1 Discuss in groups.

1. Think about your job or a job you’d like to have. Advertise your job.

2. You were made redundant. What would you do?

3. Consider the talents and skills of everyone in your group. What jobs will you all do in the new organization?

2 There are some adjectives below. Use some of them describing yourself:

Active, attentive, constructive, cooperative, creative, diplomatic, disciplined, energetic, extroverted, independent, methodical, realistic, sincere, systematic, tactful.

3 Make a call to a firm which is interesting for you. Don’t forget to ask these questions:

Have you received my Cover Letter and Resume?

When is the deadline for application?

Do you need a Letter of Recommendation or any other references?

Whom can I contact further?

4 Make up your Resume, using these points:

OBJECTIVE

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

LANGUAGES

WORK HISTORY

PERSONAL

Role-play.

a) You are the office manager. You need a secretary, a bookkeeper and a sales manager. Meet the candidates.

You have some new employees. Introduce them to the senior manager.

b) Interviewer. Think about these things:

• How will you help the interviewee to relax?

• What questions will you ask about education, personal qualities, and future plans?

• Will you ask the interviewee if he \ she has any questions?

• How will you finish the interview?

Interviewee. Think about these things:

• Why do you want the job?

• Why are you suitable for the job?

• What qualifications, skills and personal qualities do you have?

• What questions will you ask about the job, the company, and the salary?

Advice for interviewers

1. Put a notice on the door so that people don’t interrupt. Make sure the chairs are all the same height, and don’t sit behind a desk.

2. Help the applicant to relax. Give them a cup of coffee and ask about their journey.

3. Don’t make a decision in the first minute.

4. Don’t be afraid to ask difficult questions – they often get the best answers.

5. Make a quick decision and tell the interviewees – nobody likes waiting to hear if they’ve got a job.

Test yourself 9

I. Complete the sentences using the Present or Past Indefinite form of the verb in brackets, as in the example.

University students spend three or four years studying for their degree. (spend)

1. They ________ at home. (live) They live in a hostel.

2. He ________ a very busy working day. (have)

3. My teacher ________ people can learn a language at any age. (say)

4. My memory ________ a problem. (to be)

5. The faculty ________ economist – managers in the sphere of culture. (train)

6. There ________ also the Institutes of Theatre and National Arts. (be)

7. The University ________ its 35^th anniversary in 2004. (celebrate)

8. The word “bachelor” first ________ many years ago when all University students ________ men and unmarried. (use, be)

9. Where ________ he yesterday? (be)

II Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous tense, as in the example.

We are expanding our sales team at the moment. (expand)

1. Someone else ________ all the interviews. (organize)

2. I ________ to apply for work with you this summer. (write)

3. At present he ________ as telephone sales operator for an international travel agency. (work)

4. My parents ________ 19.000$ at the moment. (earn)

5. They ________ now. (work) They are pensioners.

6. ________ you ________ to expand the marketing team too? (plan)

7. At the moment, he ________ a new system to monitor and track applications. (introduce)

8. How many new staff ________ you ________? (take on)

9. She ________ dinner at Zum Goldfinger. (have)

10. Several new projects ________ soon. (begin)

III Complete the sentences. Use the words below.

Work for, work on, work under, work with, off work, for work, to work, at work

1. He ________ a large car company.

2. About 100 people ________ me.

3. They are ________ till six.

4. I ________ car design.

5. My brother usually leaves ________ at seven every morning.

6. I go ________ by bus.

7. She doesn’t get ill very much, so she’s not often ________.

8. We ________ managers at our plants.

IV Put the words in the right order to make questions.

1. Peter, in, department, which, work, does?

2. Who, report, you, to, do?

3. Are, project, you, on, which, working?

4. Do, do, living, what, for, you, a?

5. Responsible, who, recruiting, staff, is, for, new?

V Choose the correct words in italics to complete this article

Sir David Simon is chairman of BP, Britain’s biggest oil company. BP employs/is employing 60.000 people worldwide, and it changes/is changing under his chairmanship. It looks/is looking for new opportunities abroad and becomes/is becoming more profitable. BP is involved in an exciting new venture in Algeria at the moment. It starts/is starting a new drilling project in the Sahara desert.

Sir David usually spends/is spending around four days a week on BP business and he holds/is holding a number of executive positions with other companies.

Outside work, Sir David plays/is playing golf, watches/is watching Arsenal football team and enjoys/is enjoying going to the opera.

VI There is one mistake in every sentence. Find the mistake and correct it

1. We should to leave work early this evening.

2. We have achieved all our sales targets last year.

3. If you will have a problem, please let me know.

4. I’m working with BP since 1990.

5. Where are manufactured Swatch watches?

6. The Research Division recruits more staff at the moment.

7. Where you went on your last business trip?

8. Why they are going to take on new staff?

9. Of all the products on the market, you’ll find theirs are the expensive.

10. Own – brand products are more cheap than brand – name goods.

VII The first letter of each word is provided.

1. There is a system of f________ in my company. (9)

2. The process of finding people for particular jobs is r________. (11)

3. He saw a job in the a________ pages of one of the national papers. (12)

4. E________ should teach people how to think, not prepare them for a particular job. (9)

5. A s________ is the ability to do something well. (5)

6. I get paid a s________ every month. (6)

7. I also get extra money – a b________ which is nice. (5)

8. A company may be called e________. (10)

9. We invite the most interesting c________ to a group discussion. (10)

10. Some one who has been recruited is a r________. (7)

VIII Put the words from the box into the correct category.

Employment, experience, numerate, self-motivated, degree, headhunter, bachelor, motivated, graduate, reference, organized, applicant, computer-literate, staff

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