In the competitive job market, job seekers should hold good curriculum vitae to stand out of the crowd. Your curriculum vitae will give the employer an edge to explore your skills and knowledge to put you in right place for right project. As we all know, curriculum vitae is the initial step in the process of recruitment it has to be attractive and it should include details about all your extracurricular activities and your skills. The foreign language skills section plays an important role in the curriculum vitae and it is essential to populate this section carefully in your resume.
In the present global economy, having the ability to speak several languages will be an added advantage in getting a good job. Nowadays, companies in every industry have customers all over the world and these companies are in need of experts, who can provide better service to their foreign customers. For this, the companies are always on the lookout for people having foreign language skills. Many employers are overwhelmed with the foreign language skills of the candidate even if that skill is not essential for the job since the language skills demonstrate the ability of the candidate to master a communication system. Some CV writing tips on foreign language section is given below:
- While writing about the foreign language skills in the CV, you should be honest and should not try to deceive the interviewer.
- Don’t ever forget to include your mother tongue in the language skills section of your CV. Even if you do not have knowledge in any other foreign languages including your mother tongue in the CV is important.
- Do not try to exaggerate your foreign language skills. You can clearly specify your level of proficiency by selecting any of the options like you have the ability to, Understand a speech, Understand reading, Carry on dialogue, Make a speech or Writing skills in a particular foreign language.
- If you hold any foreign language diploma certificate, do not forget to enclose them with your CV.
- If you do not hold any foreign language diploma certificates, you can do self-assessment by CEFR. CEFR stands for Common European Framework of References and it is a guideline used for describing the success of learners of foreign languages across Europe.
- In CEFR, the foreign language learners are divided into three main categories and each category is further divided into six levels. The three main categories are basic speaker, independent speaker and proficient speaker. Here, option A (i.e.) basic speaker section is further divided into A1 and A2 and option B (i.e.) independent speaker is divided into B1 and B2 and option C is divided into C1 and C2. In other words, if you choose A1 as the option in your CV, you mean to say that you are a novice in the language and A2 for intermediate, B1 for advanced low, B2 for advanced middle, C1 for advanced high and C2 for superior.
Hope, with the above-mentioned CV writing tips, you would have understood how to specify your foreign language section/skills in your curriculum vitae.
