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Topic Name: Quick Resume Question
Message Name: hmm.
Date Posted: 01/03/2006
In Reply To: Just to give an alternative to EUC's PoV... Depends how your CV is structured, you may have a final "Misc." section, e.g. IT: MSOffice, GNU-Linux, ususal Internet tools Leasures: Cooking roots and leaves; reading heavy machinery User's Guides; Kama-Sutra (black-belt) Travel: Turkmenistan, Tadgikistan, Anotherstan. If anything, this short section (4 - 5 lines max) will give "life" to your CV and is a chance to show some personnality / give natural icebreakers and openings for discussion during the interviews. s.
Message: That's an interesting idea. For the time being, I have just changed by Technical Skills/Languages section to a Languages section - (I am fluent in a 2nd language, basic in a 3rd, and a begineer in a 4th, so I figured why not leave that on there). Plus, I have studied abroad and travelled abroad to dozens of countries, and the study abroads are already mentioned, so I'm not sure exactly how to work that without seeming excessive. The Leisures section sounds like a cool idea though. Thanks for your help, any thoughts on what I wrote here though?

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