- •1. Economic environment. Economic goods and services.
- •2. Costs of production. Opportunity costs. Tradeoffs.
- •3. Utility and prices.
- •4. Income and spending
- •5. Recruitment. The letter of application. Cv.
- •6. Markets and monopolies. Markets. Competition. Monopoly.
- •7. Pricing policies.
- •8. Economic growth. Costs of economic growth.
- •9. The nation's economy. Gnp. Economic indicators.
- •10. Money. Banking and monetary policy. Money: roles, forms, functions.
- •11. The supply of money.
- •12. The role of central banks and commercial banks.
- •13. Forms of money.
- •14. Types of bank accounts.
- •15. Making a personal budget.
- •16. The Value of a college education.
- •17. Comparing prices.
- •18. Finding a job.
- •19. The rights of a customer and the responsibilities of a supplier.
- •20. Costs of economic growth. Labour problems.
- •21. An annual report of the company.
18. Finding a job.
When you start looking for a job for the first time you wonder where you should start looking for job opportunities, what your first steps should be.
1 think that to begin with one should use all possible sources when job-hunting. You should let your friends and relatives know you are looking for a job and ask them whether they know of any job openings. Another successful way of looking for a job is to go to the supermarket near your home. You can fill out applications for jobs, leave your name, address and telephone number so that they can contact you if any jobs become available.
Besides, newspaper ads are a good source of job openings, as well as school councillors and teen job services.
1 think it might be a good idea to use private job agencies. But in this case you should be very cautious. Unlike public job agencies, the private firms charge a fee, sometimes a percentage of your salary. You shouldn't be shy about seeking the job.
The second step in job-hunting is to fill out an application. After you find a job opening, you will have to show your potential employer why you are the right person for the job. In a sense, you are now selling a product - yourself. You want the employer to purchase your abilities than those of someone else. You should put one more step into your plan - "Write a Resume". In my opinion these three steps are the most important ones in job-hunting.
There is one more step that can affect an employer's decision - that is an interview. I advise the beginner in job-hunting to fins out something about the firm before going to the interview, be on time, dress neatly, be polite, answer questions, speak clearly. Remember: most people hire people they like, rather than the most competent person. Mind the proverb: "When you are smiling the whole world smiles with you".
19. The rights of a customer and the responsibilities of a supplier.
When you buy something from a shop, you are making a contract. But you want to make sure if this contract means that it's up to the shop to deal with your complaints if the goods are not satisfactory.
The first thing is that the goods must not be broken or damaged and must work properly.
The second thing that you find important is that the goods must be as described - whether on the pack or by the salesman. It makes you understand the third principle: The goods should be fit for their purpose. This means the purpose for which most people buy those particular goods.
Complaining about faulty goods or bad service is never easy. However, when you are shopping, it is important to know your rights. If the shop sells you faulty goods, it has broken its side of the bargain.
If goods are faulty when you first inspect or use them, you should go back to the shop and ask for complete refund. Customer can accept a repair or a replacement.
If goods break down through no fault of yours, after you have used them for a while, you may still be entitled to a compensation. In some cases it would be reasonable to expect a complete refund. But if the good worked perfectly for a while and then broke, one could only expect some of the purchase price back.