...1 INDEX Page INTRODUCTION 1. 2. YOUR CV USING THIS GUIDE TO CREATE A CV AND GETTING HELP 3 3 THE DESIGN GUIDE 3. 4. GETTING STARTED 4 Fig 1. Your Lifeline PROVIDING EVIDENCE THAT 4 CROSSES CULTURES Fig 2. Explaining Your Results COVERING LETTERS 6 Fig 3: Covering Letter Layout Fig 4: Opening Paragraph of Covering Letter Fig 5: Middle Paragraphs of Covering Letter Fig 6: Closing Paragraphs of Covering Letter CV FORMAT – 1 PAGE OR 2? 8 IMAGE AND FONTS 9 THE HEADER 9 Fig. 7: Header Fig. 8: Header plus ORGANISING YOUR MATERIAL 9 AND HEADINGS TACKLING WORK PERMIT ISSUES 10 Fig. 9 Nationality and Work Permission Data WRITING PERSONAL PROFILES 12 Fig 10. Personal Profile Statement Fig 11: Career Objective Statement Fig 12: Career Summary Fig 13: Expertise Summary BEAUTIFUL BULLETS 13 Fig 14: Bullet 1 Fig 15: A Powerful Summary SHOWING MANAGERIAL CAPABILITIES 14 REFERENCES 14 Fig 16. References SCANNING YOUR WORK 15 CV EXAMPLES PROFILE EXAMPLES EXAMPLE COVERING LETTER 16-28 29-30 31 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14 15. CV EXAMPLES 2 INTRODUCTION 1. YOUR CV Welcome. If you are a postgraduate student at The Birmingham Business School, one of the tasks you are likely to want to tackle is the design of a CV to ‘market’ your skills for the future. Even if you do not intend to try and seek work in the UK, you are likely to find that you can learn from the self-marketing skills our Careers Advisers and Consultants will emphasise in the workshop sessions offered...
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...migration increased over the 1990s and early 2000s but has declined since a peak in 2004-2006. Skilled and highly-skilled workers (Tier 1 and 2 of the Points-Based System) take up slightly less than half of entry visas issued for work. A majority of non-EEA labour migrants coming to the UK are male; a majority of newly arriving labour migrants are aged 25-44. The largest numbers of non-EEA labour migrants are nationals of Asian countries, followed by the Americas; labour migration among Africans has declined since at least 2004. Understanding the evidence Labour migration involves people coming to the UK for the purpose of paid work. Depending on the source of data, measures of labour migration might involve people who say that they are coming to the UK because of a definite job or to look for work (International Passenger Survey data), or people who have permission to enter the UK through a workrelated visa (administrative data on visas and passenger entries). IPS and administrative data also differ on definitions of a migrant – IPS counts only those who intend to stay in the UK for at least a year, while visa and passenger entry data do not account for length of stay. This briefing focuses mainly on migrants who are from outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland, and who are therefore subject to immigration controls and tracked in Home Office data on visas...
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...other philosophers throughout the Enlightenment era. The founding fathers sought to create the United States government in the same way. Each branch is empowered with distinct powers. The government is set up this way in order to prevent abuse of power. Each branch is able to exercise a form of control over each other. Within the constitution are articles. Within each article, it outlines the separations of powers for each branch of the government. Article one outlines The Legislative. Which is made up of The Senate and the House of Representatives Article two is composed of The Executive branch. This entails the President, his Vice-President and the state departments. Article three explains the judicial branch. This also covers federal and the Supreme Court. With this kind of system in place, it creates a kind of safety net against abuse. This is the vision that our Founding Fathers had in mind. It was not to create a prefect government. Just to create one, which ensure that one person was unable to take total control of the government. With a system of checks and balances in place, it makes for a system that is resistant to tyranny. Separation of powers and checks and balances were created to prevent...
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...INTRODUCTION The United States has taken small steps towards undertaking immigration enforcement over the years. The report that follows outlines the different measures in Boarder Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act or S. 744 and how these new laws might impact migration into the United States. The previsions presented in S. 744 are as follows: · A Path to Citizenship for the 11.7 million undocumented in the US. · The Corker-Hoeven “border surge” amendment, which passed 67 to 27, which provided for $30 billion in additional spending to double the size of the Border Patrol from 19,200 to 38,405, build 700 miles of border fence, and spend $4.5 billion to implement a high tech system of sensors, radars, drones,...
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...History of immigration goes back decades in American History. The founding fathers of America could be considered immigrants. According to MPI, Migration Policy Institute almost 41 million immigrants, or 13% of the total population, are present in the United States of America is known as the melting pot of the world because people of all nationalities and backgrounds dream to land in America for a slice of the freedom we, as Americans, so effortlessly boost and pride ourselves in. In the present day, immigration remains a hot topic among citizens and legislation. The current policy in place is rather complex and can be conf ing for majority of the time. The issue of taking in migrants is practically non-existent. The current policy in place can be summarized into the following standards: “the reunification of families, admitting immigrants with skills the benefit the United States economy, protecting refugees, and promotion of diversity.” (American Immigration Council, 2014) While many may agree that the current system does not work for the size of the issue immigration proves to be; the Commander in Chief has a plan to try to fix what seems to be broken. The President’s plan, President Obama’s Common-Sense Immigration Reform, consists of four main principles. Those principles are continuing to strengthen border security, cracking down on employers that hire undocumented workers, create a path to earned citizenship, and finally streamlining the legal immigration systems. Moving...
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...November 11, 2014 Outline The Age of Emigration Paragraph 1 * Much immigrants come from to the New World when The Age of immigrants started. - When -------> 1830-1930 - Explosive emigration O.W -------> N.W - In 1890 : 15% of US population are immigrant. - The 1st 60 years almost all immigrants from -----> NorthWestern &Europe to US - A few from Asia - African as slaves Paragraph 2 *The immigrant's distribution in America. - Immigrants went -----> US and Canada. - South.A received immigrants –----> Argentina, Brazil - Argentina –---> Spain and Italy (6.5M) - Brazil (4.5) –-----> Portugal, Italy and Germany Paragraph 3 *factor influenced on Immigrant making decisions to leave. - Sociology and economists factors –--say--> (Push & Pull) - Push and Pull factors - Economic hardship Paragraph 4 *The Old World (OW) ------> push factor were involved. - In 19th century all type of workers affected - Industrial transition - Farm workers unemployed - The potato harvest caused starvation and deaths. - Decrease of wages, a few money to live. Paragraph 5 *The New World (NW) ------> pull factors. - Lands inexpensive. - Large and growing demand for non-farm labor. - Recruitment from Europe –--> America - Less time traveling - Political stability. - Immigration wave that peak between 1990 and World War I Paragraph 6 *There is the circumstances that led a develop a strong demand for...
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...The checks and balance system was designed primarily to address what the farmers saw as a possible dilemma when dealing with majority rule and still protecting the minority interest at the same time. The farmers understood the nature of human self-interest and in so doing so also understood that the wealthy had certain advantages over those how where less fortunate (poorer). They further, understood that in their eyes the one role of government was to protect private property rights and not redistributions of lands into common ownership. This was what had happened under the Articles of Confederation; it should be remembered events like the Shays’ Rebellion in Massachusetts which still haunted many of the elites of the time. Thwarting tyranny and “devising a government that...
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...Migra!: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2010. In "Migra! A History of the U.S Border Patrol", By Kelly Lytle Hernandez, she explores the controversial issue today known as the dissension that surrounds our border with Mexico. Hernandez also outlines the policies and ideology of the U.S Border Patrol that were discovered and really brought out in the early 1920s through the 1930s. Not only did the Border Patrol matter in the nineteenth century, it has built up tension throughout our history including this past year, it has never not been an irrelevant subject. Hernandez does a detailed research on the beginning to what becomes the authorized United States Border Patrol. After the U.S-Mexico war it declared not only victory to the United States but it also drew a new line, the border. By the mid 1920s, the Border Patrols focal point...
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...finally what are some of the changes and challenges facing America today? The Discussion Topic will deal with you Introducing Yourself and your views toward politics. Chapter 1 Learning Objectives Module 1Learning Objectives Having read chapter 1, students should be able to do the following: Module 1 Learning Objectives Having read chapter 1 students should be able to do the following: 1. Identify ways government affects our lives every day. 2. List the ways that the Identity of Americans has changed over time. 3. List and define the three main values on how America was built on. 4. Compare the different forms of government shown in this chapter. Chapter 1 Outline EBOOK Note: The eBook will open in a new window. Close the window to return to the course. OUTLINE Government Affects Our Lives Every Day 1. Americans have been reluctant to grant government too much power, and they have often been suspicious of politicians. But Americans have also turned to government for assistance in times of need, and they have strongly supported the government in periods of war. 2. One important reason for citizens to pay attention to their government in good times is to make sure that the government does not make decisions that might result in unjustified wars, riots, or an economic downturn. 3. The key to understanding American government is to understand the relationship between the citizen and the government. Politics takes on a different character...
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...Immigration reform essay: According to Pew Research Center, there are roughly 11 million illegal immigrants in the u.s. as of 2015. This is so far one of the best estimates we have today on how many illegal immigrants reside in the u.s. When looking at illegal immigration patterns across other developed nations these numbers tend to be much lower (CITATION NEEDED). In the u.s we have seventy five percent of our illegal immigration coming from mexico while the other twenty five percent is from various latin and south american countries (citation needed). With the current amount of illegal immigrants residing in our country our political leaders must be able to make immigration reform possible. There are a few ways to do this. The Conservative...
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...estate mogul and television reality star Donald Trump, the twelfth GOP candidate announced his run on June 16, with the slogan, America doesn’t win anymore. When it comes to the issues, taxes have always been in the top five in every election, but recently immigration has been a leading issue. In fact during his announcement, Donald trump was very outspoken about Mexican illegal immigrants and during the first GOP debate, he added that he is openly confronting the severity of the immigration problem that “others won’t publicly acknowledge.” On the immigration issue, Senator Ted Cruz has taken active measures reform the legal immigration system and uphold the rule of law. As for taxes, Cruz believes that major tax reform, is the most important fiscal issue facing the U.S. He believes that the most important tax reform would be to get rid of the IRS. Donald trump has a more liberal tax that slashes taxes for the poor and levies higher taxes on the rich. By April 15, Americans will pay about 2.1 trillion dollars in combined federal taxes. The average American pays an income tax rate of 10.1 percent, although that varies depending on their income. Taxes fund the services provided by the government. The current federal tax system consists of five types of taxes; personal income taxes; social income taxes, which employee and employers pay into social security, Medicare, and unemployment compensation; corporate income taxes; estate and gift taxes; and excise taxes, which...
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...scheme, structure and strategy designed to obtain answers to the research questions or problems which constitute your research project. A research proposal should outline the various tasks that you plan to undertake to fulfil your research objectives, test hypotheses or obtain answers to your research questions. It also should state your reasons for undertaking the study. Broadly a research proposal’s two main functions are to: * Outline the operational plan for obtaining answers to your research questions * Specify and ensure the methodology for control of variance. (This is a technical function and is important for those studies that are designed to investigate a causal relationship.) In order to achieve its first function, a research proposal must tell you, your research supervisor and a reviewer: * What you are proposing to do * How you plan to proceed * Why you selected the proposed strategy Therefore it should contain: * A statement of the objectives of the study * A list of hypotheses. If you are testing any * The research design which you are proposing to use * The setting for your study * The research instrument(s) that you are planning to use * Information on sample size and sampling design * Information on data processing procedures * An outline of the proposed chapters from the report * The study’s problems and limitations * A proposed time frame The second function is more technical in nature...
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...- Case Study 1. Synopsis of the Case study UNISON is Britain and Europe’s biggest trade union that represents the 1.3 million strong workforce. The case study explains in the details, the analysis of the PEST analysis of the Migrant Workers Participation Project that is being run by them in U.K now. As a part of EU, U.K allows immigration of workforce from all E.U countries except Romania and Bulgaria. UNISON intends to enroll these immigrants as a part of their organization, so that they are aware of the laws and regulations of the country. The immigrants would come to know through this about their legally allowed working hours, taxes etc., which otherwise they wouldn’t have asked their employees, fearing losing their jobs. They also intend to help migrant workers overcome issues in various different ways, e.g. producing workers’ rights leaflets in 11 different languages. It also intends to enlighten the employers about the issue and help them in communicating to their immigrant worker population. This is being done as the immigrant population has benefited the U.K economy by adding workforce in various fields, which were otherwise being done by the ageing U.K population. This has also benefitted U.K because of the greater work ethic, which the immigrants bring along. 2. Explain the purpose and benefits of PEST analysis. The purpose of the PEST analysis is to analyze the external environment surrounding the migrant workers. It helps them analyze the issues, which...
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...Carmen Corbett Mr. Martin Adv. 100 June 23, 2013 Illegal Immigration in America One of the most controversial political issues today is illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants is a serious problem that has to stop, because it is unfair to the people here in America. Illegal immigration is also unfair for the country that the immigrant left. It is public knowledge that the majority of the illegal immigrants in America come from Mexico. This is a problem that must me stopped as it hurts America’s economy and tax paying citizens. Illegal immigrants live off tax payers, take jobs and housing of hard working citizens, and leave there country of birth without skilled workers and help leave their own country into poverty. Legal American citizens pay taxes that help support welfare, health care, public schools and many other social services, many of which are taken advantage of by illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants do not have to pay as many taxes as citizens do, illegal immigrants don’t have to pay social security. This isn’t fair to Americans. I personally don’t care if people migrate here I just want them to have to pay taxes just like everyone else. Illegal immigrants need to abide by the same laws as Americans. If a child is born in America, even if the parents are illegal, the child is a American citizen, making this child a burden to the state to make sure the...
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...problems for American society. | Outline: Introduction: Thesis: Industrialization after the civil war influenced the American Economic, Society and Politics in such a positive way. This was an incredible time for the growth of Americans. Industrialization after the civil war between 1865 and 1920, there was a significant change in many people’s lives. The development of a new railroad system, the effect of new machinery/technology replaces humans. The political change during the Revolution was challenging and the Chinese were a major contribution to the transcontinental railroad and the end of physical abuse in the work place. I. Body paragraph: Economic growth a. Machines replaced people in methods of production b. International Trade between countries increased drastically c. Advertisement encouraged a nation of consumers and created demand for business. d. Invention of railroad ,electricity and light bulb II. Body paragraph Political growth; During the Revolution the American Government faced many challenges with new business, but in the end learn from many struggles a) Business corruption b) Child labor 1. Lake of education 2. Mistreated the children 3. Unsafe working condition c) Business regulations d) Government passing laws to disenfranchised Blacks and separate them from the white e) American Federation of Labor (AFL) III Body paragraph: Society Immigration and migration were a direct effect...
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