Reading

2 Read the curriculum vitae
(CV) quickly and choose the
correct answers to the
questions below.

1What is a CV?

aA description of someone's family, education, likes and dislikes.

bA description of someone's education, work experience, and skills.

2 How is a CV arranged?
aunder headings

blike a letter

3 Read the CV again and decide
if the sentences (1-7) below
are true (T) or false (F).

1Gavin Alvarez lives in
Cambridge. T/F

2 He is a student at

Cam College. T/F

3 He passed his GCSEs

in 2001. T/F

4 He has had Saturday
and holiday jobs

since 2000. T/F

5 He left Cam College

in 2000. T/F

6 He is quite good at
languages. T/F

7 He isn't interested in
technology. T/F

 

Gavin H Alvarez

ADDRESS

26 Dryfield Road Cambridge CB2 2DS

TELEPHONE NUMBER 01223 3268452

 

E-MAIL ADDRESS	gavinhalvarez@btinternet.com
DATE OF BIRTH	14 June 1984
EDUCATION
1995-2000	Graves High School for Boys Graves Avenue Cambridge CB3 4RG

2000-2002

Cam College of Engineering and Technology Birch Road Cambridge CB6 7YT

 

QUALIFICATIONS
	GCSEs: English, Maths, General Science, Design and Technology, French, Spanish, Art, and History
	Level 1 Engineering and Technology foundation course
	Level 2 Computing course specializing in software development
WORK EXPERIENCE
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2000	Temporary job as IT assistant at Norris's Aeronautics, Cambridge.
OCTOBER 2000 -JUNE 2002	Saturday and holiday job testing computer games at Silicompany, Cambridge.
OTHER INFORMATION	bi-lingual in Spanish and English; clean driving licence
INTERESTS	developing computer games, member of college football team, photography, and playing the guitar

 

REFEREE

Ms Daisy Valentine (course tutor)

Cam College of Engineering and Technology

Birch Road

Cambridge CB6 7YT

JO Engineering

4 Read these two advertisements. Which job is best for Gavin?