On 10/7/05, Man Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First off all sorry for offtopic stuff. > I have a question and I don't know where can ask about this. > > Do I need to translate my resume to Hebrew from English, if I want send > its to the job offers in IT industry of Israel? > > This is my first resume in Israel after aliya and army service, and I > don't know what I need to do. > I wrote resume in English and then I try to translate I get more words > in English that in Hebrew (all programs and OS's names).
First advise I got from all job agencies I worked with when looking for jobs is "Make it in Hebrew". The reason is prejudice - According to the agencies (and from seeing how the people who read CV's treat them) a resume in English causes alarms to be raised about someone being a new immigrant which may indicate possible language problems. There is even more prejudice about where this immigrant could have come from which I won't repeat here... Keep the technical terms (language names, protocols) in English (and English letters). The aim is to make your resume as accessible and quick to read as possible. Trying to be "right" by demonstrating your intimate knowledge of the Even-Shoshan dictionary won't impress anyone - people will think that you are trying to cover your bad Hebrew with computerised translation and will just give up reading your resume after having to mentally back-translate the terms you worked so hard to translate to Hebrew. You should also try to seek comments from good HR person or an experienced industry veteran about the format/length/order/content/language/details in your resume. Also if you have few possible areas of expertise you may apply to then consider adjusting the resume for each job - highlight and stress the areas you can offer which are specific for the job and shorten the irrelevant parts. I don't remember seeing cover letters in Israel so don't bother with them (though I think they are an excellent tool if the environment expects them) Good luck, --Amos ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
