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#178 Idea of person's known languages specification in XML resume
I'd like you to add a special element to indicate the a
list of languages which a person speaks and a level of
knowledge of each of these languages. It should look
something like this
<languages>
<language language="English" native="true"
level="expert" />
<language language="French" native="false"
level="advanced" />
<language language="German" native="false"
level="intermediate" />
<language language="Czech" native="false"
level="beginning" />
</languages>
Maybe parameters set should be someway more specific
(for example we can add parameters indicating levels of
skills of speaking, listening, live talking, writing,
reading, understanding complex texts of specific
subject areas, etc.)
I'm unsure where to place languages element. Maybe it
should be placed after headera nd specify all languages
a person knows, incuding native, or, maybe, native
language should be placed separately, in header element.
The languages element should be obligatory (at least
native language should be specified).
The height should be formatted on a line right after
the person's name, like this:
John Smith - Resume
Known languages:
English (native language, expert level)
French (advanced level)
German (intermediate level)
Czech (beginning level)
This is a raw idea, it should be a bit developed before
implementing. I suppose imlementing this idea could
seriously help automated resume processing for
companies employing foreign citizens.
Contact Information:
Ivan A. Mashchenko, ivan.mashchenko@gmail.com
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I would like to point out that the HR-XML specification already has a section
for languages. I've written up an example of how to use it with my CV Sieve
project:
http://cvsieve.sourceforge.net/doc/ch06s12.html
For XML Resume, I recommend that it use the exact same elements as the HR-
XML version in order to make the two formats compatible with each other.