IELTS Listening: gap-fill

Listen to the following talk about mistakes to avoid when writing a CV (curriculum vitae = a document that summarises your education and work experience).

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Fill the gaps below with a MAXIMUM of THREE WORDS.

Common mistakes when writing a CV:

1. Having a ______ CV without a good structure.
2. Writing ______, with long paragraphs or sentences, will lose people's ______.
3. It's often hard to spot your own ______.
4. Unexplained gaps in the dates on your CV will raise questions about what you might be ______.
5. A gap in the dates could cause an employer to think ______.

Comments

[FrankTr]

1. disorganized
2. too much, interest quickly
3. mistakes
4. trying to hide
5. the worse

[aye aye khaing]

1. disorganised
2. too much, interests
3.
4. hard
5. the worst

[Mahmoud]

1- disorganized
2- too much
3- interest
4- mistakes
5- the worst

[Michelle Le]

Here are my answers:
1.disorganized
2.too much-interests quickly
3.mistakes
4.tried to hide
5.the worst

[Kim Dung]

1. disorganized
2.too much - interest quickly
3. mistakes
4. trying to hide
5. the worst

[Đo Huy Hoang]

1. disorganized
2. too much/ interest quickly
3. mistakes
4. try to
5. the worst

[Mahmoud]

disorganized
2- too much
2'- interest
3- mistakes
4- trying to hide
5- the wors

[Plank]

1. disorganised
2. too much - interest quickly
3. mistakes
4. trying to hide
5. the worst

[Trung]

1. disorganized
2. too much - interest quickly
3. mistakes
4. try to hide
5. the worst

[Aminta]

1. disorganized
2. too much; interest quickly
3. mistakes
4. trying to hide
5. the worst

[Aura]

1. disorganized
2. too much- interest
3. mistakes
4. trying to hide
5. the worst

[Ajay Roy]

1. disorganized
2. too much, interest quickly
3. mistakes
4. trying to hide
5. the worst

[anhnha]

1- disorganized
2- too much
3- interest quicikly
4- mistakes
5- the worst

Can anyone help me catch some missing words here? Thank you.

Common mistakes people make when writing a CV include having a disorganized
CV without any structure. Your CV should be like a good story with the beginning, middle, and end to keep the reader interested. Writing too much with long paragraphs or sentences is guaranteed to lose people's interest quickly and ...Misspelling and poor grammar shouldn't be any problem for anyone these days use your computer to spell checker or get a friend or family member check it for you. And it is sometimes really hard to spot your own mistakes. Unexplained gaps in the dates in your CV will raise questions from a recruiter not only about your ability to be accurate but also about what you might be trying to hide. A six-month period isn't accounted for on your CV made simply by a typing error but it could have a potentialy an employer to think the worst.

[MLS]

disorganised
too much, interest quickly
mistakes
trying to hide
the worst

[Shamima]

1. disorganized
2. interested , interest quickly
3.
4.trying to hide
5. the worst

[FrankTr]

@anhnha: you missed "end up on the "no" pile"

"no" pile and "yes" pile, pretty good terms when we need to talk about the "jobs apply" topics, imo

you can check from this article
https://www.experience.com/alumnus/article?channel_id=Resumes&source_page=home&article_id=article_1156538017565

[Usman Manzoor]

1. disorganized
2. too much- interest
3. mistakes
4. trying to hide
5. the worst

[Waseem Jamal]

1. disorganized
2. too much, interest
3. computer
4. try to hide
5. worst

[Cris]

1. disorganized
2. too much - interest quickly
3. mistakes.
4. trying to hide
5. the worst

[Anh Thai]

1. disorganized
2. too much, interests quickly
3. mistakes
4. trying to hide
5. the worst

[Ramki]

1. disorganized
2. too much - interest quickly
3. mistakes.
4. trying to hide
5. the worst

[anhnha]

Thank you, FrankTr.
And thanks for letting me know the new terms.

[vipin]

1.disorganized
2.too much - interest quickly
3.mistakes
4.trying to hide
5.the worst

[Xben]

1. disorganised
2. too much
3. interests quickly
4. mistakes
5. trying to hide
6. the worst

[srini]

1. disorganised
2. too much ,interest quickly
3. mistakes
4. trying to hide
5. the worst

[Aria]

1- disorganized
2- too much
3- interest quickly
4- mistakes
5- trying to hide
6- the worst

[Zoe]

Desorganised
Too much - interest
mistakes
trying to hide
the worse

[Anand prakash]

1. disorganized
2. too much, interest quickly
3. mistakes
4. trying to hide
5. in to worst

[Delvy]

disorganized
too much
interests quickly
mistakes
trying to hide
the worst

[Sasha]

disorganized
too much
interest quickly
mistakes
hide
worst

[fatih]

disorganized
too much
interest quickly
mistakes
trying to hide

[Lin]

1.disorganized
2.too much; interest quickly
3.mistakes
4.trying to hide
5.the worst

[liz]

1. disorganized
2.too much; interest quickly
3.mistakes
4.trying to hide
5. the worst

[TrungNam]

1. disorganise
2. too much; interest quickly;
3. mistakes;
4. Try to hide;
5. too worst

[shamili]

disorganized
too much, interest quickly;
mistakes
Try to hide;
the worst

[paresh]

disorganized
too much
interest
mistakes
try to hide
the worst

[Simon]

CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:

1. disorganised
 / disorganized

2. too much, interest (quickly)


3. mistakes


4. trying to hide


5. the worst

[ali emre sucu]

disorganized
too much
interest quickly
mistakes
?
the worst

[eleanor25]

1. DISORGANIZE
2.TOO MUCH-INTEREST
3.MISTAKES
4. TRYING TO HIDE
5. WORST

[Quy]

dear,simon.
can you post the transcript for each listening test? because sometimes i can't understand what the speaker who reads the listening test says,so it's easy for me to recheak my listening result.thanks a lot!

[Mahtash]

1. disorganized
2. too much - interest quickly
3. mistakes
4. trying to hide
5. worst

[HARDEEP]

1-DISORGANIZED
2-TWO MUCH-INTEREST QUICKLY
3-MISTAKES
4-TRY... TO HIDE
5-

[Faryal]

disorganized..num2...To much...mistakes...trying to hide....the worst...

[Mohamed]

1. disorganized
2.too much - interest quickly
3. mistakes
4. trying to hide
5. the worst

[jyoti]

disorganised
to much interest quickly
mistakes
trying to hide
worst

[levocan]

disorganised
too much - interest
mistakes
..
the worst

[Mahmuda]

disorganized
too much,interest quickly
mistakes
trying to hide
the worst

[Emily]

1.disorganised
2.too much, interest quickly
3.mistakes
4.trying to hide
5.the worst

[Mian]

disorganised, too much, mistakes, trying to hide, the worst.

[shamili]

disorganized
too much
interest
trying to hide
worst

[Jeevan lata]

1 disorganised
2 too much
3 interest
4 mistakes
5 trying to hide
6 the worst