- •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. Can you prove that this ad has been published in the uk? 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 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.
- •49. Match the phrases below with Almudena's notes.
- •50. You see the following advertisement in a national newspaper. Write a plan of your application letter in reply to it.
- •51. Imagine you want to apply for the job … Draft an application letter, following these guidelines:
- •Dressing for success
- •Interviewing someone for a job
- •55. For each direct question below, tick the correct indirect question.
- •56. You are interviewing someone for a job. How would you find out politely the following information?
- •57. A) Read the text below. What questions was Boris asked?
- •The Job Interview
- •59. Look at this resume. If you were interviewing Kevin Willis for the job, what questions would you ask him about his career history?
- •61. As a candidate, would you prefer to be interviewed by a woman, a man or a board?
- •Making a Selection
- •63. Discuss these points.
- •64. Read the following dialogues. Then name the stages of an interview.
- •Job Hunting
- •An Interview
- •An Interview for a job
- •65. Look at the following chart. Then read the questions below. In which section of the interview would each question appear?
- •66. 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?
- •74. Translate the text below.
- •75. Here is an answer to a job application letter.
- •76. 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
39. Draft your resume.
HELP box How to Prepare an Effective Resume 1. Resume Essentials Before you write, take time to do a self-assessment on paper. Outline your skills and abilities as well as your work experience and extracurricular activities. This will make it easier to prepare a thorough resume. Your strongest skills should be listed in the beginning. If education is a strong asset, list it first; otherwise wait. The resume should be written with the employer in mind. 2. The Content of Your Resume Do not write resume or vitae at the top. When writing resume there are several parts that must be organized and adequately represented on your resume. Here they are, listed in order: Name, address, telephone, e-mail address, web site address (preferably centered). All your contact information should go at the top of your resume. • Avoid nicknames. • Use a permanent address. Use your parents' address, a friend's address, or the address you plan to use after graduation.
Objective or Summary An objective tells potential employers the sort of work you're hoping to do. List the type of position that you are seeking. •Include skills that you can offer to the company. If possible, match your qualifications to those listed in the ad or job description. •Be specific about the job you want. For example: To obtain an entry-level position within a financial institution requiring strong analytical and organizational skills.
Education New graduates without a lot of work experience should list their educational information first. Alumni can list it after the work experience section.
Work Experience Briefly give the employer an overview of work that has taught you skills. Use action words to describe your job duties. The position titles and companies should be easy to pick out. Include your work experience in reverse chronological order (List your present position first). Include:
Include summer and part-time jobs, as they show stability. If your employment history includes many short-term, miscellaneous jobs, use the following rules: (1) list those relevant to the position for which you are applying, and (2) list those you held for the longest period of time. Briefly explain the job duties for or your accomplishments in each position. Use active language in describing your accomplishments. For example, "I supervised five persons in the emergency room, and worked so well under pressure that I was promoted twice". Other information (optional): You may want to list your key or special skills or competencies, awards, hobbies, sports, activities, leadership experience in volunteer work. It may be the personal part of your resume that separates you from everyone else. If the interviewer is reading 400 resumes and most of them cite similar work and educational experience, it stands to reason that he/she would respond positively to see something different in your resume that makes it stand out from the other 399. Don't mention controversial hobbies (hunting, hang-gliding, etc.). If the person evaluating your resume has a problem with one of your hobbies, you may not even get an interview, much less the job. For example, employers don't want to hire motorcycle riders, because they feel that such persons could be too easily injured and miss too many days of work. You may not agree with this, but before you list personal items, think about the potential response of the persons reading your resume! Do not take up more than two or three lines when writing this section. Equal employment regulations have made it illegal for employers to discriminate based upon age, sex, marital status, or religion. Do not include confidential information such as your birthdate, marital status, social security number, spouse's name, health status, political affiliation, race, religious affiliation, children's name or ages, etc. References Ask people if they are willing to serve as references before you give their names to a potential employer. Do not include your reference information on your resume. You may note at the bottom of your resume: "References furnished on request" or "References are available upon request'. 3. Resume Checkup You've written your resume. It's time to have it reviewed and critiqued by a career counselor. You can also take the following steps to ensure quality: Content:
•Ask another friend to proofread. The more people who see your resume, the more likely that misspelled words and awkward phrases will be seen (and corrected). Design: These tips will make your resume easier to read and/or scan into an employer's data base.
Try to be a little more conservative in your presentation.
Writing a resume is not an easy task; in fact, it's very hard work. A good resume is rewritten and rewritten and rewritten. The first resume you write is probably not good enough, so try again. Resume writing is a constant process of rewriting. |
40. Many companies expect all your personal information to be entered on a standard application form. Unfortunately, no two application forms are alike, and filling in each one may present unexpected difficulties. Here is an example of an application form.
Application Form |
Personal name Victor Petrenko address 10 Zolia St., Ap. 7 phone (044)513-26-11 (home) do you have valid driver’s licence Yes No marital status married # of dependents 1 daughter education higher Name of school Year graduated Course Taken or Degree Kiev University 1990 M. Sc. in Economics languages Russian/Ukrainian Excellent Good Fair English Excellent Good Fair experience (Give present or last position first) company Alpha address 17 Proreznaya St. type of business industry employed (Month & Year) Information Technologies From March 1990 To July 1995 position(s) held supervisor’s name Manager Alexander Bach describe your duties Negotiations, purchase of equipment why did you leave The company has moved to Sevastopol company __________ address _______________ type of business industry employed (Month & Year) ______________________ From _______ To _________ position(s) held supervisor’s name _____________________ __________________
describe your duties ________________________ why did you leave __________________ personal references Name A. Bach Address 3 Tolstoy St. Phone 221-1834 (home) |