Allow me to share a few...frustrations.
- In Spain, putting your grades on your Resume or CV (Curriculum Vitae) is not the "done thing."
- Wait.., so you mean my GPA/honors don't...even... MATTER?! First of all, if you call you resume by the latin name CV(Curriculum Vitae) Shouldn't my LATIN HONORS that I graduated with count for something....anything? Bad logic, I know.
- The anglo-saxen idea of a Bachelor's degree, until very recently, didn't have a Spanish equivalent.
- This basically means that kids my age (23/24) graduate from University with what we in the US might consider a masters degree. That may explain why is takes most kids 5 years to finish 1 degree. Consider it similar to a 4 + 1 program here in the US where you end with a Masters. So most kids have a masters and I feel a bit chummy with my "low level" US degree.(BUT, thankfully, a new european education plan is essentially copying the 4 year idea of a bachelor's degree, and has been implemented across the EU. Thus I can give my degrees a name in spanish: "Título de Grado." Yay, I guess I have 2 títulos....ha)
- All those college athletic achievements or extracurricular activities don't realllllllllllllly have a place on the CV. Sorry, no where to show on your CV that not only did you study, but you also were playing on a sport's team and oh ya, maybe you had some time to volunteer or organize some activities... sorrrry doesn't really fit.
In a nut shell, only 1 of my 3 "I'm a great applicant" things can clearly be translated...hopefully I am mistaken and I can put some more life back into my Spanish CV..but for now, it just doesn't look as pretty as my American Resume. ¡qué lastimaaaaa!
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