- •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
37. Use the information below to arrange Paul Goodman’s resume.
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Single |
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[b] |
255-2471 (home) 136-0978 ext. 124 (work) |
[c] |
Research Analyst, UCLA (=University of California, Los Angeles) Performed numerical analysis and statistics |
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[d] |
Training Manager of East Training Centre, San Francisco |
[e] |
Paul Alexander Goodman |
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[f] |
Fluent in French |
[g] |
B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) in Management Studies, UCLA |
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[h] |
Master of Business Administration |
[i] |
Holder of black belt in karate |
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[j] |
Mr. C. Sachs Director East Training Centre 109 East Boulevard San Francisco, CA 90054 |
[k] |
18th April, 1969 |
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[l] |
American |
[m] |
186 West 8th Street San Francisco, CA 90054 |
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1) Name 7) Education
2) Address 8) Present position
3) Telephone 9) Previous employment
4) Date of birth 10) Other skills and interests
5) Nationality 11) References
6) Marital status
38. Where do you think each of the following headings should be placed?
References Education |
Activities Skills |
Personal Details Professional Experience |
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(1) Personal Details Fiona Scott 52 Hanover Street Edinburgh EH 2 5 LM Scotland Phone: 0131 449 0237 E-mail: fiona.scott@caledonia.net |
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(2) ______ 1991-1992
1988-1991
1981-1988 |
London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Diploma in Public Relations
University of London BA (Honours) in Journalism and Media Studies (Class II)
Bradfield School, Brighton A levels in German (A), English (B), History (B) and Geography (C) |
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(3) ______ 1995-present
1992-1995
Summers of 1990 and 1991 |
Public Relations Officer, Scottish Nature Trust Responsible for researching and writing articles on all aspects of the Trust’s activities and ensuring their distribution to the press Editor of the Trust’s monthly journal In charge of relations with European environmental agencies
Press Officer, Highlands Tourist Board Preparation of promotional materials and brochures Co-ordination of media coverage
The Glasgow Tribune newspaper Two three-month training periods as assistant to the Sports Editor Arranging and conducting interviews Preparation of articles covering local community sports events |
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(4) _______ IT Languages Additional |
Office 2000 and Windows NT, Excel, Internet, PowerPoint Fluent German and proficient in French Driving licence (car and motorcycle) |
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(5) _______ Cross-country skiing, rock climbing and swimming Ski Instructor (grade II) Secretary of the local branch of ‘Action’, an association organising sports activities for disabled children |
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(6) _______ Geoffrey Williams Professor of Journalism University of London |
Brenda Denholm Sports Editor The Glasgow Tribune |
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