> >I would advise resume readers to keep one thing in mind: the resume
> >writing might not have the same language background as you have. This
> >may be rare in the USA, but it is very common in Europe.
> 
> If the supplicant has a lot of problems communicating in the working
> language, even the *written* form, when s/he has plenty of 
> time to go over
> it, and plenty of time to seek reviews by native speakers, 
> how are they
> going to be able to handle a fast-paced workplace without 
> making all kinds
> of expensive errors (not to mention possibly creating giant 
> run-on sentences)?

The requirement that I was targeting was "(language) error-free". A
communication (written, oral, otherwise) does not need to be *language*
error-free to be effective and without *communication* (content) errors.
The non-native speaker I has in mind might not have had "plenty of time
to seek reviews by native speakers" (he might for instance have arrived
from abroad a few days ago). 

One of the other advices was "content is more important than form". For
me this is such an aspect. You might disagree, and between people with
the same language background you might be right.

I have worked a few year on an international project. All communication
was required to be in English. Makes sense, that gives the best chance
that Dutch, Belgiums (of both kinds), Germans, Danes, Swedes, Itialians
and the occasional Englishman could work together. But the communication
was not required to be perfect English. Of course not, the majority of
the readers would not know the difference. But it had to be content
error free!

BTW if you want anyone to use perfect English could you (US, UK, and a
few other outbacks) please agree about what that is supposed to be,
including spelling, idom and pronounciation :)

Wouter van Ooijen

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