- •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
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
“I (1) work (work) for Mindsteps, Inc., a start-up firm located in Silicon Valley that (2) _____ (develop) human resources management software for large corporations that (3) _____ (have) at least 2,500 employees. Currently, we (4) _____ (market) our main product called CareerSteps, which is a software program that (5) _____ (help) employees to assess their interests, values, and skills in order to create a career development plan. More and more corporations (6) _____ (buy) CareerSteps as a cost-effective solution to the issues that human resources departments (7) _____ (face) such as staff turnover, motivating workers, and increasing employees productivity. Thanks to the success of an initial pilot, this year Hewlett-Packard (8) _____ (make) CareerSteps available to 125,000 of their employees around the world. As the product Marketing Manager, I (9) _____ (coordinate) the planning and (10) _____ (manage) the business and marketing efforts for the product. An important aspect of my job (11) _____ (involve) making sure the product (12) _____ (meet) the marketing requirements once it is completed. At the moment, I (13) _____ (contact) potential clients and (14) _____ (work) on the marketing requirements for the next version of our product. On Tuesday, we (15) _____ (present) the innovative features of the new version of CareerSteps to our main customers.”
15. Complete the sentences below. Use your own words.
1. If I decided to change my job, I would …………………………………………………….
2. If you wanted to recruit more people to work in your department, you would ………...….
3. If I lost my job, I’d……………………………………………………………...…………..
4. If I worked abroad, I’d……………………………………………………...………………
Appendix 1 Trades and Jobs
Industry, Mining
a worker – рабочий
a car worker – рабочий автомобильной промышленности
a factory worker – фабричный рабочий
a laundryman – рабочий в прачечной
a shipbuilding worker – рабочий судостроения
a textile worker –рабочий текстильной промышленности
a steel worker – рабочий сталелитейной промышленности
a crane-driver – крановщик
an electrician – электрик
a fitter монтер
a glassblower – стеклодув
a mechanic – механик
a mineworker, a miner, a coalminer – шахтер
an operator – оператор
a packer – упаковщик
a quarryman – рабочий карьера
a sawyer– лесоруб
a spinner – прядильщик
a toolmaker – инструментальщик
a turner – токарь
a weaver – ткач
a welder – сварщик
Agriculture etc. Сельское хозяйство и т.д.
a farmer– фермер
a market gardener – садовник
an agricultural worker/a farm worker – сельскохозяйственный рабочий
a tractor-driver – тракторист
a shepherd – пастух
a cowman – скотник
a forestry worker – рабочий лесоводства
a forester – лесник
Building Строительство
building worker – рабочий–строитель
a bricklayer – каменщик
a woodworker – плотник
a carpenter – плотник
a joiner – столяр
a plumber – водопроводчик
a glazier – стекольщик
a tiler – мастер по кладке черепицы
a painter – маляр
a paperhanger– обойщик
a decorator– декоратор
Transport, Communications Транспорт, Коммуникации
a transport worker – транспортный рабочий
a (long-distance) lorry-driver – водитель–дальнобойщик
a bus-driver – водитель автобуса
a tram-driver – вагоновожатый
a taxi-driver – таксист
a chauffeur– шофер
a bus / tram conductor / conductress – кондуктор автобуса, трамвая
a railway worker, a railway man – железнодорожный рабочий
an engine-driver – машинист
a ticket collector – контролер
a porter – швейцар
a docker – докер
a sailor – моряк
a (sea-)pilot – лоцман
a steward(ess) – стюард (стюардесса)
a navigator – навигатор
an air–hostess – стюардесса
a radio operator – радиооператор
Retail and Service Trades, Craftsmen, etc. Розничная продажа и Сфера Услуг, Мастера, и т.д.
a shopkeeper– владелец магазина
a shop assistant – продавец
a salesgirl – продавщица
a cashier – кассир
a barber – парикмахер
a butcher – мясник
a fish monger – торговец рыбы
a florist – торговец цветами
a grocer – бакалейщик
a greengrocer – зеленщик
a hairdresser – парикмахер
a jeweller – ювелир
an optician – оптик
a photographer – фотограф
a tobacconist – торговец табачными изделиями
an undertaker – предприниматель
a wine merchant – винный торговец
a (chimney) sweep – трубочист
a gardener – садовник
a cleaner – уборщик
a coalman – угольщик
a barman, a barmaid – бармен, буфетчица
a cook – повар
a waiter / waitress, a head waiter – официант / официантка, главный официант
a hotel receptionist – регистратор гостиницы
a cloakroom attendant – гардеробщик
a porter – швейцар
a caretaker – смотритель
a blacksmith – кузнец
a goldsmith, a silversmith – ювелир
a locksmith – слесарь
a gunsmith – оружейный мастер
a cabinet-maker – краснодеревщик
a dressmaker – портниха
a tailor – портной
a watchmaker – часовщик
a shoemaker – сапожник
a saddler – шорник
an upholsterer – обойщик
a printing worker – печатник
a type-setter, a compositor – наборщик
a bookbinder – переплетчик
a motor mechanic – механик–моторист
a radio / T.V. mechanic – радиомеханик, телемеханик
Commerce, Banking, Office Work etc, Торговля, Банковское дело, Работа Office и т.д,
an insurance collector – страховой агент
a commercial traveller – коммивояжер
a salesman – продавец
a buyer – покупатель
an advertising agent – рекламный агент
an advertising copywriter – составитель рекламного сообщения
a commercial artist – художник по рекламе
a bank employee – банковский служащий
a bank manager – управляющий банком
a bank clerk – банковский служащий
a cashier – кассир
an office worker – конторский служащий
a clerk – клерк
a wages clerk – бухгалтер по заработной плате
a typist – машинистка
a shorthand typist – стенографист
a secretary – секретарь
a private secretary – личный секретарь
a bookkeeper – бухгалтер
Medical and Technical Staff Медицинский и Технический Штат
a nurse – медсестра
a male nurse – санитар
a children's nurse – детская медсестра
a midwife – акушерка
a physiotherapist – физиотерапевт
a masseur [mæ'sə:]/ masseuse [mæ'sə:z]– массажист / массажистка
a radiographer – рентгенолог
a dental mechanic – зубной механик
a laboratory assistant – лаборант
a draughtsman – чертежник
Public Services Общественные службы
postal workers – почтовые рабочие
a postman – почтальон
a telephone operator, a telephonist – телефонист
a fireman – пожарный
a librarian – библиотекарь
a dustman – мусорщик
a policeman – полицейский
Supervisory Staff Контролирующий Штат
a superintendent – управляющий, заведующий, дирктор, руководитель
a supervisor – инспектор, контролер
an inspector – инспектор, контролер, ревизор
a head of department – начальник отдела, начальник управления
a foreman – мастер, бригадир, десятник, прораб
a chief/ head clerk – руководитель отдела
a chief/ head cashier – главный кассир
Mass Media, Entertainment Средства массовой информации, Развлечение
a (newspaper) reporter – (газетный) репортер
a radio / T.V. announcer – диктор радио, телевидения
a radio / T.V. commentator – радио–, телекомментатор
a sports commentator – спортивный комментатор
a sports writer – спортивный обозреватель
a pop singer – певец
a song-writer – поэт–песенник
a comedian – комик
a circus performer – артист цирка
an usher – билетер, швейцар
Miscellaneous Разное
a fisherman – рыбак
a soldier – солдат
a sailor – моряк
an airman – авиатор
a customs officer / official – таможенник
a dress designer – модельер
a (fashion) model – модель