Copy of B2 – OPEN CLOZE: A different kind of CV
For questions 9–16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
- Lee el texto completo y comienza cuando quieras. Escribe tu respuesta en el cuadro que aparece debajo de cada frase.
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A different kind of CV
Recently, Jeff Scardino took a very novel approach to job hunting. He produced a totally honest CV that highlighted (9) …………….. his successes, but rather all the failures in his career. He didn’t actually want a new job but decided to write (10) …………….. he called the ‘Relevant Resume’ as an experiment. Using two different names, he sent both a regular CV (11) …………….. the Relevant Resume to ten companies. The results were astounding. He got one response and zero meeting requests from the regular CV. (12) …………….., he received eight responses and five meeting requests from the other CV. ‘People seem to like a fresh approach,’ he explains. (13) …………….. that mean that a good CV is now a negative CV? ‘Perhaps,’ says Janet Moran, founder of the resume service, The CV House. ‘Ultimately, you want to write something (14) …………….. sets you apart.’ It is, she admits, a risky approach, ‘but (15) …………….. the right person reads it, it could (16) …………….. you seem confident, humorous and interesting.
