- •Introduction
- •1. How do you choose a career?
- •1.1. “Working” vocabulary
- •1.2. Choosing a career
- •Choosing a career
- •1.3. Career and personality
- •What is Your Career Personality?
- •Does My Personality Match this Career?
- •1.4. The 10 top steps for choosing a career
- •The 10 top steps for choosing a career
- •1. Begin with your values.
- •2. Identify your skills and talents.
- •3. Identify your preferences.
- •4. Experiment.
- •5. Become broadly literate.
- •6. In your first job, opt for experience first, money second.
- •7. Aim for a job in which you can become 110% committed.
- •8. Build your lifestyle around your income, not your expectations.
- •9. Invest five percent of your time, energy, and money into furthering your career.
- •10. Be willing to change and adapt.
- •1.5. Revision
- •2. Looking for a job
- •2.1. Work
- •2.3. Job search methods
- •Job search methods
- •2.4. Experience first, money second
- •My life as an intern
- •2.5. Revision
- •3. Applying for a job
- •3.1. Looking for and applying for a job
- •3.2. Want ads
- •3.3. How does a selection process go?
- •The Selection Process
- •Interview...
- •3.4. Getting ready for a job interview
- •Curriculum vitae
- •Interests
- •Personal statement
- •Covering letter
- •Mega Video Store requires trainee manager
- •16, London road,
- •23, High Road,
- •Planning
- •Writing
- •Checking
- •3.5. A job interview
- •3.6. Getting and keeping a job
- •3.7. Revision
- •4. At work
- •4.1. Career and promotion
- •One man's career
- •Being busy
- •Other idioms connected with work
- •During your working life
- •4.2. Colleagues and routines
- •Colleagues
- •Daily work routines
- •During the day (different work-patterns)
- •Types of work
- •4.3. Revision
- •5. The everchanging workplace
- •5.1. Revolution in the workplace
- •Recent changes in the world of work
- •Help wanted
- •5.2. The changing workplace
- •What makes a good workplace?
- •The Changing Workplace
- •5.3. Revision
- •6. Gender issues in the workplace
- •6.1. Men vs women
- •6.2. Gender stereotypes at work
- •6.3. Inequality at work
- •Inequality at work
- •6 .4. Gender discrimination in the workplace and at home
- •6.5. Balancing home and work
- •Balancing home and work
- •Value of housework
- •A Cinderella story
- •6.6. Revision
- •7. Check yourself
- •2. Write some collocations or brainstorm some related topics 1. Write a definition
- •Vocabulary Word
- •3. Use the word in a sentence or question 4. Recall a sentence with the word from the text.
- •Useful phrases
- •Writing a Summary Conflicting interests
- •Understanding the task
- •Deciding what is important
- •Answering questions to write a summary
- •Summarising a paragraph
- •Cutting out unnecessary information
- •6. Understanding the task
- •7. Planning
- •8. Writing
- •9. Checking
- •Presentation Signpost Expressions
- •Introducing the topic
- •Presentations. Structure and Useful Phrases
- •Introduction
- •Interpreting information
- •Discourse markers in speech and in writing
3.3. How does a selection process go?
Task 1. When a firm wants to fill a vacancy, it will go through certain procedures to find a suitable employee. This is called a 'selection process'. The following text describes a typical selection process, but the sentences are in the wrong order. Re-arrange the sentences so that the whole text makes sense. The first sentence has been done for you.
The Selection Process
Firstly, a vacancy is advertised
and suitable candidates are invited for interview.
These are sorted
and applications are received.
and applicants are interviewed.
After that, a final short list is drawn up.
Next, appointments are arranged
A job offer is made to the successful candidate,
and one of them is selected.
and finally, an employment contract is signed.
The candidates on the list are interviewed again,
Task 2. Paraphrase the underlined expressions in Task 1. Look up the words you come across for the first time in the dictionary.
Task 3. Let's look at some more vocabulary linked to the selection process with this multiple choice quiz. Match the verbs with their noun partners.
advertise...
a vacancy
a candidate
applicants
arrange...
applicants
an appointment
a vacancy
Interview...
a candidate
a contract
a short list
sign...
a short list
a contract
a vacancy
draw up...
applicants
a vacancy
a short list
select...
an appointment
a short list
applicants
Task 4. A Human Resources Manager has drawn up a shortlist of applicants he feels would be suitable for a vacancy in his company. Look at the descriptions of the candidates he plans to invite for interview.
Hamed has a can-do attitude and is able to meet deadlines
Tomoko is a self-starter who can work on her own initiative
Ivan is able to multi-task and has a proven track record
Li is an effective team player with a customer-focused approach
Cristina is numerate and computer literate
Which candidate...
is good with figures?
co-operates with colleagues?
is good at working on his/her own?
can finish a job on time?
has a good rapport with clients?
has a history of success?
has a positive approach?
has IT skills?
can cope with several jobs at the same time?
Task 5. Check the meanings of the underlined expressions in Task 4 in your dictionary. Which of the described abilities are essential to land a job quickly nowadays? Justify your opinion.
Task 6. The following nouns describe an ideal candidate's abilities. Can you change them into adjectives?
talent |
enthusiasm |
energy |
ambition |
drive |
flexibility |
commitment |
motivation |
Define the resulting adjectives. How many of them describe you?
Task 7. Match the words in 1-8 with those in a-h to make phrases connected with work, then discuss what the phrases mean.
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