Monday, April 21, 2008

A common silly statment among Taiwan job seekers

It is no doubt that most people look for jobs before, back to my parents' generation, people first needed to fill out a resume, then mailed it to the company they applied for, finally they have to wait for couple days after to be informed. Then, companies might call you to arrange time or mail you back before you go job interview. Thanks to the Internet, people can now research jobs on line, it saves more time and resume can be sent to many companies at the same time in one day. And companies can email you back to let you know if they want to interview or not.
In Taiwan, having English speaking, reading, and writing will gain chances to have a job, as long as you have the ability, you are likely to have a further talking with companies' department head or top management. About 3 years ago, I came across a real situation on reading people's on-line resume as a secretary. Yes, it is hard for people to compete with others as people's education are getting higher and higher, for those who don't have enough money to study oversea, they usually lie on their resume or being silly when they fill out the Language column. It is obvious to see and tell this person having a ability to use English or not by looking at their previous workplaces, experiences, and education. It is funny that people don't actually have the ability to use English as a tool but they still want to show they might have a potential ability to use their native language for applying a job. Here is a typical silly statement what i saw on hundred on-line resumes.

Language:

English very good good average bad
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Japanese very good good average bad
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Chinese very good good average bad
Listening v
Speaking v
Reading v
Writing v


From above, it can be seen that some Taiwanese are funny, it is understandable that having an language skill is helpful but for native speakers, good at speaking in Chinese is radical since we were born with and speak along with.
And YES!!! Good at listening, speaking, reading and writing in Chinese is good but that is impossible for anyone, even for the foreigners to master their mother tongues.
And NO!!! We will not consider to hire you first.





















































































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