- •Unit I negotiating the job market Ex.1. Read the text and do the assignments that follow.
- •A) Translate the words and word combinations in bold type into Russian. B) Answer the questions.
- •Ex.2. Translate into Russian. University career services
- •Ex.3. Use an appropriate word or phrase from the box to complete each sentence. For example, though, whereas, in addition, similarly
- •Ex.4. Read the text and do the assignments that follow. Graduate employment
- •Ex.7. Fill in the words. Career (n) — career (a) — make / have a career
- •Ex.8. Fill in the words. Qualify (V) — qualification (n) — qualified(a) overqualified (a)-- underqualified (a) — unqualified (a)
- •Ex.9. Fill in the words. Employer — employee; interviewer — interviewee; examiner — examinee; trainer — trainee
- •Ex.10.Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.
- •Ex.11. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
- •A) human b) personnel c) personal
- •Ex.13. Here is a list of words and expressions connected with work. Divide them into the following categories:
- •Ex.14. Fill in the gaps with the words from 1) and 2) to learn about unemployment benefit.
- •Qualify, get by, report, fire, look for
- •Besides, that’s why, secondly, so
- •Ex.15. Fill in the words. Commute, salary, prospects, promotion, retire, pension, ambitious, perks, increments, commission choosing the right job
- •Ex.16. Complete the following passage about the role of search firms in recruiting, using topical words.
- •Which of the job-titles would best describe the following?
- •Ex.18. Look at these job advertisements. Change them so that a man or a woman should feel equally free to apply.
- •Ex.19. Compare the meanings of the words in each group. Consult the dictionary if necessary. Use the words in sentences of your own.
- •Ex.20. Translate into English.
- •Talking points:
- •How would you go about looking for a job in Russia?Unit II job applications
- •Letters of application (covering letters)
- •Ex.1. Here is an example of a letter of application. Notice how it is laid out.
- •Ex.2. Read the following letter of application and replace the underlined sentences with more appropriate ones from ex.1.
- •Ex.3.Which of these endings to job application letters are most (least) effective? Why? Which encourage the reader to look favourably on the application?
- •Ex.4.What kind of letters do employers like to receive? Tick what you think correct.
- •Read this letter. Do you think the writer will get the job? Why? Note down what you think is right and what is wrong with j. Henderson’s letter.
- •Ex.5. Complete the extract from the letter of application below, using an expression from a) in the correct form and a preposition from b).
- •To believe, to collaborate, to result, to report, to benefit, to apply, to work, to be, responsible, to be involved, to succeed;
- •From, in (4), to, on, for (2), with.
- •Ex.6. Translate into English.
- •Curriculum vitae
- •Ex.7. Read the newspaper article about curriculum vitaes and answer questions 1-15 by choosing from the sections of the article (a-f).You may choose any of the sections more than once. Which section:
- •Story of your life
- •Ex.8. Give the layout of a standard cv by referring to the above article. Ex.9. Put the parts of the text in the right order. Begin with 1. Application forms
- •Ex.10. Fill in the words. Refer, referred, referring (V), reference (n)
- •Referee(s) x6, applicant(‘s) x5, employees, employers, report on, quote, job description, assessment, reference referees and the references they give
- •Ex.12. Open the brackets to use topical words and phrases.
- •Informal letter
- •Ex.15. Translate into English.
- •Ex.16. Fill in the blanks with topical words.
- •Ex.17.Render into English.
- •Ex.1. Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Interview technique What to wear
- •Arriving for interviews
- •Talking shop
- •Leaving the interview
- •Ex.2.Refer to the text and make a list of important dOs and don'Ts.
- •Be up to, bring out, call in, come up,get by, go on, look over, take on
- •Ex.4. Fill in the words.
- •Interview(V) — interview (n) — interviewer-- interviewee
- •Ex.5. Replace the words and expressions in italics with words which are similar in meaning, in the correct form.
- •Ex.6. Read and answer the questions. Job benefits
- •Ex.7.True or false? If false, correct it.
- •Job seekers ill-suited for interviews
- •Ex.8. Render into English. Собеседование
- •Ex.9. Read the text and answer the questions. Fit for hiring? it's mind over matter
- •Talking points
- •Ex.10.This is part of a report that a personnel manager wrote after interviewing a candidate for the position of Director of Software Development. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •Interview assessment
- •Ex.11. Here is a list of phrases generally used in business interviews to help you role-play interviews for a job. Questions frequently asked by interviewers
- •Possible Questions and Statements by Someone Looking for a Job.
- •Application form
- •The interview
- •Hard times
- •Happier times
- •Ex.15. Put the words in the blanks. What do the phrases in italics mean? Can you think of other contexts where they might be used? Work, job, trade, earn
- •Ex.16. Write a composition on this topic.
- •Additional reading
- •University arranges jobs for students
- •Focus words
- •Increment
- •Vocation
A) Translate the words and word combinations in bold type into Russian. B) Answer the questions.
What age-groups are most affected by unemployment?
What’s the British Government's employment strategy?
What measures can be taken to improve the labour market?
What’s the role of the MSC?
How can educational authorities help school-leavers get a job?
What opportunities are there for school-leavers to get vocational experience?
Who can get employment services from the Professional and Executive Recruitment branch of the MSC?
How can one become self-employed?
Are there any bodies to help self-employed start-ups to survive?
Ex.2. Translate into Russian. University career services
Career Services assists students in all aspects of their career development throughout their years at university. Career planning services include career counseling, workshops on career topics, a Career Resource Library, and referrals through the Alumni Career Network.
The Cooperative Education and Internship Programme works with qualified students and employers to arrange preprofessional work experience relating to a student's major field of study. Most of the positions carry salaries, allowing students to help pay for their education.
In addition, many placement services are available to help seniors find employment after graduation. Each year, hundreds of employers are on campus to conduct interviews.
Ex.3. Use an appropriate word or phrase from the box to complete each sentence. For example, though, whereas, in addition, similarly
The Internet is changing the way that companies work; ______ some use their website to advertise job vacancies.
Some companies use newspaper advertisements in the recruitment process ______ others prefer to use consultants.
With the boom in hi-tech industries, well-qualified software specialists are difficult to find; ______in the automotive industry, there is a shortage of engineering graduates.
To get good management jobs, an MBA is now often a requirement; ______ knowledge of two foreign languages including English is increasingly demanded.
The Internet is being used more and more as a recruitment tool, ______ there are few statistics available yet about how successful it is.
Ex.4. Read the text and do the assignments that follow. Graduate employment
Graduate unemployment in Britain is falling but when it comes to getting a job some courses do better than others.
While language and computer science graduates enjoy below-average rates of unemployment, those who have read creative arts and design, social studies, politics and economics suffer higher rates.
Those from the newest universities do worse than those from the established alumnae. Vocational courses have lower unemployment levels than more academic courses, such as English and history.
Typically the lowest unemployment levels are among the medical, dental and veterinary sciences, agriculture and architecture graduates.
A survey by the Association of Graduate Recruiters, representing some of the bigger and more traditional graduate employers, found that there were more than 50 graduates applying for every vacancy. On average most graduates make about 60 applications.
Although more and more graduates are finding employment there is a question mark over what kind of work they are finding and how underemployed are these new armies of highly skilled workers. The latest statistics show that, while the vast majority were getting management, professional and technical jobs worthy of a degree, something like 16pc were getting clerical and secretarial jobs and another 9pc were getting jobs in sales. All over London there are rooms full of graduates trying to sell everything from stationery to advertising space on a commission-only basis. Some of these seemingly no-graduate jobs are stop-gap positions, some are stepping stones and some, though they may have a clerical title, are in fact quite high-powered computer positions.
The main growth in graduate employment has come not through the traditional employers taking on more graduates but smaller more entrepreneurial companies also realising that they too need their share of brain power if they are to compete. So if companies of whatever size want to recruit intelligence and people they can train, they have to go to the graduate pool.
It is also true that with the labour market breaking up and moving away from the old certainties, new careers are opening up all the time and the old problem of graduates "not knowing what to do" is as acute as ever. Many have a much better idea of what they don't want to do than what they really want. Many will never know what they want to do until they have tried a few jobs and got some insight from the inside of the jobs market rather than the outside.
Answer the following questions.
Do all graduates in Britain enjoy high rates of employment?
Who has a better chance of finding a job – graduates who have done vocational or academic courses?
Is the competition on the graduate labour market high?
Do all graduates who find employment get a job worthy of a degree?
How can you account for the growth in graduate employment?
Sum up the text.
Ex.5. Translate into Russian the following word combinations.
Graduate unemployment, a language graduate, a vocational course, to apply for a vacancy, to make an application, a highly skilled worker, a stepping stone, to take on a graduate, an entrepreneurial company, to recruit, the jobs market.
Ex.6. Fill in the words.
apply (v)— fill (v) — fire (v) — hire (v)
1. To get a job you have to _______ to the company where you want to work.
2. Likewise, students _______ to colleges where they want to study.
3. Companies sometimes _______ job openings from within, but most the time they bring in someone new.
4. When a company _______ you they tell you the hours you have to work and your benefits like health insurance and a pension.
5. When you are _____ your boss calls you in and tells you why.
6. At the interview they may _______ questions at you.
7. Some housewives _______ maids.
8. In America you can be _______ just because the boss doesn't like you.
9. If you talked back to the boss you'd be _______.
10. No matter what, you must _______ yourself in modern world, in other words you must work very hard.