- •Unit 1. Recruitment
- •Vocabulary and speaking
- •2. Arrange these job aspects in order of their importance. Number them 1 – the most important to 12 – the least important. Explain your choice.
- •2. Match the adjectives used to describe the work with their definitions.
- •3. Put these adjectives in the box into the correct columns.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with a word from the box.
- •5. Describe the job you’d like to get and the job you wouldn’t like to get.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Find the words in the text with the following meanings.
- •2. Read the text and do the tasks after it. Recruitment process
- •Insert the right preposition where necessary. Consult the text. Translate the expressions.
- •5. Match the verbs with their definitions.
- •6. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in task 5.
- •7. Translate the text 1 into Russian.
- •Vocabulary and speaking
- •1. Complete the sentences which describe types of job/work with the words from the box.
- •2. Write about each person using words in task 1, and the words in brackets. What kind of job would you like to have?
- •3. Read the texts a, b, c in which wages, salary and benefits are described and do the task after.
- •4. Mark and Mike are talking about Mark's new job as a photocopier salesperson. Complete the conversations with the words in italic from texts a, b, c.
- •14. Complete the text. Choose adjectives from the box.
- •5. Read and answer the questions. Describe your dream job. How to determine your dream job
- •Figuring out your dream job
- •1. Match the following headings to each paragraph.
- •How to Become a Freelancer
- •2. Match the English phrases from the text 2 with their Russian equivalents.
- •3. Discuss in groups.
- •1. Read some tips how to write a resume, translate, and follow these rules while writing your own cv. Resume writing tips
- •Information that appears on most resumes
- •2. Complete the resume with the following words: Education, Activities, References available upon request, Objective, Work experience
- •9 Central Avenue
- •3. Answer the questions about the resume.
- •6. Read the letter of application and answer these questions.
- •1. Did you attend an interview? What sort of questions were you asked?
- •2. Replace the underlined phrases with correct forms of words and expressions from the box.
- •3. There are some tips to follow for a person who is preparing for a job interview. Read them and add some more to the list, using a modal verb should.
- •4. Put these words in order to make up questions. Find out an appropriate answer to them. Act out this interview.
- •6. Match English proverbs with their Russian equivalents.
- •Sticky Job Interview Situations and How to Handle Them
- •Why Can't Programmers.. Program?
- •Как устроиться на работу
3. There are some tips to follow for a person who is preparing for a job interview. Read them and add some more to the list, using a modal verb should.
Example: You should interview with confidence and give well-spoken answers.
interview with confidence and give well-spoken answers.
make a big, positive and long lasting impression on your interviewer.
eliminate your "fear of interviewing" once and for all.
turn phone interviews into face-to-face interviews in 19 minutes.
position yourself as the best candidate for the job.
4. Put these words in order to make up questions. Find out an appropriate answer to them. Act out this interview.
Questions
FairCom/your/What’s/at/job?
like/your/about/What/job/do/you?
challenging/job/What/find/your/do/about/you?
easier/What/have/found/your job/that/you/makes?
Answers
a) To be involved in different discussions regarding different projects. We need to understand the project requirements and how different they are from company to company.
b) I am the General Manager, responsible for the technical and business operations in South America.
c) To have a very good knowledge of the Brazilian market, including what are the main companies and what they do in their business. It’s critical to have deep technology knowledge and a good network of business contacts and associates.
d) What I enjoy most about my job is the opportunity to work with different customers on different projects and in different areas, all at the same time. With FairCom being a specialized database engineering company, most of our contacts are with tech leaders of projects of varying size and scope who demand specialized or high-performance solutions.
5. These are the questions you are expected to be asked during the interview. Choose some of these questions to make up an interview between an employer and a candidate for a job. Act out the interview.
Tell me about yourself.
Why did you leave your last job?
Do you know anything about our company?
What did you like about your last job?
What would you like to be doing five years from now?
Can you work under pressure?
Could you describe a difficult problem and how you dealt with it?
Why do you want to work here?
What were some of the things you did not like about your last job?
What do you consider your most significant weaknesses?
What are your biggest accomplishments?
How do you accept criticism?
What is the most difficult situation you have faced?
What are some of the things that bother you?
What do you consider your most significant strengths?
Do you prefer working with others or alone?
How do you get along with different types of people?
Can you give me an example of a project that didn’t work out well?
What are some of the things you and your supervisor have disagreed on?
There are some tricky interview questions you might be asked.
What are your salary requirements?
Did you ever have a boss that you did not like or get along with?
Did you have any trouble finding the office?
Your resume shows a gap in work history, what happened?
Why are you looking for a job in a field that is not related to your major?