- •Устройство на работу
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Name:
- •4. What are these people?
- •5. Name as many professions as you can.
- •6. Name some professions you consider to be interesting. Which qualities make a good manager, etc.?
- •7. The Chamber of Commerce is an organisation for business people. Listen to six new members. Number the business cards in the order people speak.
- •8. Helen Marsden and Robin Seaton talk about their jobs. Before you listen, decide what their duties are. Then listen and check your answers.
- •9. Listen again and complete the notes below.
- •Grammar Review
- •10. Look at the business cards again. Who is each question for?
- •Meet Thomas Kingsley
- •Grammar Review
- •21. A) Read the text. Whose opinion do you share?
- •Is it possible to be successful in an unsuccessful company?
- •22. Read the text. Which way of looking for a job do you usually use? Why? So you are looking for a new position...
- •23. Work in pairs. How many different ways can a company recruit applicants to fill a job vacancy?
- •24. Read the magazine article about recruiting staff. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each recruitment method? The right person for the right job
- •25. Read the article again and answer the questions.
- •Grammar Review
- •26. Look at the graphs a-h below. They show how a company has recruited its staff over a three-year period.
- •27. How would you recruit people for his/her own job?
- •28. Read the text and complete the table.
- •29. Read the advertisement below. What would be its attractions – what might be its drawbacks?
- •30. Read the two advertisements below and answer the questions.
- •31. Look at the job advertisement below. Listen to a conversation in which Fiona Scott is telling a friend about the advertisement and complete the missing information.
- •32. How would you advertise the following vacancies?
- •33. Do the questionnaire as a discussion activity.
- •34. Read the text to check your answers in the exercise above.
- •35. Study the following resumes carefully to see how information is presented.
- •36. Define the type of the following resumes.
- •37. Use the information below to arrange Paul Goodman’s resume.
- •38. Where do you think each of the following headings should be placed?
- •39. Draft your resume.
- •41. Fill out the application form.
- •42. Sum up what the text says about differences between a resume and a cover letter. How Letters of Application Differ From Resumes
- •44. Read the text and the letters of application. Match the paragraphs of the letters with the information of the text. Format of a letter of application
- •45. Below you will find details from a letter of application. Look at the outline of the letter on the left and indicate where the information below should go.
- •46. Read the letter and answer the questions.
- •47. Almudena Ribera is a secretary in Madrid. She is looking for work in Britain. Read the advertisement and answer the questions.
- •48. Match the phrases below with Almudena's notes.
- •49. You see the following advertisement in a national newspaper. Write a plan of your application letter in reply to it.
- •50. Imagine you want to apply for the job … Draft an application letter, following these guidelines:
- •Dressing for success
- •Interviewing someone for a job
- •54. For each direct question below, tick the correct indirect question.
- •55. You are interviewing someone for a job. How would you find out politely the following information?
- •56. A) Read the text below. What questions was Boris asked?
- •The Job Interview
- •57. You are interviewing someone for a job. How would you find out the following information?
- •58. Look at this resume. If you were interviewing Kevin Willis for the job, what questions would you ask him about his career history?
- •60. As a candidate, would you prefer to be interviewed by a woman, a man or a board?
- •Making a Selection
- •62. Discuss these points.
- •63. Read the following dialogues. Then name the stages of an interview.
- •Job Hunting
- •An Interview
- •An Interview for a job
- •64. Look at the following chart. Then read the questions below. In which section of the interview would each question appear?
- •65. A) Read the text below which advises candidates how to answer difficult interview questions.
- •Attending interviews
- •1. What don’t you like about your current position?
- •2. Where does your employer think you are today?
- •4. What are your weaknesses?
- •72. You are a Human Resources Manager. Write a report on the applicant (see exercise 66).
- •73. Translate the text below.
- •74. Here is an answer to a job application letter.
- •75. Read this page of Fibretech’s conditions of employment. Then complete the sentences choosing the correct option.
- •Exam section
- •1. What are the most important things for you in your work? Arrange these aspects in order of importance and add some more things you think are important:
- •2. Complete the diagram with vocabulary from the unit.
- •3. Match the following words with the correct meaning.
- •4. Match the verbs with the nouns.
- •6. Choose the best word to complete the sentences.
- •Complete the table below.
- •8. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words from the table above.
- •9. Complete the following passage.
- •10. Complete the sentences with the prepositions below. You can use the prepositions more than once.
- •14. Read the following interview with Margi Bogart, Product Marketing Manager at Mindsteps. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or present progressive tense. MindstepsTm
- •15. Complete the sentences below. Use your own words.
- •Appendix 1 Trades and Jobs
- •Building Строительство
- •Professions Профессии
- •Samples of Recommendation Letters
9. Complete the following passage.
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When a company needs to (1) _____ or employ new people, it may decide to advertise the job or (2) _____ in the appointments section of a newspaper. People who are interested can then (3) ____ the job by sending in a (4) ____ or (5) ____ and a (6) ____ containing details of their education and experience. In some cases a company may prefer to do this initial selection after asking candidates to complete a standard (7) ____. The company’s human resource department will then select the applications that it considers the most suitable and prepare a shortlist of candidates or (8) _____, who are invited to attend an (9) _____. Another way for a company to hire is by using the services of a (10) ____ (US = search firm) who will provide them with a list of suitable candidates.
10. Complete the sentences with the prepositions below. You can use the prepositions more than once.
about at in with of
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You should arrange your holiday ___ the line manager.
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I need to consult my boss ___ that.
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If you work more than 40 hours, you will be paid ___ the current overtime rate.
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If you want, you can have time off instead ___ overtime pay.
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We need to keep a record ___ the hours you work every month.
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A shift system is ___ operation.
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I don't work late ___ the office very often.
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We have a lot of problems ___ pay.
11. Re-arrange the following words to make phrases from a letter of application.
1. Please / copy / my / CV / a / find / enclosed / of
2. I / because / position / am / in / the / interested / very
3. Since / as / been / have / 1996 / I / working
4. I / reference / am / advertisement / writing / with /to / your
12. Put job application in order 1) has | told | Pierre SAITOUT | from | TROUVTOUT-France | me | Mr | 2) there | will | for | a | be | a | hotel. | in | vacancy | your | that | barman | job | shortly | 3) post. | to | be | this | should | I | like | for | considered | 4) as | I | a | presently | working | in | at | barman | Paris, | ’AU-BUVEUR’S-CAFÉ’ | am | 5) but | languages, | I | to | of | do | the | opportunity | foreign | not | use | my | have | knowledge 6) to | more | use | fully. | and | them | grateful | chance | the | therefore | be | for | would | 7) enclosed | a | Please | my | find | of | CV | and | copy | copies | testimonials. | previous | of | 8) to | for | interview | am | at | available | be | convenience. | I | fully | your | prepared | 9) forward | meeting | to | look | I | you. | 10) Yours | sincerely | 13. Rewrite the following as indirect questions.
1. Where is the interview room?
Could you tell me _______________?
2. Where do you work at the moment?
3. Does the position include a pension?
4. How did you hear about the vacancy?
5. Is there any training?
6. What is your present salary?