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If you're applying, or planning to apply, to positions overseas, it can be a challenge to communicate your value in a quickly evolving international marketplace. How do you know what is important to the global and/or local audience, and how do you highlight those elements in your documents? Join us for this webinar, hosted by Kim Mohiuddin, full of strategies to propel your successful overseas job search. Kim is one of Ivy Exec's Senior Résumé Writers, specializes in international resumes and has been nominated for a TORI (Toast of the Résumé Industry) Award in the international category. Kim is a Nationally Certified Resume Writer (NCRW), and Certified Job Search Strategist (CJSS). She's had her work included in multiple publications, most recently NBC and Time Out NY.
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To CV or Not to CV:Writing Your Resume for an International Market
Kim Mohiuddin, NCRW, CJSS∙ Senior Resume Writer ∙ Ivy Exec
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About Kim • Senior Resume Writer at Ivy Exec
• Former Certification Chair of The National Resume Writers’ Association
• Nationally Certified Resume Writer (NCRW)
• Job Search Strategist (CJSS)
• TORI (Toast of the Resume Writing Industry) Nominee for Best International Resume.
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Media• Published in Barron’s Resumes That Pop! and
JIST’s Gallery of Best Resumes.
• Featured in numerous media outlets like Time Out New York, NBC-Chicago, Yahoo! News, and others.
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Poll #1: Subject-Matter Expertise
How many years have you been working in your field?
a) 15+
b) 10-15
c) 5-10
d) < 5
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Poll #2: International Work Experience
Have you worked internationally?
a) Extensively
b) Some
c) None
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Poll #3: Global Outlook
Have you lived and/or traveled internationally?
a) Extensively
b) Some
c) None
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A Common Language
We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.- Oscar Wilde
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Begin with the End in Mind: Define Your Target
• Country / Region
• Company: Global or Local
• Role
• Key Words
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Your Unique Value
• How are you in alignment with the country and company culture?
• How are you different?
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Your Overreaching Message
Target + Unique Value = Message
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Format• Microsoft Word
• Letter or A4
• Letterhead
• Marketing Title
• Brief Summary Section
• Work History in reverse chronological order (usually)
• Personal Information?
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Don’t “Toot Your Own Horn”
Don’t use American phrases or idioms
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Don’t Toot Your Own Horn
• Use facts, not hyperbole, to describe your accomplishments
• How much money did you make or save and how was it done?
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A Rose by Any Other Name…
British, American, Canadian, and Australian English are different from each other! Use Word’s language settings to do the appropriate spell check. Examples of American vs. British:
• Specialty = Speciality• While = Whilst• Learned = Learnt• Spelled = Spelt
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To Translate or Not to Translate
There is usually no need to translate if you are applying to a global company.
If you are applying to a local company, do consider having your document translated. You can use guru.com or elance.com to find affordable, rated providers around the world.
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So, Should I CV or Not?
Whether you write a “CV” (curriculum vitae) or a “resume” will depend on what it’s called in the
country where you are applying.
CV in this context is interchangeable with the word resume. It is not the same as the “CV” we use in America to describe exhaustive career
histories of academics and doctors.
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Charlotte Weeks
is an internationally-recognized resume writer and career
expert who specializes in providing senior level professionals including C-Suite
executives, high-ROI resumes. Charlotte is a contributor for The Wall
Street Journal, NBC, FOX, CNN, Yahoo! and
she is the outgoing President of the National Resume
Writers' Association.
Kim Mohiuddin has worked with clients on every inhabited continent.
A TORI (Toast of the Resume Industry) Award
nominee in the international category, Kim has been featured in Yahoo
News, NBC Chicago and Time Out NY. She is the
former certification chair of the National Resume
Writers’ Association and certified job search
strategist whose resumes have been highlighted in
multiple publications.
The Ivy Exec Senior Resume Writers
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The Ivy Exec Elite Resume PackageThe Elite Package is a comprehensive evaluation of your career and accomplishments which includes gaining a complete understanding of your career goals and strategy.
1. Scheduled interview with your certified senior resume writer.2. Gain valuable insight on how to articulate your skills and
accomplishments when interviewing.3. Cover letter and on-line profile update included.
• Priced at $995. To set up a 15 minute appointment to inquire about next steps, please go to www.ivyexec.clickbook.net
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Thank you!
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