Vocabulary

Part 1

1. Match the word and its definition.

1. background a)a letter written by someone who knows you well, usually to a new

2. reference employer, giving information about your character, abilities, or

3. apply qualifications

4. vacancy b) someone’s past, for example their education, qualifications, and the

5. hire jobs they have had

c) to make a formal, usually written request for something , especially a

job, a place at university, or permission to do something

d) an unoccupied post or office

e) to employ (a person) for wages

Part 2

2. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word.

1. We’re … more and more graduates.

a) recruiting b) applying c) asking d) reviewing

2. The successful … will be based in Warsaw.

a) employer b) reference c) headhunter d) candidate

3. Fast-Track advertised the vacancy only inside the company as it believes in offering … to its staff.

a) career ladders b) career breaks c) career moves d) career opportunities

4. It is important to make a good impression at a/an … by dressing appropriately.

a) meeting b) negotiations c) examinations d) interview

5. CV tells you about the person and his/her … .

a) friends b) qualifications c) applications d) employers

Writing

Put the parts of the application letter in the correct order.

1. I hope you will be able to arrange the interview with me.

2. For three years I was running the entire department

3. I think I have excellent communicative skills

4. 23 February 2000

5. Dear Mr. Smith.

I am writing to apply for the position which was advertised last month in The Economist.

6. Sincerely,

Maria Vaz.

7. Hermanstrasse 16

Koln, 50058 Germany

Tel : 0049 221 503

E-mail : mvaz@cybermail.com

8. My mother tongue is German, but I also speak French and English fluently.

Reading

A Full House

Recruiting the entire staff for the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas in record time and at minimum cost may sound like mission impossible. But Arte Nathan came up trumps.

Talk about long odds. Arte Nathan was Vice President of Human Resources for the launch of the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Everything about Bellagio was larger than life. So too was the challenge that confronted Nathan: hire 9,600 workers in 24 weeks. Nathan and his HR team would have to screen 84,000 applicants in 12 weeks, interview 27,000 finalists in 10 weeks, and process 9,600 hires in 11 days. In the end, they nailed the deadline and here's how they did it.

If a manager wanted to hire you, he would click on CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECK. Law- enforcement officials would then receive your application online and check your employment and education history. We rejected about eight per cent of our candidates at this stage for various reasons, such as lying on their applications. If you passed this and a drug test, the manager would then make the final decision. When you appoint somebody, you create three files: a personnel file, an equal employment opportunity commission file and a medical file. Why not have an electronic personnel file? In the process, we could eliminate the files that managers usually keep at their desks. So we developed one and transmitted everything from the application database to the new-hire database. Using the same technology for all of our personnel and payroll forms meant that we no longer had to collect, input, and file thousands of paper forms.

Next came the interviews. Every day, 180 hiring managers, who we had specially trained, conducted 740 interviews of 30 minutes each. Applicants were asked a set of behavioral questions that we had developed, like “Tell me about a time when you were at the front desk, and a guest was late. What did you do when you couldn't find the reservation?' Using a PC embedded in their desktops the managers evaluated the answers on a rating sheet and the scores were fed into the database. This started out as an experiment. But in the end, the guinea pig survived. We saved Bellagio $1.9 million. Most HR people are afraid to let go of then hire-and-fire authority. But if you really want to sit at the big table, you’ve got to start thinking strategically and globally. And the only way to do that is to eliminate HR transactions from your life. You have to be willing to say, 'I am in the wrong place in this process. You have to take yourself out of the system.

Decide which of these statements are True or False

1. Arte Nathan didn’t manage to cope with a task.

2. People apply for a job online.

3. Electronic personnel file made it easier for a company to store information about its staff.

4. The interviews came before background check.

5. HR transactions shouldn’t be eliminated HR from the application process.

Grammar

Choose the right variant (A, B, C, D) to complete the gap in the sentences

1. Morale will fall if they …. people.

a. laid off b. will lay off c. is laying off d. lay off

2. The report must … today .

a. be finished b. have finished c. have been finished d. to be finished

3. Their new model is as… as the old one.

a. expensive b. more expensive c. the most expensive d. less expensive

4. The problem …for three years .

a. has been studied b. is studying c. has been studying d. had been studied

5. Many rivals aim … bigger websites.

a. to build b. build c. building d have built

Ключи

Вариант 1

Vocabulary

Part 1

1.c 2.e 3.d 4.b 5.a

Part 2

1.c 2.d 3.b 4.a 5.c

Writing

3, 6, 5, 1, 8, 7, 4, 2

Reading

1.False 2.False 3.True 4.False 5.True

Grammar

1.b 2.b 3.b 4.a 5.c

Вариант 2

Vocabulary

Part 1

1.d 2.e 3.c 4.a 5.b

Part 2

1.a 2.b 3.b 4.c 5.d

Writing

6, 4, 1, 5, 2, 7, 8, 3

Reading

1.False 2.True 3.True 4.False 5.True

Grammar

1.d 2.b 3. d 4.b 5.a

Вариант 3

Vocabulary

Part 1

1.b 2.e 3.d 4.a 5.c

Part 2

1.b 2.c 3.a 4.d 5.a

Writing

4, 7, 2, 3, 1, 8, 6, 5

Reading

1.False 2.True 3.True 4.False 5.True

Grammar

1.d 2.a 3.c 4.b 5.a

Вариант 4

Vocabulary

Part 1

1.e 2.c 3.a 4.d 5.b

Part 2

1.b 2.c 3.c 4.d 5.b

Writing

7, 5, 2, 4, 6, 8, 3, 1

Reading

1.False 2.False 3.True 4.True 5.False

Grammar

1.d 2.b 3.a 4.a 5.c

Вариант 5

Vocabulary

Part 1

1. b 2.a 3.c 4.d 5.e

Part 2

1.a 2.d 3.d 4.d 5.b

Writing

7, 4, 5, 2, 3, 8, 1, 6

Reading

1.False 2.True 3.True 4.False 5.True

Grammar

1.d 2.a 3.a 4.a 5.a