Part two looking for a new position
Читая текст, обратите внимание на то, каковы традиционные способы поисков работы. Сделайте их список. Какие способы Вам более приемлемы?
SO, YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW POSITION ...
What must you begin with?
There are several traditional ways of looking for a job, choosing one of which (or better all at once) is it possible to count on success.
The first is the typical approach in which you are to communicate to all your friends and acquaintances.
A more civilized and active means of looking for a job is studying the' market of the offered vacancies to get an insight into the level of necessary demands and size of your own chances.
The best way of doing this is to use the help of employment agencies or to independently study the ads of job opportunities being published.
Announcements of job opportunities can be read in different, printed publications, heard on the radio, and so on. But which them is worth paying attention to?
In many respects this depends on exactly what kind of work you want to get.. Decide this in advance- this will help to concentrate your efforts and achieve success.
DON'T PUT MUCH TRUST in ads in the gutter or yellow press, especially if they are addressed to "young attractive girls without complexes". Solid companies place ads in prestigious publications with a firm reputation.
How is it possible to get a better understanding of the ad in English? Let us dwell on this in greater detail.
Your main task is to understand whether the position being offered is consistent with the levels of your skills, education and experience in work.
The structure of job opportunities ads is usually the same: the name of the vacant position, the list of the candidate's professional duties, the demands made of the candidate, and the system of compensations and benefits.
QUITE OFTEN THE NAME OF THE COMPANY ITSELF IS NOT INDICAT TED. Ads are often published by employment agencies on behalf of their clients. The address of the office is usually not given- is suggested that the resume should be sent to a P.O. box or else faxed. On very rare occasions is the phone number given, where is possible to get additional information. Publishing an ad, the company usually strives to cut down its expenses on handing the responses being received, that is why preliminary selection is carried out on the bases of resumes, and only finding yourself at the interview will you be able to find out some new details.
FIRST, ONE MUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE NAME OF THE POSITION. The not always adequate-translation of the position's name does not make it possible to judge what one will have to do in reality. Therefore, using all possible means, try to learn as much as possible about this position to prepare yourself as best as possible for a meeting with the employer.
Carefully read the demand made of the given position. The demand to know a foreign language is very important. In most cases there is a need for free command of the language - Fluent English. Free command implies not only the knowledge of the professional vocabulary, reading and translation with a dictionary, but also an ability freely to deal with a foreign manager, competently to compile documents, and speak on the phone. This demand may prove to be the most important.
BE ATTENTIVE to expressions like "Willinglss to travel" as a rule, this means two-three weeks of business trips a month to the remotest parts of the CIS.
Quite often the ads do not decipher (расшифровывать) other demands in detail. For example, the ability to type in Russian /Latin. According to international standards, an adequate level typewriting is a speed of 60 words per minute. This speed is rarely met even among professional typists, to say nothing of the fact that there is a need to type with a similar high speed on both keyboards. Therefore, when claiming the given position, you need to check your speed or bring it up to the required level. Besides a secretary is usually required to be able to work on a personal computer. The question concerns the professional text editors of Word, Word for Windows and Word Perfect type. In general, if the ads enumerate the software products, systems, languages, etc. which the candidate must necessarily know, remember that these demands have a strictly binding force.
Quite often the ads use abbreviations which must be clear to specialists, but may give rise to questions among dilettantes. For example, the knowledge of GAAP standards for bookkeepers. Such special demands set the level of the candidate's indispensable qualifications.
Natalya GREMITSKA YA
Manager for Marketing and Advertising at Ancor Employment Agency. The Ancor firm is one of the largest and oldest (founded in 1989) agencies for the selection of personnel in Russian Market.
Задание 1.
Предложенный ниже список утверждений содержит как верную информацию, так и противоречащую информации текста. Назовите номера предложений, которые дают неверную информацию. Выпишите только те, которые составят план структуры объявления о вакансиях.
THE STRUCTURE OF JOB ADS
Full address of the company.
The name of the vacant position.
Professional duties.
4. Damands made of the candidate.
The system of compensations and benefits.
The full name of the company.
7. The telephone number of the company.
The telephone number of the advertising agency.
The address for sending CV and resumes.
Задание 2.
Все ли упомянутые в тексте традиционные пути поисков работы перечислены ниже.
Какие другие способы вы можете предложить?
TRADITIONAL WAYS OF LOOKING FOR A JOB
To communicate the intentions to all friends and acquaintances.
To study the market of the vacancies through the employment agencies.
Independent study of the ads of job opportunities in the solid publications, on the radio and TV.
Задание 3.
Найдите в данных ниже утверждениях те, которые противоречат фактам текста.
The full address of the company is usually given in the ads.
Ads are published by the clients themselves.
The resume should be sent only by fax.
The telephone number for additional information is usually given.
Preliminary selection is carried out on the basis of resumes.
Trust all information in any kinds of printed matter.
Задание 4.
Изучите предложенный ниже список специалистов. Кто из них должен отвечать следующим требованиям?
SPECIAL DEMANDS:
Fluent English
Willingness to travel
High speed of typing on both keyboard
Work on a personal computer
The knowledge of GAAP standards for bookkeeping
SPECIALISTS LIST
Financial Foreign relations manager
General manager Deputy director
information manager executive secretary
commercial manager sales manager
office manager marketing director
head of office marketing manager
accountant lawyer
personal assistant advertising manager
administrator storehouse manager
finance director personnel manager
chief accountant cashier
Задание 5.
Какие еще умения в пользовании иностранного языка, кроме перечисленных ниже, могут быть полезны в деятельности:
менеджера по туризму.
IT manager
Fluent English means:
knowledge of the professional vocabulary;
reading and translating with dictionary;
ability to deal with a foreign manager;
to compile documents;
to speak on the telephone.
PART THREE
READING AND WRITING PRACTICE IN JOB VACANCY ADVENTISING
Задание 1.
Прочтите объявления рекламного агентства "ANCOR".
Executive search and support personnel recruitment
Our
Clients - big International companies are looking
for the qualified Candidates for the following positions:
