About myself:
A lady in my 30s, struggling with poor English and unemployment, decides to experiment a new way to change my situation.
What is my situation?
I am a Chinese. I want an English-speaking job in Europe. From my job seeking experience, not many recruiters attracted by my CV and personal letter. Nearly 200 applications sent, but not more than 10 recruiters called me for interviews. And so far, no job offer.
I asked myself: I did exactly the same jobs for years, but why this recruiter was not interested in me? What do I miss in my CV and personal letter? How can I sell myself better? Does my English expression on the paper and in interviews mislead the recruiters?
Obviously, English is not my best communication language as a Chinese. So I must do something on it! I googled tips on improving English writing. And a smart suggestion of writing blog popped up. Such a great idea!
“Today is the perfect day to start” (a Chinese idiom). Here I am!
Now I want some guidelines for my blog. Let me break down into purposes and principles.
Purposes of this blog:
- to improve my written English (primary)
- share my life
- share my thoughts
- be a happier and better person
Principles of this blog:
- take these purposes seriously
- post blogs regularly
- no lies in this blog
- take in all helpful comments
I am happy with this start! I should follow these principles and reach the targets.
To be continued….
a mouse loves catty 
Set goals and don’t give up! The more you read, the more you will understand the language. It’s a start, and you will succeed!
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Thanks!! Welcome back for more comments!
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Every language has a difference in how you speak and how you write. Every language has a difference between the daily casual way of express yourself and what’s done in professional conversations and text. For job applications, interviews and then your daily work, the later and professional way is what is judged. People in Sweden in your age normally know “Work-English” very well. So in a way there’s already a set target level for you to reach or be better at.
My recommendations to get there would be:
1) Focus: – Create the environment where learning professional English is the only thing around that happens at the moment. No telephone, chat, screens or whatever in any other language than prof. English. Stay in that bubbel for at least 1h and increase the time once you get more comfortable.
2) Read and write the language and level you want to learn. Creating this blog is a good idea, and it will for sure practise the basic rules of English grammar. However, you need to add the reading and writing of professional English to it, if you are to improve the skills needed for work.
3) Spend the hours needed. – Some people have more talent, some has less, when it comes to learn new languages. In your case I guess you are in the zone when a recruiter or potential employer comment positive on your English. Before that hour after hour need to be spent on improving your skill.
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Such a nice name! Thank you for your comments. These are valuable comments and recommendations from you. They fit into my situation. There is no shortcut to learn a language. Professional English is what I need to practice at the moment. I like what you say about create the bubble to live in. That is what I need to think about and put efforts on. Welcome back to comment more here!
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