To sell your attributes to graduate recruiters effectively follow the guidelines.

1. There are no hard and fast rules, but most graduates’ CVs are made up of the following sections (not necessarily in this order):

· personal details

· education

· work experience

· specific skills (such as languages or IT)

· interests and activities

· referees.

2. Graduate employers may get bored if your CV is longer than two pages. Beware of listing lots of information vertically.

3. Busy employers may not make it to the second page of a graduate-job hunter’s CV if there’s nothing that interests them on the first. So cover the most relevant thing you have to offer (perhaps your degree or work experience) early in your CV. This often means listing information in reverse-chronological order.

4. Don’t forget to mention if you worked in a team on a project and how big the team was?

5. Transferable skills, such as organisation, teamwork and time-management, are important, but always use evidence to back up your claims, rather than simply listing lots of skills. Use proactive words, such as negotiated and organised, to explain your role in different activities.

6. The information in your graduate CV should be consistent and presented in clear, distinct sections. Make your CV easy to read, there is a 90% chance recruiters will review your resume on a PC monitor. Check and double check for spelling and grammatical errors (don’t rely on a computer spell checker). Avoid using all capital letters; you never see all capitals used in corporate documents, newspapers or magazines because it is very difficult to read, and most employers will not accept CV in this format. Use A4 good-quality white or off-white paper and present each page on a different sheet of paper, not back to back.

(from: http://www.get.hobsons.co.uk/advice/job-applications)

UNIT 3

COMPANY AND ITS ACTIVITY

OIL COMPANIES

Marathon Oil Corporationis a fully integrated oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States and around the world. Operating across the globe, Marathon applies innovative technologies to discover and develop valuable energy resources, markets and transports its own and third-party natural gas, crude oil and products manufactured from natural gas, such as liquefied natural gas and methanol, primarily in the United States, Europe and West Africa. The Company also holds ownership interests in both operated and non-operated oil sands leases in Canada.

Shell Oil Company is a multinational oil company which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world. Approximately 22,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. The head office in the U.S. is in Houston, Texas. Shell Oil Company, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America’s largest oil and natural gas producers, natural gas marketers, gasoline marketers and petrochemical manufacturers.

TNK-BP is a leading Russian oil company and is among the top ten privately-owned oil companies in the world in terms of crude oil production. The company was formed in 2003. The shareholders of TNK-BP also own close to 50% of Slavneft, a vertically integrated Russian oil company.

TNK-BP is a vertically integrated oil company with a diversified upstream and downstream portfolio in Russia and Ukraine. The company’s upstream operations are located primarily in West Siberia East Siberia, and Volga-Urals.

TNK-BP is headquartered in Moscow and is governed by a multinational management team with experience of working in over 50 different countries. It employs approximately 63,000 people, mostly located in eight major areas of Russia and Ukraine.

Though Gazprom is not an oil-producing company, it totally controls another “overwhelmingly” important natural resource – gas. Gazprom is the world’s largest gas company focused on geological exploration, production, transmission, storage, processing and marketing of gas and other hydrocarbons. 50, 002% of Gazprom’s stake belongs to the Russian government.

Today the company possesses the richest gas reserves and it controls 20 percent of world gas-production. Gazprom exports gas to 32 countries and takes steps to expand its positions at the world market.

The headquarters of the company is located at Nametkina Street 16, Moscow.

BP plc

Over the past 150 years, oil companies and prospectors have drilled more than two million wells around the world in hopes of striking oil. Many of the early wells turned out to be dry. We use sophisticated technologies and tried-and-true techniques to find oil and gas under the earth’s surface. More recently, scientific techniques and new technologies have greatly improved the odds. Before we put drill to soil or the seabed, we use typographical maps, aerial photography, sound waves, 3D projections and other tools to help us form an educated guess about the size, shape and consistency of the oil or natural gas that lies underneath.

We build large and resilient production platforms and use new technologies to reach as much oil and gas as possible. After we’ve established that there are large quantities of oil or gas (or both) at a drilling location, this site is known as a field. The next step is to plan and build a production facility, taking environmental, social and logistical factors into account. Out at sea, we build oil or gas platforms which are strong and steady enough to cope with the amounts of oil and gas to be extracted, the depth of the water and the harshness of the climate or underwater environment. Over the decades-long lifespan of most production facilities, chances are new technologies will help us reach deeper and deeper into reservoirs, helping us to extract more of the resources within it.

We build and maintain pipelines and operate a fleet of large tankers and ships that transport oil and gas worldwide. Most of the world’s known oil and natural gas supplies are a long way away from the places where these resources are the most in demand. Even land-based production facilities may be many kilometres from the closest refinery or distribution terminal. We transport crude oil in two main ways: pipelines and shipping. The choice depends on each project’s logistics, economics and location, as well as environmental considerations. Meanwhile, arranging to get large amounts of oil, gas and energy products to all the places where they are needed is a steady and demanding job in itself.

At service stations, ports and airports around the world, our fuels and motor oils help keep the world in motion. Whether you are driving, flying or taking that cruise of a lifetime, BP may have provided the fuel that makes your trip possible. If you’ve received goods or bought products that came from a long way away, our fuels and lubricants may well have powered the ship or aircraft that delivered them. At service stations we offer fuels and lubricants, including the Castrol line of motor oils, with a range of benefits to engines and the environment. And our retail shops and cafes offer people lots of convenient and delicious reasons to stop. For the motoring enthusiast, the environmentally conscious driver, the airline executive, the shipping administrator, the mechanic, the hungry, the bored and those who are simply out of fuel – we’ve got something for you.

The world is set to continue to grow – growth that will be reliant upon the provision of energy from both traditional sources and increasingly from new, alternative energies and technologies. BP Alternative Energy are investing in new ways of providing energy – from innovative new solar and wind businesses to advanced biofuels and clean energy technologies such as the capture and storage of carbon dioxide from traditional fossil fuels. Next time you turn on a light switch, consider this: power plants produce twice as much carbon dioxide as all the world’s transport put together. This means the electricity we use at work, home and school may be one of the most significant contributors to global warming.

We try to work in ways that will benefit the communities and habitats where we do business – and earn the world’s respect. Finding oil and gas can take years. So can building facilities to extract it. Production can run for decades. And some of the new and renewable energy sources we’re developing may not reach common usage until well into this century. In other words, we have a long-term commitment to the communities we work within. As such, we recognise a responsibility to create more than quick revenues from our investments. We also recognise the need to constantly look at and improve our own organization. So, for example, we work to rigorous health and safety standards and hold all our employees to a global code of conduct. We hold all new projects to a set of environmental requirements. And we encourage each other, the people who work for BP, to raise any concerns they have about the business.

(from: http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9021489&contentId=7039991)

UNIT 4

COMPANY CULTURE

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