Careers in technology 101
Check your CV carefully!
Don't just use spellcheck when you cheque your CV because sum words mite exist butt have a different meaning.
Writing
CV
1 Study the CV. It is based on the European Curriculum Vitae format.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Phone Email Nationality Date of birth
WORK EXPERIENCE
Aisha Q. Chetty 7 Linden Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7DP, United Kingdom (+44) 131 123 4567 aishaqchetty@hotmail .com British 30.05.1984
Dates
Employer
Position held Main activities and responsibilities
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
September 2003 to present
Western IT, 11 Randolph Road,
Edinburgh, EH 16 2NY, UK
Computing Support Officer
Providing support in the field to a wide range of
companies
Dates
Organization Qualification Main subjects / skills covered
September 2000 to August 2003
Simpson College, Glasgow, UK
Higher National Diploma
Computing (Technical support), Operating systems,
Hardware installation and maintenance, Network
building and maintenance
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Mother
tongue Other
languages Social
skills
Organizational skills
Technical skills and competences
English - excellent communicator
Good spoken French, some Hindi
My work involves communicating with a wide
range of clients with computing problems who
often need help urgently. I work well under
pressure.
At college I organized a class visit to France
Telecom.
Familiar with most current operating systems,
Novell, and Windows networks
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
C
lean
driving licencePersonal interests include rock climbing and cycling
2
Make notes in order to write your own CV. You can invent work
experience for this task.
102 Unit 14
The number 1 rule in preparing for a job interview is to research your target company before the interview.The number 2 rule in preparing for a job interview is to research the competition of your target company before the interview. Carol Fillipino, Recruitment Consultant
Pairwork
1 Study the personality test designed to help you choose a suitable career.
What do you like doing?
What are you good at doing?
How do you see yourself? Choose adjectives from this list:
practical ambitious
artistic scientific
helpful orderly
4 What do you value most in life?
practical things science creative arts helping people success
2 Work in pairs, A and B. Ask each other the questions in 1. Decide which of these adjectives best describe your partner.
realistic someone who would like to do
practical work
social someone who would like to work
with people
investigative someone who would like to do research
enterprising someone who would like to start their own business
artistic someone who is creative
conventional someone who likes things as they are
3 Decide which of the jobs described in this book or listed on p.98 would suit your partner best.
4 When applying for a job, people often prepare a short personal statement to summarize their best qualities. Which of these expressions describe you? Check the meaning of any unfamiliar terms in a dictionary.
creative a good team player
dependable like a challenge
energetic motivated
experienced skilled
hard-working well-organized
5 Prepare a short personal statement about yourself. Be positive, but don't exaggerate your qualities too much! Read your statement to your partner and see if you can improve it together.
EXAMPLE
I'm a skilled technician who likes a challenge. I'm a dependable, energetic worker who is happy to work independently or as part of a team.
Pronunciation
Stress in long words (2)
1
Listen
to these words from Units 10-14. Write the number
of syllables in each word.
a computer e microprocessor i supercomputer
b co-operative f petroleum j telecommunications
с download g prototype к ultrasound
d hydraulic h simulator 1 vibrate
2 Put these words from Units 10-14 in columns 1-3 of the table according to their stress pattern.
animator energetic information
anticlockwise enterprising motivated
capacity entertainment peripheral
dependable environment simulation
development indicator ventilated
12 3
Careers in technology 103
Job interview
1 Work in pairs, A and B. Student A Go to p.113.
Student В You are the applicant for the Stage Technician job (p.100).
List the questions you think the interviewer will ask. Prepare answers to them.
EXAMPLES
Which subjects did you enjoy most in your course? Think of reasons why you enjoyed particular subjects. Explain why your qualifications will be important for the job.
What work experience do you have?
Describe any part-time work, voluntary work, or work placement you have done.
• Why do you want this job?
Think of reasons why this job is important to you.
* Why do you think you would be good at this job?
Think about your qualifications, work experience, and
interests.
Consider what kind of person you are. List your good
points.
• What do you do in your free time? List any sports or other interests.
Think of three questions to ask the interviewer about the job.
EXAMPLES
Who would I work with?
What training is therefor the job?
2
Listen
to an extract from an interview for the Stage Technician
job. Then change roles so that Student A is the
applicant and Student В
is
the interviewer. Repeat your
interview.
Assess your progress in this unit.
Tick (/) the statements which are true.
I know key terms for jobs in technology I can describe job requirements I can write a CV
My reading and listening are good enough to understand most of each text in this unit
Key words
Adjectives
colour-blind off-shore
Nouns
carpentry
competences
CV
experience
interview
lighting
maintenance
project management
recording studio
requirement
sound system
training
Verb
supervise
Note here anything about how English is used in technology that is new to you.
15 The future of technology
Work in small groups. Discuss the predictions about technology. Decide which ones are most likely to happen and when they will happen.
Medical robots will carry out operations, controlled by surgeons who may be hundreds of kilometres away.
Tiny robots will be injected into our bodies to deliver medicine and to perform surgery from the inside.
You will be able to interact with characters in a TV programme and follow a storyline of your choice.
Planes will be controlled by computers which think like humans and are therefore afraid to crash.
Cars will be made of composites, plastic, and fibreglass, and will be assembled in six hours.
Cars will automatically drive at safe speeds and safe distances from each other.
You will be able to download your brain to a computer before you die.
Microchips will be stuck to your skin to form different circuits, including computers. You'll be able to watch a DVD using your arm as a screen.
Business will be carried out in 3-D virtual space, not
in offices.
Active make-up will change to any shade you want.Jobs like teaching children or nursing will continue to be done by people, but most other jobs will be done by robots and computers.
We'll be able to 'grow' plastics and fabrics from molecules.
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