Preparation for BCF 4 -Write Your Original Resume-

There are the other way to apply for companies other than submitting CFN resume. You can walk in to the booth of each company and you can just hand your CV to recruiters. This is called "walk in." However, in order to do this, you know you have to prepare your original printed CV.

There are some websites saying like "You should have 20 copies of your resume both in English and Japanese with you!!." But for one I do not think you have to. Probably you won't have that much time to walk in to 40 companies. The more you apply, the more you have to prepare for each of the interview. I used 7 or 8 copies each and actually I did not have enough time to prepare for all of the interviews. As a result in some interviews I said inaccurate things and couldn't pass it. I think 10 copies for each is enough.

You can look up the basic way to fill out your resume on Google so I don't mention about it. But if you have specific question, you can ask me by comment. However, I am going to write about the way I used to write your cover letter and entry sheets questions in the next post. Especially you have to think up "what you are good at and why you think so" or "your appealing thing" or sth like that to fill out your Japanese resume. I wish this will help you.

To be specific about BCF, there are some tips.

• If you run out of your resume at BCF, actually you can print there. However,
• you have to upload your resume online, or bring its data on USB beforehand
• the size of paper is limited to "US letter size." Be careful you cannot print A4 or any other size-formatted file. (I saved my resume of tabloid size in pdf... so I missed a opportunity to walk in)
• Some companies accept resume only in English or Japanese.
• If you want to print "shoumei shashin (ID photo)" which is required in Japanese resume, it's far more difficult to do it in the U.S. Print them beforehand in Japan. 
• If you live in U.S. or other counties than Japan, you can ask for your friend to take your photo. And print them, cut them, and paste them on your resume
• Above your breast
• Dress up in tidy clothes. Usually black suits and white shirts are preferred
• 40*30 mm
• Write your name (and your university name) on the back of your photo to avoid confusion if the photo fallen off from your resume
• If you forget to staple your resume, do not get upset yet. You can borrow variety of stationaries
• You can hand over your resume without cover letter. I heard some people got opportunities for interview without it. Though I do not know about the rate