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Unit iy employment

I pre-reading task

1. How do people choose careers?

2. What happens if you make a wrong decision?

3. What do you know about the labor market worldwide and in Russia?

4. What are the possible ways to recruit personnel?

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

Employer	Работодатель
Employee	Работник
Senior manager	Старший менеджер
Junior manager	Младший менеджер
Supervisor	Руководитель, вышестоящий сотрудник
Subordinate	Подчиненный
Staff	Штат
Personnel	Персонал
Work-force	Трудовые резервы, рабочая сила
Reference letter	Сопроводительное письмо
Apply for a job	Претендовать на работу
Applicant	Претендент на работу
Application form	Заявление о приеме на работу
Hire	Нанимать
Fire, dismiss, lay off	Увольнять
Make smb. redundant	Увольнять по сокращению
Promote	Продвигать по службе
Be on flexi-time	Работать по гибкому графику
Have shift wok	Работать посменно
Work nine-to-five	Работать с восьми до пяти
Do for a living	Зарабатывать на жизнь
Make for a living	Хорошо зарабатывать
Skilled (unskilled) worker	Профессиональный работник
Labor shortage	Нехватка рабочей силы
Labor demand	Спрос на рабочую силу
Career opportunity	Возможность профессионального выбора
Human recourses	Отдел кадров
Staff turnover	Текучесть кадров
Overtime	Сверхурочные
Dress code	Вид одежды на работе
Reference	Рекомендация
Labor-intensive	Дающий большое количество рабочих мест
Attitude	Отношение
Feedback	Обратная связь
Lack smth.	Не хватать чего-то
Job description	Должностная инструкция
Notice board	Доска объявлений
Data base	База данных
Well-suited	Подходящий
Fee	Гонорар
Free-of-charge	Бесплатный
Headhunter	Рекрутер высоко квалифи-цированного персонала
Salary	Зарплата
Wages	Зарплата
Covering letter	Сопроводительное письмо
Short-listed	Внесенный в список
Commencement date	Начало работы
Sickness allowance	Больничный
Fringe benefits	Льготы
Probation period	Испытательный срок

1. Choosing a career.

How do you choose a career? Many students finish school without a clear idea of what to do in life. Part of the problem is the size and the complexity of the job market itself. Seven hundred and sixty-five different occupations were listed in recent publication of the Department of Labor and this list is probably incomplete. With so many kind of work, how can you tell which will interest you? And what about the job outlook? Some of these occupations are overcrowded. In old industries there may be little need for new workers, while new and growing industries will offer good jobs now and in future. Finally, how can you make the best use of your own special talents? Those who know themselves often find the best jobs.

Your career search has to look for everything. Be systematic. Analyze your problem. Determine what information you have. Then go after the information you need. First, start with yourself. Make a list of inventory of your interests, your talents, your abilities. The interest inventory covers the major fields in which people find their careers: science, arts, social service, business, sales.

Factors considered when choosing your fist job

I want to:

• enjoy my job

• like the people I work with

• have enough money to afford the things I enjoy

• receive training

• find the work stimulating

• have an inspirational* boss

• have a good social life

• have the opportunity to take professional qualifications

• work for a respected** company

• have a position of responsibility

• be passionate about the industry I work in

• have job security***

• be in control of freedom at work

• work for a well-known company

• not have to work overtime or at weekends

• have a job that will take me abroad

• have an excellent salary

• have other people think what I do sounds good

*-motivating; **-people think well of (the company); ***-no worry about losing your job