Vocabulary notes

1. Gain experience – здобути досвід

2. Job-seeking situation – пошуки роботи

3. Job-seeking efforts – зусилля, пов’язані з пошуками роботи

4. Obtain a job – отримати роботу

5. Civil service – цивільна служба, робота

6. Shorthand worker – стенографіст

7. Exhibit creativity – виставляти, виявляти креативність

8. Out-of-school activity – позакласна робота

Exercises

1. Transcribe and practice correctly the following words from the text.

Ambition, obtain, summary, experience, background, hire, campaign, duplicate, calculate, assess, advertisement, resume, trouble, recruitment, advancement, competitive, campus, environment, sufficient, worth, attractive, paid, reveal, lawn, volunteer, qualify, frequently.

2. Comprehension check

1. Why do people look for a job suited to their training, interests, and ambitious?

2. What is the first step in looking for a job?

3. Under what conditions is somebody likely to become ambitious for better and better jobs?

4. What do these better jobs call for?

5. Are your writing skills very important in obtaining the job you desire?

6. What are the ways of using one’s writing skills in a job-seeking situation?

7. What must one do before starting his campaign for a job?

8. Will an applicant for a job need some specific skills to obtain a specific job? What are they?

9. Where do you look for the job for which you are qualified?

10. What are the best sources of employment opportunities?

11. The categories of a resume vary according to one’s individual taste, don’t they?

3. Do the following assignments.

1. Investigate the kinds of jobs that are available in your community by studying the advertisements published in your local newspaper. List specific jobs that are of interest to you. Then list the kinds of jobs for which there are many ads.

2. Prepare a resume for yourself. Assume that you will leave school within two months.

3. Obtain application forms from two local business firms. Complete them just as you would if you were going to apply for a position. Be prepared to discuss in class the kinds of information that the forms required you to supply.

4. Complete the text with words from the box.

benefit effectively message difficult lose meetings knowledge

Listening, like reading, is a message-receiving skill. But listening is more ______ than reading because you cannot re-listen to a spoken ______ as you can reread a written one. You must get the message right the first or you _____ it.

Reading about a topic in advance will enable you to listen more ______ to the speaker’s message because you bring more ____ to the topic and that derive greater _____ from it. When planning to attend an important committee meeting, if you examine the agenda and reread the minutes of previous _____ beforehand, you will be able to listen much more effectively during the meeting.