SchoolPersonal qualities

CVs reveal a lot about our education and work experience. It's important to learn vocabulary about what you study and what work experience you have in order to write your own CV.

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Personal qualities

It will be very important for you to tell people what kind of person you are. Are you practical, creative or quiet?

This is probably the easiest section of all - all you need to do is say 'I am' – ich bin – and add the adjective that you want to use:

  • engagiert – interested/engaged
  • fleissig – hard-working
  • flexibel – flexible/versatile
  • geduldig – patient
  • hilfreich – helpful
  • intelligent – intelligent
  • künstlerisch – artistic
  • reif – mature
  • schöpferisch – creative
  • verantwortungsvoll – responsible
  • zuverlässig – reliable

Question

Read these job advertisements and decide what kind of qualities you think would be suitable in a candidate.

Various job advertisments on a notice board.

Aspirations

It would be a good idea to say why you are interested in doing work experience at a particular firm or company. What do you hope to learn and experience?

The following sentences should give you some ideas.

  • Ich will Jura an der Uni studieren. – I want to study law at university.
  • Ich will Arzt werden. – I want to be a (male) doctor.
  • Ich will Ärztin werden. – I want to be a (female) doctor.
  • Ich interessiere mich für Kunst. – I’m interested in art.
  • Ich interessiere mich für Mode. – I’m interested in fashion.
  • Ich will meinen eigenen Frisörsalon haben. – I want to have my own hair salon.

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