4.4. Writing Enhancement

Assignment 1. Write a job description, completing the following job advertisement.

Assignment 2. Write your CV according to the formula set out below.

Your name, home address, phone number and email address. Your age and marital status (married – single – divorced) and whether you have children. (No photo unless specially requested.) Job history, starting with your current employment, and your previous employers with dates, leaving no unexplained gaps. If this is your first application for a job, give details of your schools and university or college. Qualifications, academic and professional. Specialist knowledge. Hobbies and interests. Referees.

4.5. Speaking Reinforcement

Assignment 1.

Acting as an applicant: Jot down the questions you would like to ask about a job of a translator before applying.

Acting as a human resources manager: Get ready to answer questions about the job of a translator you’ve advertised in a newspaper. Put down the information on key details.

Then get ready to act out telephone conversations with your groupmates in class swapping these roles.

Active vocabulary Unit 4. Job Hunting

Find the definitions of the following active words and phrases in the dictionary to fill in the table below. Pay attention to how they are used in sentences and put down some examples. Add any other words you think important to learn to this list.

accomplishments
to benefit from
clerk
cold call
competitive
contractor
cover/covering letter
critical to (success)
entry level
flexibility
freelancer
job description
job openings
job shadowing
to involve, v
networking
perk
prospective
query
to recruit (candidates)
recruiter
referees
references
rep
to seek jobs
supervisor
temporary
word processing

PHRASAL VERBS

to get smth out of one’s system

to look for a job

to be keen to do smth

to pick up where one left off

Idiomatic expressions

To dress for success

to give a competitive edge

a job ad

a job offer

the travel bug

under pressure

unique selling proposition

Unit 5. Jobs and careers: revision & consolidation

5.1. Listening Development

Assignment 1. Listen to a careers consultant giving her ‘Top Ten Tips’ on how to be successful at a job interview. Which are the most important tipss?

Listen again and put the points she mentions in order.

1. Showing you’ve done research on the company

2. Selling yourself to the company

3. Making a good first impression

4. Talking about your weaknesses

5. Dressing to impress

6. Showing loyalty to your previous employer

7. Projecting the right attitude

8. Talking about your strengths

9. Avoiding sounding self-congratulatory

10. Talking about your career history