写英文简历的建议和注意事项

写英文简历的建议和考前须知
英文语法和句式上的问题略过，那属于英文写作。

这里只说文字设计(typography)，虽然高级的文字设计和内容从来密不可分。

是大多数人实践文字设计的最常见载体。

人人都希望简历给人留下好印象，因此或多或少会告诫自己「注意排版」。

问题在于具体注意些什麽。

以下十条是最根本的规那么，假设能做到，你的英文简历已经比 90% 的(包括英文系学生)的标准美观了。

一、标点符号一律使用半角。

二、逗号、句号、分号、冒号、感歎号、问号和它们后面的字符之间必须留一个半角空格。

错误：Hi,I'm an entrepreneur.Can you make this app for me for free?Because,you know,I have this brilliant idea but I don't know how to code.
正确：Hi, I'm an entrepreneur. Can you make this app
for me for free? Because, you know, I have this brilliant idea but I don't know how to code.
三、逗号、句号、分号、冒号、感歎号、问号和它们前面的字符之间不可留任何空格。

错误：I think our current version is too
skeuomorphic ,why don't we ,uh ,make it flatter so that it looks more metro-ish?
正确：I think our current version is too skeuomorphic, why don't we, uh, make it flatter so that it looks more metro-ish?
四、将长串数字分开写，降低辨识的难度。

正确：139****6856或139-****6856
五、书名、杂志名、电影名、音乐专辑名、英文中出现的外文(包括拼音，人名除外)用斜体。

错误：In xx, I created this amazing service during my internship at Playboy which is totally LBS avant la lettre.
正确：In xx, I created this amazing service during my internship at Playboywhich is totally LBS avant la lettre.
六、对于区号应用不同的'符号区分。

错误：+86-139-2739-6856
正确：(86)139****6856或(86)139-****6856
七、对于有序列表，应採用「阿拉伯数字 + 英文句点 + 半角空格」的方式。

错误：
Three words I hate:
1.Innovation.
2, Leverage.
3 Synergy.
正确：
Three words I hate:
1. Innovation.
2. Leverage.
3. Synergy.
八、括号弧线外要留空格，弧线内不要。

错误：Byte Press(née Tangcha ) is the best Chinese-language eBook app. Period.
正确：Byte Press (née Tangcha) is the best Chinese-language eBook app. Period.
但同一个单词内的括号例外：
错误：After the linguistic turn, people are getting addicted to pretentious bracketed words such as ‘(ex)
plain (ed)’.
正确：After the linguistic turn, people are getting addicted to pretentious bracketed words such as
‘(ex)plain(ed)’.
九、用弯引号，不要用直(的弯)引号。

错误："Bazinga!" 'You are pwned!'
正确：“Bazinga!” ‘You are pwned!’
十、正确使用各种短横：em dash (—) 是破折号，en dash (–) 用来连接年份、时间，是「到」的意思，hyphen (-) 是连字符。

错误：Glenn Gould (1932-1982) is probably my one and only hero - the person who taught me to think differently well before Steve Jobs.
正确：Glenn Gould (1932–1982) is probably my one and only hero — the person who taught me to think differently well before Steve Jobs.
注意：
1. 假设写作时用两个 hyphen (--) 代替破折号，Word 等文书处理软件会自动将其转爲 em dash。

有鑑于 em dash 输入不便(Mac 上是 shift + option + -)，这也是英文写作通用的替代法。

2. 破折号(em dash)两端可各留一半角空格，亦可不留。

此乃英美习惯之不同，无对错之分。

惟请在同一份简历中保持统一。