- •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
64. Read the following dialogues. Then name the stages of an interview.
Dialogue 1
Job Hunting
TST Systems was looking for candidates for an opening position of a Commercial Director. Three applicants came for an interview after they had submitted (подали, представили на рассмотрение) their Cover Letters and Resumes. The third and the most successful was Mr Petrenko. Here we are presenting the interview with him.
- Good morning, sir. * Good morning. Come in, come right in, Mr. Petrenko, isn’t it? Please take a seat. You will have to excuse me a moment while I finish signing these letters. Meanwhile please fill the application form ... There, that’ll do. Now I can concentrate on you, Mr. Petrenko. Tell me, how long were you in your last job with Alpha? - Five years. I am only leaving because the firm is moving to another city, but I think a change will do me good. * What do you know about our company? Have you got any questions to me? - I know that this is a very good promising company, so I’d like you to inform me what will be major focus of efforts in the next few years? * We plan to expand our activity on English-speaking countries, mainly on England, to buy equipment and technologies from them and run training programs here. We need a team of creative persons to make our company competitive in the world market.
- What responsibilities and obligations do you suggest during first year? * Well, first of all to be responsible for our contacts with English partners, to buy good equipment and generally to be skillful in negotiations. You will have to travel very much. Besides, we are expecting a new fair in London soon and maybe you will have a chance to go there.
- Yes, I see. * So tell me what are your three main strengths? - I think they are: reliability, loyalty, energy. * OK. How do you relieve everyday tensions? - I am accustomed to work under pressure. * Are you a leader, an entrepreneur by nature? - Yes, I think so, because I make contacts with people very easily. * All right. Now, Mr. Petrenko, I am quite prepared to offer you a job with us. You have excellent references from your previous job. What do you find a fair salary?
- Equivalent of $500. * I think we’ll begin you from $450 for experimental period and if you do well we’ll review it by the end of three months. Hours are from nine to five-thirty, with an hour for lunch and a fortnight’s holiday. Does that suit you? Any questions?
- What about travel: length, where?
* Mostly to England for not longer than a month. - All right. I suppose supportive environment here. When do you want me to start, sir? * In a week, if possible. - I am afraid I can begin working only since October the 10th. * No problem. We’ll be seeing you on the 10th then? - Yes, certainly. Thank you very much. Goodbye. * Goodbye. |
- Доброе утро, сэр. * Доброе утро. Входите, входите смелее. Вы м-р Петренко, не так ли? Садитесь, пожалуйста. Подождите, пока я не закончу подписывать эти письма. Тем временем заполните, пожалуйста, эту анкету. Ну, теперь все, и я могу заняться Вами, м-р Петренко. Скажите, как долго Вы работали в фирме Альфа? - Пять лет. Я ухожу только потому, что наша фирма переезжает в другой город, но думаю, что перемена пойдет мне на пользу. * Что Вы знаете о нашей фирме? У Вас есть какие-либо вопросы ко мне? - Полагаю, что Ваша фирма имеет большие перспективы. Я хотел бы узнать от Вас, на чем вы собираетесь сосредоточить свои усилия в ближайшие годы, * Мы планируем развернуть деятельность в англоязычных странах, в основном в Англии, закупать там оборудование, технологии, а также организовывать здесь обучение специалистов. Нам нужна сильная творческая команда, чтобы наша фирма со временем стала конкурентоспособной на мировом рынке. - За что я буду отвечать и какие у меня будут обязанности в первый год работы? * В первую очередь Вы будете отвечать за наши контакты с английскими партнерами, закупать хорошее оборудование и вообще успешно вести переговоры. Вам нужно будет много путешествовать. Кстати, вскоре в Лондоне состоится ярмарка и, возможно, у Вас будет шанс туда поехать. - Да, понимаю. * Итак, скажите, каковы Ваши три основные достоинства? - Думаю, что это: надежность, лояльность, энергия. * Ладно. Как Вы выдерживаете повседневные нагрузки? - Я привык напряженно работать. * Вы по натуре лидер, предприниматель? - Думаю, что да, так как я легко налаживаю контакты с людьми. * Хорошо. Теперь, м-р Петренко, я готов предложить Вам работать с нами. У Вас отличные отзывы с предыдущей работы. Какую зарплату Вы считаете достойной Вас? - Эквивалент 500 долларов. * Думаю, мы начнем с 450 долларов на испытательный срок, а если Вы себя хорошо покажете, то через 3 месяца мы пересмотрим Вашу зарплату. Мы работаем с девяти до половины шестого с часовым перерывом на обед и двухнедельным отпуском. Вас это устраивает? Вопросы есть? - Насчет командировок, их продолжительность, куда? * В основном в Англию, и не дольше, чем на месяц. - Хорошо. Я надеюсь найти здесь хорошую рабочую обстановку. Когда Вы хотите, чтобы я начал работать? * По возможности через неделю. - Боюсь, что я могу начать только с 10 октября. * Это не важно. Итак, увидимся десятого? - Да, конечно. Большое спасибо. До свидания. * До свидания. |
Dialogue 2