
- •What has future in store for us Unit 1. Energy Crisis Key Vocabulary List
- •Alternative Sources of Energy
- •Energy Crisis
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Unit 2. Living with the Chip and the Gene Key Vocabulary List
- •Toward the Future
- •Automation
- •2. Satellite
- •3. Genetic engineering – the unimaginable face of the future?
- •5. Self-Cleaning House
- •Is Change Always an Improvement?
- •Could We Find Ourselves the Victims of Our Own Success?
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •The world of work Unit 1. Work… What Do We Mean? Key Vocabulary List
- •Work… What Do We Mean?
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Unit 2. Men and Women at Work Key Vocabulary List
- •British Labour Market
- •Where Have All the Young Men Gone?
- •More Men Infiltrating Professions Historically Dominated by Women
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Unit 3. Work and its Future Key Vocabulary List
- •The Menace of the micro
- •Technological Revolution and Job Markets
- •Working from Home “Could Save Billions”
- •Big Brother is Watching You
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Unit 4. Applying for a Job Key Vocabulary List
- •Personality Tests
- •Job Interview
- •At the Interview
- •A Letter of Application
- •Munchies
- •Receptionists required for restaurant/hotel
- •Evening/weekend work only
- •Interested in tourist industry?
- •Speak French, German or Italian?
- •Looking for a permanent full-time post after the summer?
- •Do you like dealing with people?
- •Are you patient?
- •If your answer is “yes” to all of these questions,
- •We want to hear from you.
- •You would like a summer job and have seen the advertisement below. You want more information. Write to Club Sol. Use the prompts below.
- •3. Choose a job from the box below and write a similar advertisement.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Law enforcement Unit 1. The Legal System of Great Britain Key Vocabulary List
- •The Law in Great Britain
- •The Courts
- •People in Law Cases
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Trial by Jury
- •Unit 2. Crime and Punishment Key Vocabulary List
- •Real Crime and Pseudo Crime!
- •Punishment Takes Many Forms
- •A New Kind of Criminal
- •The right to silence
- •Terrorism
- •Travellers
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Unit 3. Juvenile Delinquency Key Vocabulary List
- •Juvenile Delinquency
- •Tough Time for Young Offenders
- •Tv Raid Copycat
- •Peer Pressure
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Unit 4. Capital Punishment Key Vocabulary List
- •The Hangman’s Rope
- •Capital Punishment Is the Only Way to Deter Criminals
- •Hanging Vote
- •Vocabulary Exercises
Unit 4. Applying for a Job Key Vocabulary List
personality testing/ tests
aptitude/ intelligence tests, to complete a test
personal preference questionnaire
short-list, to reduce applicants to a short-list
application, applicant, to apply to a firm for a job (a post), to apply for a leave, to fill in/ out a form, to accept/ turn down an application
references; perks, fringe benefits, a benefit package, increments, a golden handshake
vacancy, opening, to fill a vacancy
to select a suitable candidate
headhunter, to headhunt, a headhunting agency
workload; workaholic; to work up, to work out, to work smb hard
to take minutes, to have good knowledge of shorthand
to keep up with the latest technological developments
rewarding/ challenging/ cushy/ time-consuming job
knowledgeable/ committed/ outgoing/ ambitious/ confident/ competent/ organized person
to gain confidence, to be confident of smth
to make false claims
to order people about
to be on the ball
to throw one’s weight around, to pull one’s weight
to be over the moon
to stand up for one’s rights
to tackle smth, to cope with smth
Text A
Personality Tests
Do you agree with the following statements? Just answer yes or no – and do it as quickly as possible.
I looked up to my father as the ideal man.
Sometimes I feel like smashing things.
Women should not be allowed to drink alone in bars.
I prefer having a bath to a shower.
All these statements appear on a personality test currently being used by employers in Britain. And since your next job or promotion could depend on your answers you had better take this test very seriously.
At a time when employing the wrong person could cost company money, employers are understandably careful about accepting information from candidates at face value. In most cases, employers simply want to know basically what type of person you are. They need to know whether you are sociable or shy, the type that enjoys a challenge or runs away from change. If you’re always outgoing, you could be the perfect sales assistant – but might not be suitable for another position.
Personality testing is not new. In Old Testament, Gideon the war leader used a simple psychological test to select an army that was about to go into battle. The ancient Chinese also used personality tests to select high-ranking clerks and civil servants. In modern times, however, personality testing only dates back to World War I, when the American army tested two million men in order to place them in the most suitable jobs.
Despite their popularity, not everyone thinks personality tests work. Do we know ourselves well enough to be able to give correct and honest answers? Psychologists believe that there is a huge gap between what people say about themselves and their true personalities. Applicants are usually aware of the types of people an employer wants. As a result, there is a tendency for applicants to lie or cheat by giving the answers he or she knows the employer wants to hear. Another thing these tests assume is that people who are organized in their private lives, will be organized in the workplace. Clearly this may not be the case, but the person whose test results say that they are hardworking and honest will appear very attractive to an employer.
But nowadays, with so many applicants for each job employers are not all that interested in whether there is real evidence that personality tests work. They just want a quick, cheap method of cutting down on the number of applicants they have to interview for each job. And a refusal to complete one of these tests when you apply for a job is unlikely to be seen as a positive sign by the employer. If one applicant refuses, while all the others agree, the employer will often just throw the application away.
Text B