Job Interviews & CVs: Professional Success Strategies

Domina el inglés profesional para entrevistas de trabajo y redacción de CVs, desarrollando habilidades esenciales para el éxito en el mundo laboral internacional

B250 min

🎯 Objetivos

  • ✓Redactar CVs profesionales usando vocabulario y formato apropiados
  • ✓Manejar entrevistas de trabajo con confianza y fluidez
  • ✓Usar estructuras formales para describir experiencia y habilidades
  • ✓Aplicar estrategias de comunicación profesional efectivas

🔧 Habilidades

speakingwritingreadingvocabularyprofessional-communication

📋 Requisitos

present-perfectpast-simpleformal-writingprofessional-vocabulary

🎯Learning Objectives

  • Write professional CVs using appropriate vocabulary and format
  • Handle job interviews with confidence and fluency
  • Use formal structures to describe experience and skills
  • Apply effective professional communication strategies

💼Introduction

In today's competitive job market, strong English communication skills are essential for career advancement. This lesson focuses on the language and strategies needed for successful job applications, from writing compelling CVs to excelling in interviews. You'll learn professional vocabulary, formal structures, and cultural expectations in English-speaking work environments.

📄CV Structure & Components

CV SectionSpanishPurpose
Personal StatementDeclaración PersonalBrief professional summary
Work ExperienceExperiencia LaboralPrevious job roles and achievements
EducationEducaciónAcademic qualifications
SkillsHabilidadesTechnical and soft skills
ReferencesReferenciasProfessional contacts

✍️CV Language & Phrases

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Professional CV Phrases

  • 👥Managed a team of 15 employees, resulting in 20% increased productivity.
    Gestioné un equipo de 15 empleados, resultando en un 20% de aumento de productividad.
  • 📊Developed and implemented new marketing strategies.
    Desarrollé e implementé nuevas estrategias de marketing.
  • 🤝Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time.
    Colaboré con equipos multifuncionales para entregar proyectos a tiempo.

⚡Power Action Verbs

Action VerbSpanishContext
AchievedLogréAchieved sales targets
CoordinatedCoordinéCoordinated marketing campaigns
StreamlinedOptimicéStreamlined business processes
SpearheadedLideréSpearheaded digital transformation
ExceededSuperéExceeded performance expectations

🎤Interview Preparation

❓Common Interview Questions

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Interview Questions & Sample Answers

  • 👋Tell me about yourself.
    Háblame de ti.
  • 💪What are your greatest strengths?
    ¿Cuáles son tus mayores fortalezas?
  • 🔮Where do you see yourself in five years?
    ¿Dónde te ves en cinco años?

⭐STAR Method for Behavioral Questions

STAR ElementDescriptionExample
SituationContext or backgroundWorking on a challenging project
TaskWhat needed to be doneComplete project under tight deadline
ActionWhat you didOrganized team, delegated tasks
ResultThe outcomeDelivered project 2 days early

🤵Professional Etiquette

Cultural Tips
Arrive 10-15 minutes early for interviews Maintain eye contact and offer a firm handshake Ask thoughtful questions about the role and company Send a thank-you email within 24 hours

🏋️‍♂️Practice Exercises

CV Writing Practice

Rewrite these basic statements using professional CV language.

  1. I worked in sales and sold a lot of products.
  2. I helped customers with their problems.

Interview Responses

Create STAR method responses for these behavioral questions.

  1. Describe a time when you had to work under pressure.

💰Salary Negotiation Language

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Professional Negotiation Phrases

  • 💼Based on my research and experience, I was hoping for a salary in the range of...
    Basándome en mi investigación y experiencia, esperaba un salario en el rango de...
  • 📋I'd be happy to discuss the compensation package in more detail.
    Estaría encantado de discutir el paquete de compensación con más detalle.

📋Summary

This lesson provided comprehensive guidance for job applications in English-speaking environments. You learned to write professional CVs using action verbs and formal language, prepare for interviews using the STAR method, and navigate professional etiquette. These skills are essential for career advancement in international business contexts.

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