13th August, 2011

Writing a resume - Der Lebenslauf 1

posted 9 months ago

Maybe some of you would like to apply for a job in a German speaking country one day. That’s why I figured it could be interesting to write some posts about the German job life, how to apply, etc.

Today I want to start with: “Der Lebenslauf” (resume)

A resume basically is a presentation of your work experience etc. in an outline-type form and is a very important part of an application. Der Lebenslauf is pretty similar and is part of the package of documents which you would have to send out when applying for a job in Germany. I’ll tell you more about the other documents later. First, here’s the obligatory information which every Lebenslauf should contain:

1. About yourself (name, date and place of birth, nationality, marital status, adress)

2. education (list of all schools up to highschool)

3. education after school (e.g. job training, college, etc.)

4. work experience

5. special skills and interests (e.g. computer skills, language skills etc.)

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