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When I was browsing the resume of the internship application of my department last week, I noticed there is one big common mistake that will make by students. I wonder why those lecturers never guide them. Anyway, the common mistake is the email they’re using in their resume.



Please, again I repeat PLEASE register a new email if your personal email is something like cutiepie91@hotmail.com or cutecutebabyangel@yahoo.com. That is your personal email and keep it personal. Use it in Facebook only but not resume. If your name is Lee Ling Lee (Simply think of a name), then register email something like leelinglee@yahoo.com. Some of you might ask why can’t use your personal email in resume? The reason is that it is not professional at all. You are going into working already, who knows your resume might end up at whose hand right?



And another reason is do not assume only you use Facebook. Now a lot of people use Facebook as well including those old, strict, don’t-fuck-with-me managers. They will use your email and do a search in Facebook. Then if all your photos in Facebook are those drunkard photos, you will leave a bad impression for yourself. They really do that.  So remember to register a new email for your job application, okay?



Another point I like to point out is when you write about what you are capable to do, please be a little creative. I’ve seen some stating that they are able to identify electronic components value easily. Come on, think something more creative, something like “Able to design certain electronic circuit or electrical circuit” instead of “Able to identify electronic component value easily”. It’s like you tell people your skill is that you are able to read and understand the device instruction manual easily. People will go “okay, so?”
At least tell people you know how to operate that particular device in certain method or ways. Remember that.



Well, those are common mistakes often make by those undergrads.



Oh ya, one more thing, Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, Teow Cheow are not languages. They are known as dialects. Remember that.



And, Chinese is someone from China. They’re not language too.



Sorry, one last thing, when you include your picture in the resume, please use proper photograph such as passport type photo. It is not recommended to use your clubbing photo, then you crop out your red face and put in the resume. Yes, I’ve seen it before.



Well, that’s all I want to say. It’s just some advices from me. You can choose NOT to follow.



Have a nice day, people!



J