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Face-to-face
interviews These
are one-to-one meetings between the candidate and the interviewer,
popular with many organisations. Telephone
interviews The
majority of companies inform you in advance and usually pre-arrange
a time with you but you should also be prepared for those who just
ring! Video
interviews These
are rare but not unheard of, particularly if you have applied for an
overseas position. Sequential
interviews These
are several interviews in turn, with a different interviewer each
time. Usually, each interviewer will ask questions to test different
sets of competencies. Panel
interviews These
involve several people sitting on a panel. The actual number of
interviewers can vary but there is usually a chairperson, a
specialist who knows about the job in detail and an HR manager. Specific types of interviews
Listen to the interview extracts and write the questions which the interviewees were asked.
What
are the advantages and disadvantages of each type?
Learning
strategy
Role play helps you prepare for a real world experience.
Activity
5
1. Work in pairs:
Pairs A are interviewers.
Pairs B are candidates (interviewees).
Pairs A. Work on the questions that interviewers are supposed to ask and prepare to answer the candidate’s questions about the company Leap 33 (See Supplementary Materials). Swap the questions and discuss them together in the class.
Pairs B. Make up a list of questions you are going to ask the interviewers about the company Leap 33 (See Supplementary Materials) and the job, think of the questions interviewers might ask you, prepare to answer them.
Swap the questions and discuss them together in the class.
Role play the job interview situation. Use your CVs and letters of application.
When you have finished the interview, complete the following evaluation sheet for the candidate you’ve interviewed. Would you employ him or her? Why/ Why not? Discuss your reasons with the candidate.
Position………………………………………………………………….
Name of candidate………………………………………………………
Score
- +
1 2 3 4 5
BACKGROUND
Education:
____
Languages:
____
Experience:
____
BEHAVIOUR AND COMMUNICATIVE
ABILITY
Physical Presentation:
____
Communicative skills:
____
Ability to listen:
____
Humour:
____
Culture:
Maturity:
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Manners:
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Ambition:
____
Organisational skills:
____
Leadership:
____
Team Spirit:
____
CONCLUSION
Suitability of the candidate…………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………
Action to be taken………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………Evaluation sheet
Activity
6
Women in Construction Industry
1. Are certain careers more suitable for women than for men? Look at the list of jobs below. Which do you consider a) for women only? b) for men only? c) for either?
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2. Include other careers.
Activity
1
1. Listen to four women working in Civil Engineering who talk about their profession. Complete the table.
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Name |
Age |
Qualification |
Main reasons for choosing this career |
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Jenny Wilks
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- mixture of site and office-based work - opportunities to work … - the prospect of ….
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Caroline Gray
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High National Diploma in Building
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Claire Chivers
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Eleni Golfinou
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Learning
strategy Listening
again helps you develop oral comprehension skills.
Do
you know?
L
National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work-related, competence based qualifications. They reflect the skills and knowledge needed to do a job effectively and represent national standards recognised by eployers throughout the country.
If you have a National Vocational Qualification it means that you can actually do a job, and not simply that you know how to do it in theory.
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/nvq/what.html
isten to all the four women again. Complete the missing words in the parts of the interviews where they describe what they do day-to-day.