- •С истема открытого образования
- •Improve your speaking skills in english Учебно-методическое пособие
- •Часть 2
- •Unit III jobs and careers
- •What Are We Working for?
- •Vocabulary Focus
- •A) What do you do?
- •B) Word combinations with ‘work’
- •C) Types of job and types of work
- •D) Words used in front of ‘job’ and ‘work’
- •1) Fee 2) pay 3) salary 4) wage
- •Discussion Focus
- •Very important important not important not relevant
- •Which of the features exist in your present job (or the job you’re
- •Very important important not important not relevant
- •Work in bermuda
- •Frank Mare
- •Intelligence and ability; emotional stability; conscientiousness.
- •Practicing Vocabulary
- •A) Choosing the Right Career
- •B) Leaving a Job
- •Choosing a Job
- •A) Marketing Interview
- •B) My First Job
- •Read and Discuss Text 1
- •Reading
- •How Much is Job Worth?
- •Post-Reading
- •Reading
- •Follow the Leader
- •Post-Reading
- •C Comment on the meaning of the two phrases:
- •Reading
- •Life at the Bottom: Hard-Up, Tired but Content
- •Post-Reading
- •Interviews may be carried out in one-to-one situation; or a group of interviewers may interview a single candidate; or a single interviewer may interview a group of candidates.
- •Reading Read through the text “Your First Job Interview” and do the exercises that follow. Your First Job Interview
- •Post-Reading a Mark these sentences as t (true) or f (false) according to the
- •Information in the text.
- •B On the left are the words and phrases from the text. Study their meanings in the context and match them with their equivalents on the right.
- •Reading
- •How to Select the Best Candidates – and Avoid the Worst
- •Post-Reading a Explain the following in alternative English words:
- •Reading
- •Post-Reading
- •Solicitor or Barrister?
- •Attorney at Law
- •Unit IV healthy lifestyles Starting-Up
- •Vocabulary Focus
- •5 What doctor will you go to?
- •What doctor will you go to if you
- •Discussion Focus
- •You’ve got your own defence system here’s how to make it work
- •Important materials in your food
- •Vegetarians
- •Ten tips on how to lose weight
- •Do you consider selling your tv to be an effective way of keeping fit?
- •Practising Vocabulary
- •A Visit to the Doctor’s
- •The Benefits of Exercise
- •The Power of the Mind
- •Hypochondriacs
- •Snoring
- •Alternative Therapy
- •Anorexia
- •A Disastrous Holiday
- •Vegetables
- •The Brain
- •Choose Your Sport Carefully
- •Can We Live Longer?
- •The Dangers of the Sun
- •Exam Worries
- •Read and Discuss
- •Reading
- •Self-care has come of age – again!
- •Post-Reading
- •Medicine’s unsolved mysteries
- •Reading
- •Eat Greek and Live Longer
- •Post-Reading
- •Healthier milk
- •Reading
- •Effect of music on the human system
- •Post-Reading
- •Reading
- •Exam fitness
- •Exercise
- •Body Clocks and Sleep
- •Some Points to Remember:
- •Final Points
- •Post-Reading
- •Reading
- •Grocery list
- •Post-Reading
- •Stress and Stress Management
- •Shift Down a Gear to Find a Sweeter Lifestyle
- •References
- •Contents
- •Improve Your Speaking Skills in English
- •Часть 2
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12 Factors important for getting a job
a In your opinion, which factors below are important for getting
a job? Choose the seven most important. Is there anything
missing from the list?
age / sex /appearance / astrological sign / experience / hobbies /
contacts and connections / family background / handwriting /
intelligence / marital status / personality / sickness record /
references / qualifications / blood group
b Some people suggest that interviewers, who select the best
candidates, should look for three qualities:
Intelligence and ability; emotional stability; conscientiousness.
Do you agree? Explain your opinion.
c These words are often used in job advertisements. Companies
look for people who are:
self-starters, proactive, self-motivated, or self-driven: good at working on their own.
methodical, systematic and organized: can work in a planned, orderly way.
computer-literate: good with computers.
numerate: good with numbers.
motivated: very keen to do well in their job.
talented: naturally very good at what they do.
team players: people who work well with other people.
d Complete these extracts from job advertisements using
words from above.
1) You’ll need to be ................ , as you’ll be working on financial budgets.
2) As part of our sales team, you’ll be working independently, so you have to be self- …………….................. and self- ........................................... .
3) We’re looking for someone who can work on ten projects at once. You must be ............................., ...........................................
and .............................. .
4) We need ......................... journalists who are very good at their job and extremely ....................... to find out as much as they can.
5) You’ll be researching developments on the Internet, so you have to be ......................................... . You must be ......................., able to work on your own initiative, and a ..................................... ................................. . But as part of a team of researchers, you need to be a good ......................................……........................ too.
13 Job interview
a Read the information below which can be helpful.
There are different kinds of interviews: traditional one-to-one interviews, panel interviews where one or more candidates are interviewed by a panel of interviewers and even ‘deep-end’ interviews where applicants have to demonstrate how they can cope in actual business situations. The atmosphere of an interview may vary from the informal to the formal and interviewers may take a friendly, neutral or even hostile approach. Different interviewers use different techniques and the only rules that applicants should be aware of may be ‘Expect the unexpected’ and ‘Be yourself’.
Progress interviews are interviews where employees have a chance to review the work they are doing and to set objectives for the future. Such interviews usually take place after a new employee has been working with a company for several months, and after that they may take place once or twice a year.
b Some interviewers give candidates a hard time by asking them
difficult questions – like the 13 questions below.
Can you think of three more questions you might be asked at an
interview? Add them to the list.
What would your own answers to each of the questions be?
Rehearse your answers with your partner and make notes.
1) Tell me about yourself.
2) What do you think your strengths and weaknesses are?
3) We have a lot of applicants for this job, why should we
appoint you?
4) Which is more important to you: status or money?
5) How long do you think you’d stay with us if you were
appointed?
6) Why do you want to leave your present job?
7) What would you like to be doing ten years from now?
8) What are you most proud of having done recently?
9) What is your worst fault and what is your best quality?
10) Don’t you think you’re a little young/old for this job?
11) What are your long-range goals?
12) What excites you about the job you’re doing now?
13) How would you rate your present boss?
14) .............................................................................................. .
15) .............................................................................................. .
16) .............................................................................................. .
c How would you feel in the following situations during an
interview for a job you really want to get? What exactly would
you say or do in each situation?
1) You are still waiting for the interview to begin half an hour
after your appointment.
2) Unexpectedly, you find that you’re going to be interviewed in a
group with several other candidates.
3) You have to sit in an uncomfortable, low chair.
4) The interviewer hasn’t prepared for the interview: he/she
doesn’t seem to have read your CV and application letter.
5) You take an instant dislike to the interviewer.
6) The interviewer never looks you straight in the eye.
7) You have a terrible headache. The room is very hot and stuffy
and the windows are closed.
8) You are asked about your political and religious beliefs.
9) The interviewer receives a phone call which seems to be going
on too long.
10) The interviewer talks too much and keeps interrupting you.
11) The interviewer keeps asking questions you can answer with
Yes or No.
12) At the end of the interview you still don’t have a clear picture
of the nature of the job.
13) The interviewer doesn’t tell you when you may expect to hear
his/her decision.
d Here is some advice that might be given to an inexperienced
interviewer. Which points do you agree with? If you don’t
agree or only partly agree, give your reasons.
1) Make sure you are not interrupted or phoned during the
interview.
2) Read the candidate’s CV and application letter before the
interview begins.
3) Ask the candidate to explain why he/she keeps changing jobs.
4) Make sure you have a clear picture of the nature of the job.
5) Ask each candidate the same questions.
6) Decide on a maximum of four key qualities required for the job.
7) Make sure the candidate has an uncomfortable, low chair.
8) Ask the candidate about his political and religious beliefs.
9) Only trust a candidate who looks you straight in the eye.
10) Trust your first impressions.
11) Never let the candidate feel relaxed.
12) Avoid talking too much yourself.
13) Avoid asking questions that can be answered with Yes or No.
14) Find out the candidate’s opinions on a variety of topics.
15) Encourage the candidate to ask you about fringe benefits, the
pension scheme and promotion prospects.
16) Tell the candidate about the scope of the job and its terms and
conditions.
17) Interview groups of candidates, rather than one-by-one.
18) Tell the candidate when he/she may expect to hear your
decision.
e Read this letter making an offer of employment. Then decide
whether the statements below are true or false.
1) Mr Wills will start work immediately.
2) He will receive one month’s salary on his first day at work.
3) His salary will be reviewed after six months.
4) His deputy will be Robert Stephens Jr.
5) He is allowed to join the company pension plan.
6) His working hours will be decided after discussion with Slim
Gym’s management.
7) He has to work a minimum of three months before leaving the
company.
8) Lyn Ashley expects him to telephone her to accept the job.
Mr. Bob Wills
5 York St.
Greenwich Village
New York NY 10011
August 26
RE: General Manager vacancy
Dear Mr. Wills,
Following your interview for the above position on August 24, I am delighted to confirm our offer of the job, starting on January 1.
Your salary will be paid monthly in arrears. It will be reviewed annually in July. You will report to Robert Stephens, Jr., Managing Director. Our normal terms of employment are enclosed with this letter. We have a company pension plan which you will be eligible to join.
Your working hours each week will include some evenings and weekends, to be determined by mutual agreement. You will be entitled to ten days’ annual vacation in addition to public holidays.
One month’s notice is required on either side to terminate the contract. There will be a probationary period of three months. Should you decide to accept the offer, please sign the enclosed copy of the contract and return it to me as soon as possible.
I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.
Yours sincerely,
Lyn Ashley