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Summary: Personal Details
Summary: Personal Details
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➣ Name: given name + family name (e.g. James Bond); don’t use any nicknames.
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➣ Personal details: contact details are enough (one email address and one phone number).
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➣ Email: ensure you have a standard professional address that contains your real name and possibly without any numbers.
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➣ Equal opportunities legislation means you are not obliged to include the following information: age, gender, marital status, nationality. However, there is nothing to stop you from including it if you feel that this will increase your chances of getting a particular post in particular company / country.
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➣ Other details: if you want you can give links to your LinkedIn or Academia profiles, or your website. No other details are required.
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Wallwork, A. (2014). PERSONAL DETAILS. In: CVs, Resumes, and LinkedIn. Guides to Professional English. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0647-5_4
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