The Importance of Resume Formatting - Introvert Whisperer

Introvert Whisperer / The Importance of Resume Formatting - Introvert Whisperer The Importance of Resume Formatting Your resume format has the power to make your application look great and boost your chances of landing interviews. However, it can also hurt your application if you choose the wrong one. There are three resume formats used by job seekers. Each style is structured with specific types of candidates in mind â€" one should work better for you than the others. Those three formats are the: Chronological (or ‘reverse-chronological’) format Functional format Combination (or ‘hybrid’) format. The chronological format is the standard, traditional resume structure most people are familiar with today. This format puts your career growth and development front and center of your application. If that’s what you want to highlight, then the chronological resume format is likely your best option when applying for jobs. On the other hand, functional formats emphasize skills and abilities over work experience. Everyone moves through life at their own pace â€" if you have a less clear work history then this format can help you downplay your experience, while placing the reader’s attention on your most marketable attributes. Combination resumes, as the name suggests, combine elements from both functional and chronological formats. They generally feature a robust skills section, and also touch upon several key examples of your most relevant work experience. Such a format is ideal for job seekers who have a range of technical skills applicable to their profession. Not sure which format to choose? To make picking the ideal resume format easier for you and job seekers everywhere, Resume Genius has created a concise resume format infographic and flowchart to walk you through the process.

Learn French Online 5 YouTube Videos to Get You Started

Learn French Online 5 YouTube Videos to Get You Started Megan L. These days it seems like guides to almost anything are available for free online, and learning French is no exception. While these videos are no substitute for taking French classes, practicing with these videos is a great way to study! How to Sound Like a Native French Speaker from TakeLessons This video by French teacher Mikayla helps you work on your pronunciation. As a beginner, ensuring that youre speaking with the correct French accent is crucial. You want to develop good habits right off the bat! For more helpful French videos for beginners, check out TakeLessons entire French playlist. The playlist features tutorials on the alphabet, numbers, colors, days of the week, and more, all from experienced French tutors! See Also: How Long Does it Take to Learn French?   Absolute Beginner French (Pronunciation)  from  KDO  Learning This video is a very good place to start, with the ABCs! It takes you through the French alphabet, first by giving you names for the letters and then by demonstrating the pronunciation of each one with some useful words as examples. The  KDO  Learning channel doesnt provide extensive vocabulary lessons, but there are some more helpful pronunciation guides, plus French literature videos that will help you get the sound of the language. Learn French with French 101 Common Words Phrases  from  The Travel Linguist If youre planning to travel to a French-speaking country before your command of the language is solid or simply arent confident in your ability to keep up with French at native speeds, this videos selection of phrases is an important resource. Getting these expressions, including, Could you please repeat that? and Excuse me, into your vocabulary will get you out of a tight spot while youre learning. The Travel Linguist has a wide selection of videos in a variety of languages, including a lot of solid, basic French vocabulary. Learn Basic French: The best basic French toolkit  from  Fluenz Continuing to expand your choice of vacation destinations, this guide provides some more helpful words and phrases for traveling in a Francophone country. The primary focus is on basic repertoire to help you through situations like visiting a restaurant or taking a cab. However, this video will give you tools useful for many other goals. Fluenz  has several more YouTube videos, and a link in the video description will take you to a site with some interactive exercises to help you learn French online. Beginners French: Video Lesson One  from  JeFrench.com Had enough of stock phrases and ready to get deeper into the language? This video introduces the subject pronouns (I, you, she, and so forth), plus the verbs to eat and to like, and guides you through forming basic sentences. That may not seem like much, but a solid grounding is important if you want to learn a language well. This video is the first in a playlist of similar lessons, and the  JeFrench  website, though it requires a signup, has more free videos to guide you. Whichever videos you choose to watch, have fun, and enjoy the opportunities you have to learn French online. Keep a positive attitude and practice listening and speaking as much as you can.  Bonne  chance! Looking for more help learning French? Working with a private French tutor is a great way to pinpoint where you need the most help and get your grades up or work toward fluency. TakeLessons tutors are available for lessons either in-person or online via Skype, so you can schedule lessons when its most convenient for you. Search for your French tutor today! Interested in Private Lessons? Search thousands of teachers for local and live, online lessons. Sign up for convenient, affordable private lessons today! Search for Your Teacher

French Grammar Rules How to Conjugate Regular Verbs

French Grammar Rules How to Conjugate Regular Verbs Sign up successful I run, becomes he runs. But often times, English verbs are a little more constant than their French equivalents. For example: I do je fais we do nous faisons they do vous faites French grammar is not totally unpredictable, however. Most French verbs actually follow regular patterns according to three groupings: verbs ending in -er, in -ir, and in -re. Of these three groups, -er verbs are by far the most common. Sometimes people will even create their own verbs by adding -er to another common word! A few examples of regular -er verbs include: aimer to like chercher to search or look for compter to count conseiller to advise continuer to continue donner to give écouter to listen (to) parler to talk sauter to jump tutoyer to address someone using “tu” vousvoyer to address someone using “vous” essayer to try encourager to encourage nager to swim manger to eat In the present tense, these verbs are conjugated by removing the -er ending and adding different endings (see the bold below) for each subject pronoun as follows: je (I) parle tu (you singular) parles il / elle / on (he / she / one) parle nous (we) parlons vous (you plural) parlez ils / elles (they) parlent There are two exceptions of which to be aware (and dedicated students of French know that French loves exceptions). The first involves those -er verbs ending in -ger. As in English, French pronunciation includes the concept of the hard and soft “g.” Like us, the French often denote their soft “g”s by adding an -e after the -g. For the “nous” forms of such verbs, the ending therefore changes from -ons to -eons. For example, the correct “nous” form of “encourager” is not “encouragons,” but “encourageons.” The second involves those verbs ending in -yer. For English nouns ending in -y, the plural form changes -y to -i and adds -es. Likewise here, -yer verbs will change -y to -i in addition to replacing -er with the appropriate ending â€" except (because French loves exceptions!) for the nous and vous forms. For example, the verb “essayer” would be conjugated as follows: J essaie Tu essaies Il / elle / on essaie Nous essayons Vous essayez Ils / elles essaient The second largest category in French, -ir verbs, include: choisir to choose finir to finish grossir to gain weight maigrir to lose weight réussir to succeed rougir to blush vieillir to grow old(er) In the present tense, they are conjugated by removing the -ir and adding the endings in bold in the example below: Je finis Tu finis Il / elle / on finit Nous finissons Vous finissez Ils / elles finissent Some common -ir verbs are irregular, such as sortir (to go out) and venir (to come). Most are conjugated as above. The third and smallest group of regular verbs ends in -re, and include: rendre to return entendre to hear attendre to wait (for) perdre to lose défendre to forbid In the present tense, they are conjugated by removing the -re and adding the endings in the example below: Je rends Tu rends Il / elle / on rend Nous rendons Vous rendez Ils / elles rendent As with the other groupings, there are some irregular -re verbs, such as prendre (to take), connaitre (to be familiar with), lire (to read), mettre (to put down), and boire (to drink). To practice our French grammar, lets try a few examples. In each of the following sentences, try to conjugate the correct form of the verb in parenthesis: 1) Nous _____________ (compter) de 1 à 100. We count from 1 to 100. 2) Vous _____________ (finir) vos devoirs. You are finishing your homework. 3) Je _____________ (conseiller) les étudiants de francais de visiter la France au moins une fois. I advise all French students to visit France at least once. 4) Ils _____________ (parler) avec leurs amis. They talk with their friends. 5) Tu _____________ (maigrir)! You are losing weight! 6) Elle _____________ (nager) tous les jours. She swims every day. 7) Je _____________ (rendre) le livre à la bibliothèque. I am returning the book to the library. 8) Nous _____________ (encourager) les uns les autres. We encourage each other. 9) Tu _____________ (chercher) ton livre de francais. You are looking for your French book. Want to check your answers? Here they are: 1) comptons 2) finissez 3) conseille 4) parlent 5) maigris 6) nage 7) rends 8) encourageons 9) cherches Practice makes perfect, so keep on practicing with your tutor and checking yourself. Check out this list of common regular French verbs for even more vocabulary to practice. Soon enough, youll be the expert! Study more French verbs check out our Ultimate French Verb Guide! Post Author:  Carol Beth L. Carol Beth teaches  French lessons in San Francisco, CA. She has her Masters in French language education from the Sorbonne University in Paris and has been teaching since 2009.  Learn more about Carol Beth here! Interested in Private Lessons? Search thousands of teachers for local and live, online lessons. Sign up for convenient, affordable private lessons today! Search for Your Teacher Photo by Thomas D.

What are the FAFSA Changes for 2017-18

What are the FAFSA Changes for 2017-18 Each year, millions of incoming and current college students fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as the FAFSA. Completing the FAFSA allows students to see if they qualify for federal grants, loans, and scholarships to be used to help pay for collegemaximizing their search for financial aid. Completing a FAFSA requires students and their families to fill out dozens of forms summarizing tax returns, demographic information, and personal information the year preceding the one in which the student plans on attending college. This means that a student who will attend college for four years may complete four FAFSAs over the course of his or her college career. Its a process that has a reputation for being complex and time-consuming. As a result, some students and their families opt not to file the FAFSA each year, forgoing potential financial aid. Without financial assistance, many of these students struggle to pay for college, and some skip it altogether. Recognizing these challenges, President Barack Obama announced some major FAFSA changes in September that are meant to make it easier for students to apply for federal student aid. These adjustmentsset to go into effect for the 20172018 school year follow other changes to the FAFSA process, such as streamlining the online form and creating a more straightforward IRS income information accessibility tool. Filing for the 2017-2018 FAFSA will be different from todays process in two important ways: Students can file a FAFSA earlier Currently, students can complete and file a FAFSA starting on January 1 for the following academic year. So, a student filling out a FAFSA for the 2016-2017 academic year could begin filling out his or her FAFSA on Jan. 1, 2016. However, many students dont file their FAFSA until months later, in April, when their families receive tax return information that is needed to complete the form. With most college applications due in the fall, students arent able to use the financial aid information received after filing a FAFSA to help them make informed financial decisions on where to apply to college. For the 2017-2018 academic year, the FAFSA opening date will be permanently moved from January 1 to October 1 each year, starting on October 1, 2016. This allows students to make informed college application decisions based on their individual financial aid situations. The 2016-2017 FAFSA will be the last FAFSA to open on January 1, and students who plan on attending college between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, must submit a FAFSA between January 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017. Students can use earlier income information on their FAFSA Students are currently required to file the FAFSA using income information from the preceding tax year. But, as mentioned above, since the existing January 1 opening date for filing falls before taxes are due, many students wait to file the FAFSA until their family files taxes in April. While it is possible to file the FAFSA using estimated income information before filing taxes, this information can be inaccurate and may need to be corrected, complicating the FAFSA filing process. Instead of asking for prior-year tax information, the 2017-2018 FAFSA asks students to provide information from one year earlier than the prior year. So, the 2017-2018 FAFSA will ask for 2015 income information. This change allows students to complete the FAFSA online using electronically imported information from the IRS, rather than estimating family income (which may need to be corrected later) or waiting until their prior-year tax returns are filed (which may mean they lose out on financial aid packages). Students who plan on attending college between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, will still be asked to provide prior-year income informationin this case, based on their families 2015 tax returns.

Being an Tutoring Advocate for Your Child

Being an Tutoring Advocate for Your Child Being an Advocate for Your Child One of the top recommendations you will receive as a parent from every teacher that your child has throughout his or her education is to stay involved. When your child is younger, staying involved means helping your child with homework, encouraging him or her to become more organized and a strong time manager, and generally keeping him or her on track. As your child becomes more independent, your duties will become less hands on. Your child will take the lead on his or her education while you step into a support role. While your parent role will certainly evolve over time, there is one aspect that should always be important: you must always advocate for your child as a student. How can you best support your child? Here are several tips: Make sure your childs needs are being met. There may come times in your childs educational career when he or she needs additional help or support. Your child might struggle in a subject and require one-on-one help outside the classroom. Perhaps your child will encounter anxiety problems that require the expertise of the school guidance counselor. Or maybe youll notice that your child might benefit from an instructional approach that is different than the one preferred by his or her teacher and will want to discuss how best to help your child flourish. Whatever the situation, if you ever sense that your childs needs are not being met in the classroom, talk with his or her teacher. He or she will likely welcome your ideas and insight. Establish a working relationship with the teacher. It goes without saying that your childs teacher should be your first point of contact at school and you should reach out early in the school year to lay the foundation for a positive, cooperative, mutually respectful partnership. Let the teacher know that you are always available should he or she have questions about your childs needs or school performance. Make clear your intentions of helpful collaboration for the benefit of your child. Identify and nurture your childs strengths. Help your child take notice of his or her strengths and build upon them. Reach out to his or her teacher and ask for suggestions on how to give your child opportunities to build on those strengths through academic enrichment opportunities or extracurricular activities. He or she may have suggestions as simple as giving your child additional fun projects that he or she may enjoy. Educate yourself about your child. Get to know your child as a student and do your own homework on how he or she learns. Once you better understand your childs learning preferences and styles, personality, strengths and weaknesses, you can do a little research on the most effective role for you as a parent. Your childs teacher will certainly have insight as well. The better you understand your child as a student, the more you can help him or her flourishand the better you can support him or her when challenges arise. Let your child know that you are always there for support. Often, children fear that their parents will be upset about school problems, but it is important for your child to understand that part of your job as a parent is being available for support when he or she needs it. If he or she is struggling and doesnt know how to turn things around, explain that you want him or her to come to you for guidanceno matter the circumstances. Together, you can come up with a plan to tackle big problems. Ask questions. Many parents assume that their presence as a classroom volunteer or PTA parent is the best way to show their child that school is important. However, making school a priority at home and asking questions about your childs school work and learning have an even greater impact on student educational outcomes. Although it may seem like a subtle form of advocacy, your attitude toward your childs education is highly influential. Ask your child about school and about his or her favorite subjects as well as those that cause him or her the most stress. Being an advocate for your child is about supporting his or her learning, working effectively with his or her teachers and other school staff, and letting your child know that he or she is supported. Remember that one of the most important things you can do as your childs advocate is to be a good influenceteach your child to advocate for him or herself, too. In doing so you will arm your child with the confidence to speak up when he or she needs help and communicate with teachers and peers to his or her benefit.

Guiding Your Freshman in High School Toward Success

Guiding Your Freshman in High School Toward Success If your teen is about to begin high school, you may be concerned about the transition. High school, after all, brings higher academic expectations and is a significant time of change for most students as they grow into young adults. As a parent, how can you help your teen survive and thrive his or her first year of high school? Here are several tips: Get to know the support staff Establishing good advocacy relationships at the outset of high school will be important during the next four years. Encourage your teen to stop into the guidance counselor's office early on. If he or she feels a connection with a teacher, seek that teacher's advice and help. Your support will certainly be important throughout high school, but your teen should establish a team of individuals to whom he or she can turn throughout the high school years. Don't wait for help High school isn't easy for everyone-be sure your teen understands the long-term consequences of falling behind and poor grades, and knows that he or she can and should ask for help. While high school teachers expect students to be more independent, don't let your teen wrongly assume he or she shouldn't seek assistance during tough times. He or she should visit the teacher outside of class and get outside tutoring help if needed. Let your teen know you are there to help when he or she feels overwhelmed by a difficult subject or issue. Get organized If your teen isn't a naturally organized person, now is the time to improve those organizational skills. Help your teen set up a reliable system of keeping track of papers that come home. If he or she has a desk, teach him or her to keep it tidy and consistently put things in their proper place so that homework time is productive, not frazzled. Make sure your teen establishes a study routine and sticks to it. Work on time management Perhaps your teen has grown used you helping manage his or her time, giving frequent reminders about outside commitments, homework and project due dates, and the like. Let your teen take the reins now. Teach him or her to make use of a planner or calendar to stay on top of homework assignments, upcoming tests and other obligations-and plan ahead properly. Guide him or her on this early in high school, but let him or her take responsibility quickly. Remind your teen to prioritize High school is a new and exciting social scene for your teen, and there's no doubt he or she will want to explore it. This is fine, but remind your teen that school comes first. Hanging out with friends should not take precedent over homework, but with effective time management, your teen can have a social life and keep up with school. Teach him or her about prioritizing to-dos (what assignments should he or she tackle first?) and setting goals and rewarding him or herself for meeting them (Facebook time comes after math homework is done). High school is sure to bring many changes to your teen's life-and your entire household-but with your support and encouragement, your teen can make his or her freshman year a great one and lay a positive foundation for the next four years.

Vocabulary Deficiency - Tutor Hunt Blog

Vocabulary Deficiency Vocabulary Deficiency Vocabulary DeficiencySchoolsStudents afflicted by a `Vocabulary deficiency` say UK teachers A report commissioned by the Oxford University Press has found that many schoolchildren possess a severely deficient vocabulary. These findings have been confirmed by teachers in both primary and secondary schools, who report that many pupils are afflicted with a `vocabulary deficiency.` The report questioned 1300 primary and secondary teachers across the UK, and found that more than 60% had noticed a substandard vocabulary in pupils of varied ages. The teachers were concerned that this linguistic deficit will restrict their overall education and social skills, and will impact their self-esteem, and even fuel negative behaviour. At secondary schools the vocabulary deficiency was `stubbornly high,` according to the report - with teachers saying that they were unfortunately lacking both the time and resources to adequately deal with the problem. While there are an abundance of studies concerning the importance of language stimulation in young children - especially those under 3 years of age - there is a relative paucity of research regarding the significance language development for adolescents. The report made this point: `This is significant because while language development is a key focus in early years education, relatively little research has been conducted into language deficit as children progress through secondary education.` Many teachers have pointed out that a poor vocabulary has a negative impact across a broad range of subjects; not just in English, but also geography and history, where pupils will be required to read large amounts of literature. It is certainly possible that a student with a poor vocabulary might struggle with exams, not through lack of knowledge, but by being unable to fully comprehend the questions being asked of them. I have always considered a wide vocabulary to be of paramount importance - a well populated lexicon can lead to wider ranging, more nuanced thoughts. George Orwell was well aware of this when he wrote his despotic masterpiece 1984, which has a totalitarian government systematically thinning out the dictionaries every year, reducing words from circulation, with the intention to reduce the range of thought (and thereby sedition) amongst the population. The famous Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that an individual`s thoughts and actions are both constrained and facilitated by the language (or languages) that individual is able to speak. Without a complex language with a substantial vocabulary, there are thoughts that an individual simply cannot have. An example of this would be the language of the Aborigines, which contains a multitude of geocentric navigational terms, themselves concerning such things as the position of certain stars in the sky. This feature of their language enables them to navigate, and think, in an extremely precise and efficient way, and thereby traverse the plains of central Australia. Our language has ego centric navigational terms: left and right, and is ill suited for complex navigational reasoning. A more prosaic example might be to imagine two people engaged in a civilised debate - one possesses a rich and abundant vocabulary, while the other`s is meagre by comparison. The speaker with the larger vocabulary will certainly be able deliver their points with greater clarity, while deconstructing their opponent`s with more incisive counterarguments and barbed wit. It seems perhaps too easy to place the blame of a shrinking adolescent vocabulary to the ubiquity of smartphones. These devices (useful though they may be) are a pet hate of mine - and knowing what counts for messages these days - the skeletal, laconic nature of `text speak` with its lol`s and lmao`s - I find it hard to believe that that this new technology is not having a negative impact on students` literacy. Reading habits must of course be mentioned here - the current generation, in my opinion, does not spend as much time reading for pleasure as did previous generations. The classics are rarely taught in schools anymore, being considered too long, too dated, and too difficult. At the risk of sounding like an old curmudgeon I`ll just mention that television, movies, and other mainstream media forms, in my opinion, have also contributed to the decline of literacy. Kate Nation, professor of experimental psychology at Oxford university, has cautioned anyone positing a single cause to the complex issue of differing language abilities amongst children: `Regardless of the causes, low levels of vocabulary set limits on literacy, understanding, learning the curriculum and can create a downward spiral of poor language which begins to affect all aspects of life.` The problem is certainly a serious one, and it doesn`t just have academic implications - more than 80% of teachers questioned in the report said that those children possessing a deficient vocabulary were very likely to suffer from lower self-esteem. So much to do with linguistic ability seems to be correlated to those early years in life - the so called `critical window`, which closes off at about the age of 6. Children below this age can pick up new languages simply by hearing them spoken by those around the home. How this happens is a complete mystery, despite extensive work by Noam Chomsky, and other leading linguists. After a certain age though, it is incredibly difficult to acquire a foreign tongue - something every adult who has struggled to lean another language knows. The same may very well be true of vocabulary - If you don`t acquire a broad range of synonyms (and antonyms) by a certain age, it may be incredibly difficult to do so later on. 22 months ago0Add a Comment

Preparing for a Skype Interview

Preparing for a Skype Interview By Kathryn StewartIf you are interested in teaching overseas, you will eventually need to interview with administrators or a principal from your potential school. With many of Teach Away’s partner schools, this interview will be over Skype. For those who have never had an interview over Skype, here are some tips to ensure you have the best interview possible.Online Information: Your Skype profile photo, Skype name, and status will be the first things the interview team sees prior to speaking with you. Make sure that these are professional â€" having a separate Skype   account for professional contacts is a great idea.Background: As you aren’t able to meet your potential colleague or supervisor in person, keep in mind that your first impression will extend beyond what you are wearing or how your hair looks.   Your webcam will also show your living or working space. Make sure your area is tidy! A plain background is ideal, as that will allow the interviewer to focus on you instead of trying to decipher your choice of artwork in the background.Technical Preparedness: If you are new to Skype, try a practice run with a friend or your Teach Away placement coordinator before your interview. Use your webcam and microphone to make sure that everything is in good working order. On the day of your interview, we recommend that you are online and ready to go at least 15 minutes prior to your interview time.Acting Naturally: It can be difficult to “be yourself” while on camera. Try to stay as natural as possible, and remember all the points of an in-person interview: for example, making eye contact with the person you are speaking to. You don’t need to act differently in a Skype interview, just make sure that you are being seen and heard on the webcam.On the subject of eye contact, however, making eye contact through a webcam is a little more difficult than in person. Remember that your interviewer’s “eyes” are actually the camera! Try to look into the camera as much as possible, instead of staring directly at your screen.Patience: Sometimes Skype will cut in and out, or it can be difficult to see or hear the person on the other side.   From time to time you may even need to stop the call and try again. Try to be patient!Flexibility:   It is unlikely that your potential employer will be in the same time zone - your interview may be scheduled at a time early in the morning, or late in the evening. Your placement coordinator will do their best to schedule an interview time that works best for both sides, but keep in mind that flexibility is an asset when teaching abroad, starting from the very first interview!Kathryn Stewart is a Placement Coordinator at Teach Away Inc.