Модульные контрольные работы

для студентов 4 курса

весенний семестр

Вариант 1

Vocabulary

Part 1

1. Match the word and its definition.

1.position a) find new people to work for an organization, do a job etc

2.track record b) a person who provides information about your character, abilities, or

3 job interview qualifications

4.reference c) a post of employment; job

5.recruit (v) d) a formal discussion, esp one in which an employer assesses an

applicant for a job

e) all the things that a person or organization has done in the past, which

shows how good they are

2. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word.

1. There are three …for the position of Sales Manager, Eastern Europe.

a) clients b) employers c) candidates d) references

2. Cognex offers a wealth of exciting …opportunities for new graduates in all fields.

a) skills b) recruitment c) position d) career

3. I’m trying to learn new…, update my knowledge.

a) words b) skills c) letters d) figures

4. Successful applicants will have a ... offer before the end of May.

a) job b) recruitment c) application d) work

5. Candidates must have substantial PR ... .

a) application b) position c) experience d) tasks

Writing

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

1. Dear Sir or Madam

I would like to apply for the job Sales Manager for the Central and Eastern Europe area.

2. Yours faithfully

Joanna Pelc

3. ul.Novogrodska 29

01-215 Warsaw

Poland

4. Of course, I’ll be glad to say more about my suitability for the job if invited for an interview.

5. 25 February 20 - -

6. Fast-Track Inc.

1225 Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

USA

7. I am also developing my language skills. I learned Russian at school. My English is quite good, and I am taking evening classes at the University Language Centre to improve my level.

8. I have worked at Fast-Track since I left school 12 years ago. I have had some of the best results in the sales team, with good knowledge of practical sales techniques. However, I also have a Diploma in Marketing, which I obtained by doing evening classes at the University of Warsaw Business School.

Reading

Sammy Moreno

Sammy Moreno has been appointed Human Resources Director for Europe and takes over from Rosa Wasserman who retired at the end of April. Sammy, whose career has included key strategic assignments in both Latin America and Asia, doesn’t underestimate the challenges that lie ahead. “This is a difficult time for organizations like ours which are working to consolidate positions on the European market” he says. “The new regulations and legislation that have been introduced recently, will complicate the task of co-ordination the policies that the group can apply in individual countries on the continent.” Sammy, whose responsibilities will include providing policies, assistance and guidelines to regional HR directors is nonetheless optimistic: “ I’m hoping that with new guidelines that will shortly be introducing, HR will be better positioned to do the job that it’s supposed to do – looking after the interests of the group as a whole and also of all our staff whose dedication and professionalism have put us in the leading position which we are in today.”

Job interviews

Job interviews can generally be divided into three main types. The first is what I would call the 'traditional interview'. This is usually just a series of standard questions about qualifications, work experience, knowledge and expectations. So what you have here is basically a list of quite straightforward questions, you know, like 'What duties did you have in your previous job?' This is still the model for a lot of interviews today. In my view it's not the best to select staff. In fact I would say that it's very often quite inappropriate.

Then there's the 'case interview' which is particularly challenging. What happens here is that the interviewer presents a problem and then follows this with a series of questions to find out how the candidate would approach the problem. To give you an idea, it might go something like this: 'Company X wants to increase the number of university graduates that it hires every year by 50 per cent without exceeding its current budget, which is $2m. What would you advise them to do?' Now this puts the candidate in a pretty uncomfortable position because they're really being asked to do several things - to demonstrate that they can analyse the problem logically, formulate appropriate questions and communicate effectively with the interviewer. So it's a pretty stressful form of interview.

The third type is what's known as the 'behavioral interview'. It's designed to find out how candidates actually behave in certain situations. The questions are usually based on anecdotes from the candidate's own past. They're designed to find out about how the candidates handled tricky situations and relationships in the past. A typical question might be 'Can you give me an example of a situation where you had to follow orders that you didn't agree with?' Now that puts the pressure on the candidate because they have to find a good example and they have to do the talking, so it opens up a lot of information and the interviewer gets to see more of the person who's sitting opposite.

Decide which of these statements are True or False:

1. Sammy Moreno doesn’t understand the difficulties of his future job.

2. Sammy Moreno thinks that it’s almost impossible to provide policies, assistance and guidelines to regional HR directors.

3. There are three types of job interviews.

4. The author thinks that the first type of job interviews is good.

5. The third type of interviews makes the candidate talking and reveals his or her personality.

Grammar

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

1. Nowadays the internet … the physical cost of communication.

a. eliminate b. is eliminating c. will eliminate d. was eliminating

2. Today I have … time than yesterday .

a. little b. less c. the least d. fewer

3. Make me a buzz if the task…

a. was made b. is made c. will be made d. is being made

4 Many plant species are currently being studied in the hope that they …. provide sources for new drugs.

a. will b. must c. might d. is going to

5. Pierre moved to the USA and was given an opportunity of …. at university.

a. to work b. having worked c. working d. work

Вариант 2