why you will see the English versions more often,
even if you are typing on a German computer with a German keyboard.
First I enter my information into the form
where the example information is already.
I am Rainer Steiner.
My German address is 243 Sewanstraße
Berlin, Germany 10319.
My telephone number is 090-558-675-309.
Mr. Antrim and I share an email address, info@germanwithantrim.com.
I was born on 11-15-2000 in Effingham, IL USA.
My education: From 2013 to 2018 I was at Edwardsville High School,
from where I graduated.
I will start my studies at Humboldt University in a few months,
but because I am not studying at Humboldt yet,
I don’t write anything else under Education.
My Knowledge and Skills:
I can speak English very well, because I am a native speaker
and I can obviously speak a little German.
I estimate, I am at the B1 Level.
I’m not bad with a computer either.
I can type well.
I understand how one uses Microsoft Apps
and I can do cool things with Photoshop and Final Cut Pro X.
This probably doesn’t matter to Aldi, but I can use this resume later in my life, too.
In a resume, the professional history is obviously important.
That is where and when I worked and what I did there.
I am young and have only had one job.
I have worked at a grocery store called Kroger since May of 2014.
I was a cashier and a stock clerk.
When I wanted to come to Germany, I quit.
Now I have a resume, which I can send to Aldi.
Next week I will apply for the Aldi position.
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