3. Discuss your results with the other students.

4. Make up a plan of the text and retell the text, according to your plan, and using the following words and expressions:

1. to figure out

2. job-hunt

3. frivolous

4. to write an essay

5. each day in depth

6. to feel uncertain

7. to be pleasantly surprised

8. an extensive personal network

9. a short conversation

10. to appeal to the audience

11. past accomplishments

12. to get stuck doing one thing

13. job search letters

14. job-seeking

15. good business relationship

16. to develop a strong support network

5. Translate into Russian:

1. They want to take on two new workers.

2. Have you already heard about the new vacancy?

3. I would like to apply for the position of a programmer.

4. I can't work full-time, I'd prefer to find a part-time job.

5. The most of our employees work from nine to five.

6. We would like to be considered fair employers.

7. All our factories base their production on shift work.

8. She doesn't want to work the night shift.

9. Don't forget to clock on when you arrive in the morning.

10. Your salary will be paid on the fifteenth of each month.

11. Did you work any overtime last week?

12. Our workers receive an hourly wage.

13. We were considering introducing a bonus system.

14. That's enough - you're fired!

6. A) read the questions the interviewers usually ask,

b) think of possible answers,

c) discuss them in the groups of 3 or 4 students:

1. Why are you interested in our company?

2. Why did you come to this country?

3. What are your objectives in this field?

4. What special aspects of your experience have prepared you for this job?

5. Can you describe one or two of your most important accomplishments?

6. How much supervision have you typically received in your previous job?

7. Why did you live your previous job?

8. What is important to you in a company?

9. What are your strong points for this position?

10. How did your supervisor evaluate your job?

11. When you have been told or discovered for yourself, a problem in your job performance? What have you typically done? Can you give me an example?

12. Do you prefer to working alone or in groups?

13. Can you give me an example of your ability to manage or supervise others?

14. What were some of the things about your last job that you found most difficult to do?

15. Did you give presentations during your university/college?

16. Did you have to use any computer programs frequently at the university? Which ones?

17. What courses in school have helped the most in doing this job?

18. What kind of things are you most confident in doing?

19. Can you describe for me a difficult obstacle you have had to overcome? How did you handle it? How do you feel this experience affected your personality or ability?

20. How would you describe yourself as a person?

21. What things give you the most satisfaction at work?

22. What things frustrate you most? How do you usually cope with them?

23. In your work experience, what have you done that you consider truly creative?

24. What kind of problems have people recently called on you to solve?

25. Of your creative accomplishments, at work or at home, which have given you the most satisfaction?

26. Do you belong to any clubs, associations, or groups?

27. What do you like to do in your spare time?

28. How do you keep up with what’s going on in your company/ your industry/your profession/your country?

29. What is your professional goal?

30. When judging the performance of a subordinate or colleague, what factors or characteristics are the most important for you?

31. What standards of success do you set yourself in your job?

32. In your position, how would you define doing a good job?

33. What approach do you take in getting people to accept your ideas or goals?

34. What sort of leader do your people feel you are? Are you satisfied?

35. How do you get people who do not want to work together to establish a common approach to a problem?

36. Do you feel you work more effectively on a one to one situation or in a group situation?

37. How would you describe your basic leadership style? Give specific examples of how you practice this?

38. Have you ever done any public or group speaking? How did it go?

39. Have you made any individual presentations recently? How did you prepare?

40. Would you rather write a report or give a verbal report? Why?

41. What kind of writing have you done? For a group? For an individual?

42. What do you think about the ongoing changes in your company operating policies?

43. What was the most significant change made in your company in the last six months which directly affected you? How successfully do you think you implemented this change?

44. What has been the most important idea or suggestion you have received recently from your co-workers?

45. Do you feel pressure in your job/life/at school? Tell me about it.

46. What has been the highest pressure situation you has have been under in recent years? How did you cope with it?

47. Describe your most significant success&failure in the two last years.

48. What do you like do best?

49. What do you like to do least?

50. Think about your last review. What did your supervisor suggest needed improvement?

51. What have you done about it?

52. What has been the most important event or who has been the most important person in your own self development?

53. How much of your education did you earn?

54. What kind of books or other publications do you read?

55. Have you taken a management development course?

56. How are you helping your coworkers/ subordinates develop themselves?

Mini Case

1. Read the advertisement from the local newspaper: