Interviews

The employment interview is perhaps the most widely used selection technique. Job candidates are usually interviewed .............. at least one member .............. the HRM staff and ................ the person ................... whom they will be working. Candidates ................ higher-level jobs may also meet ....................... a department head or vice president.

Interviews provide an opportunity ...................... the applicant and the firm to learn more ...................... each other. The candidate has a chance to find ........................ more ................... the job and the people ..................... whom he or she would be working.

(by (2), of, for (3), with (2), about (2), out)

Task 10. Answer the following question

1. What is a job interview?

2. Who interviews the candidates?

3. What will the interviewers follow up after the interview?

4. What document is signed when the person has been officially appointed?

5. What does an employment contract agree?

6. What should an interviewee do in advance?

Task 11. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian

1. He is out of work and looking for

2. He has got a highly-paid in the oil business.

3. There are several for administrative staff in today's newspaper.

4. Although the pay is low, there is a high level of .

5. We cannot afford to lose skilled .

6. My is coming up next week. I hope they decide to pay me more money.

7. The union is demanding greater .

8. My actual is departmental manager.

9. She is and always open to new ideas.

10. She is responsible for the of new staff.

11. After working for the company for 20 years, he was offered a good .

12. She was a successful , with her own tourist agency.

13. She used to work for a design agency, but now she is .

(Businesswoman, pension, recruitment, flexible, job title, job security, job evaluation, personnel, job satisfaction, job advertisements, job, employment, self-employed.)

Task 12. Look at the words and phrases. Match them with the correct definition from the list below

Vacancy, covering letter, headhunter, curriculum vitae, golden hello, post, applicant, jobseeker, job description, employment agency

1. an account of the main aims and tasks of the work done by a particular employee;

2. an organization that provides information about available jobs and finds employees for companies

3. a job or position

4. a person who is looking for a job

5. a specialist consultant who searches for high-level executives

6. a large sum of money or some other financial enticement

7. a person who asks for a job , usually by answering an advertisement and attending an interview

8. a letter sent with a document or goods explaining the contents

9. an account of a person's qualifications, interests and work experience usually sent with an application

10. a post to be filled by a new employee

Task 13. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian

1. In the last four months he has ............................................. six jobs.

2. Please send a full CV with a ............................................. stating your current salary.

3. Twenty ................................................. have been invited for interviews.

4. I've contacted several............................................, without any result.

5. She rejected approaches from several .............................................. but decided to stay in her present position as Head of Sales.

6. Several employment agencies have set up a telephone advice line for............................

7. She was promoted when a ........................................... came up in their London office.

8. We received hundreds of .............................................. for only 5 positions.

9. All job applicants are required to submit a ............................................

10. She made a .......................................... to repay the loan in a week.

(promise, curriculum vitae, applications, vacancy, jobseekers, headhunters, employment agencies, applicants, covering letter, applied for).

Task 14. Make the dialogue between interviewer and interviewee

Task 15. Supply the prepositions where necessary.

A letter from an applicant for the secretarial post advertised in a newspaper:

Dear Sir,

I am interested .............. applying for the post of secretary ....................... your company, which was advertised ...................... the Daily Telegraph, 4 January 1998.

I am .......................... present working ......................... Watson and Sons Ltd in Crawley, where I have been Personal Secretary ................... the Head ..................... the Legal Department ...................... the past 2 years. This position also includes responsibility .................. translat­ing and occasional interpreting ................ meetings .................... overseas clients.

I enclose my curriculum vitae and will be happy to give you any further information, should you require it.

Yours faithfully,

JOAN BELL

Task 16. Complete the crossword

Across	Down
6  sells meat   7  maintains public order   8  designs houses   9  makes bread and pastry  10 works with the doctor	1  looks after your teeth   2  builds websites   3  treats patients   4  his job is to sell   5  works in a school

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