📎Is it necessary to attach a cover letter to your CV?

💡Personally, I believe it depends. In today's fast-moving world nobody has time to read an extra sheet of clichés and far-fetched pledges. However, if you can keep your intro extremely short providing really strong reasons why you are well-prepared particularly for this position than you should better share this info with the recruiter.

✏️ This amusing article from the Economist mocks typical cover letters with lots of grace. Enjoy!

❓And what is your opnion about cover letters? Do you like writing and reading them?

✨Share your thoughts in the comments

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🫦Keep a stiff upper lip

🔎(not show their feelings when they are upset-сохранять невозмутимость, держаться молодцом)

📝A person who is said to have a stiff upper lip displays fortitude and stoicism in the face of adversity, or exercises great self-restraint in the expression of emotion.

🎩The phrase is most commonly heard as part of the idiom "keep a stiff upper lip", and has traditionally been used to describe an attribute of British people in remaining resolute and unemotional when faced with adversity. A sign of fear is trembling of the upper lip, hence the saying keep a "stiff" upper lip.

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🎉Happy Teacher's Day!

To all the teachers out there - thank you for your passion, patience, and perseverance through times.

You are truly making a difference!
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🪴 10 awesome business idioms that help boost your language level at work:

1️⃣ Think outside the box (мыслить нестандартно) - come up with creative and unconventional solutions to problems.
2️⃣The bottom line (ключевой фактор) - most important factor to consider, especially financial results.
3️⃣ Low-hanging fruit (легкий успех) - easy and achievable goals or tasks.
4️⃣ Ballpark figure (приблизительная оценка) - a rough estimate or approximation.
5️⃣ Move the goalposts (менять правила игры) - change the requirements or expectations unexpectedly.
6️⃣ Hit the ground running (сразу взяться за дело) - start working quickly and effectively.
7️⃣ Be on the same page (в курсе дела) - have a shared understanding or agreement.
8️⃣ Learning curve (кривая обучения) - process of acquiring new skills or knowledge.
9️⃣ Synergy (взаимодействие, синергия) - combined effect of two or more things working together that is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
🔟 Back to the drawing board (возвращать на доработку) - start over from the beginning after a failed attempt.

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☕️Coffee words and expressions

🥛 ground coffee — молотый кофе
🥛 instant coffee — растворимый кофе
🥛 coffee beans — кофе в зёрнах
🥛 roasted coffee — обжаренный кофе
🥛 white coffee — кофе с молоком
🥛 black coffee — чёрный кофе
🥛 decaf — кофе без кофеина

🫖 to grind — молоть
🫖 to pour some coffee — налить кофе
🫖 to make coffee — варить кофе
🫖 to serve with coffee — угостить кофе

☕️ coffee house — кофейня
☕️ coffee bar — небольшое кафе
☕️ coffee room — кафе в гостинице
☕️ coffee shop — кафе в торговом центре

☕️ coffee brewer — кофеварка
☕️ coffee mill — кофемолка
☕️ coffee pot — кофейник
☕️ coffee cup — кофейная чашка
☕️ coffee set — кофейный сервиз

☕️ What is the suspended coffee or “caffè sospeso”?

We may consider this custom as a simple and anonymous act of generosity. The best well-known urban legend related to Neapolitan coffee is probably the one concerning suspended coffee or, as they say in Italian language, caffè sospeso. You basically order one coffee but pay for two. The bartender will later give the already paid coffee to the next person who comes in. Nevertheless, this is not to be seen as an act of charity, but rather as the intention of sharing a pleasure.

According to many, this habit started during the Second World War. During those very hard times people could express their solidarity by paying two cups of coffee, including one for those who could not afford it.

That is why caffè sospeso has always been identified as a symbol of popular and social solidarity.

Although this is not a tradition that all bars should comply with, nowadays this custom is making a comeback.

Learn more here
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https://www.lavazza.co.uk/en/coffee-secrets/caffe-sospeso-what-is-tradition

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