Professional Document Creation and Understanding

Curriculum Vitae

A Curriculum Vitae (CV) is a document that records and synthesizes information regarding a candidate's academic background and work experience for a job application. Its primary purpose is to secure a job interview where the provided information can be expanded upon.

Classical Curriculum Vitae

Data is typically presented in the following order:

Personal Information

Education

Courses taken, name of institution, years enrolled or graduated, and title obtained.

Complementary Skills

Relevant courses, seminars, and any other useful skills.

Professional Experience

Work experience, company name, tasks performed, and duration. Explain reasons for leaving previous positions and list jobs in reverse chronological order (most recent first).

Functional Curriculum Vitae

This format allows the applicant to select and highlight the most important data, focusing on work and academic achievements.

Job Objective

Experience

Describe performance within companies, listing positions from most recent to oldest.

Education

List careers, courses, and languages.

Cover Letter

A cover letter accompanies your CV and serves to express your interest in a position.

Types of Cover Letters:

Response to a Published Notice

The purpose is to clarify that the letter responds to a specific advertisement and states the desired position.

Spontaneous Application

Submitted without a specific job opening, presenting the CV directly to a company or consultant for potential future opportunities.

Cover Letter Structure:

• Place and Date
• Recipient
• Body (typically two paragraphs)
• Closing and Signature

Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes are a document that records what transpired and was discussed in a meeting, including the impact of discussions and any agreements reached.

Structure of Meeting Minutes:

Introduction

Includes data such as city, area, date, time, and attendees.

Agenda (Order of the Day)

Briefly states the issues to be discussed and the reason for the meeting.

Development

Presentation of agenda topics, mentioning individuals involved and their contributions or consistency on each subject.

Conclusion

Marks the end of the meeting and the session.

Linguistic Signs

In linguistics, a sign is a fundamental concept for understanding language.

The Linguistic Sign

According to Ferdinand de Saussure, a linguistic sign is a union of a concept (meaning) and a sound-image (signifier).

Signified (Meaning)

The concept or idea evoked in the mind of the listener or reader.

Signifier (Sound-Image)

The material part of the sign; a string of sounds or written letters that form a word. This is associated with an idea, concept, or meaning.