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10th International Higher Education Dual Career Conference

Helping your Global Clients Create Marketable CVs for the U.S. 10th International Higher Education Dual Career Conference College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, June 4, 2012 Marlar Kin, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany. DCS: Diverse Culture Service?. Why deal with this?

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10th International Higher Education Dual Career Conference

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  1. Helping your Global Clients Create Marketable CVs for the U.S. 10th International Higher Education Dual Career Conference College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, June 4, 2012 Marlar Kin, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany

  2. DCS: Diverse Culture Service? Why deal with this? Challenge in Science and Research: International Recruitments → bring in people used to different styles of job applications „Odd“ applications hinder qualified applicants to find a job according to their skills Longer duration of job search → increases work for DCS Knowing cultural differences helps to counsel more efficiently

  3. Comparison – part 1

  4. Comparison – part 2

  5. Translating is not enough …. because there are many differences in structure kind of information provided length of descriptions …. and can be wrong, because names for positions are often translatedincorrectly Examples: person who works in an office is not necessarily an officer or person who manages appointments and travel planning for boss is not a manager

  6. Workshop 1. Divide into groups of 3 or 4 2. Each group works together on same CV (20 min.): • How should it be re-structured? • What information should be taken out? • What information is missing? → ask “client” 3. Each group presents results briefly 4. Wrap-up

  7. Contact Marlar Kin Dual Career Service Coordinator Goethe-University Frankfurt Bockenheimer Landstr. 133 D-60325 Frankfurt am Main Phone: +49-69-798-28113 Email: kin@em.uni-frankfurt.de www.dualcareer.uni-frankfurt.de Thank you!

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