Questions for Discussion

18. Do you think Mitch will accept the offer? Why?

19. Considering Mitch’s behaviour during the interview, do you think he fancies such a job?

20. Could you trace how Mitch’s attitude and behaviour changed during the interview?

21. Would you take up such a job offer if you were Mitch? Why/ why not?

№ 3. Study the vocabulary list

frown – intrans. не одобрять, высказывать неодобрение

Eg. critics frown at the idea

womanize - волочиться за женщинами

womanizer – пренебр. бабник

degree – диплом (о высшем образовании), уровень владения специальностью

to hold a degree on – получить степень по какой-либо специальности

Eg. He’s got a degree on accounting and securities.

- степень, мера

to a (certain) degree – в некоторой степени, в какой-то мере

E.g. different in degree, but not in kind

choice – выбор

top choice – лучший выбор

to have big/little/low choice – иметь большой/небольшой выбор

to have no choice – не иметь выбора

outfit –зд. компания, организация, структура, подразделение

Eg. private intelligence outfit

- снаряжение, экипировка, оборудование

fee – гонорар, вознаграждение,

for no fee

tuition fee, admission fee

Eg.The fee is reasonable – плата приемлемая

Offer – предложение, оферта

job offer – предложение работы

to hold a job offer – получить предложение работы

Eg. He turned down an offer to run the company.

demand – спрос,

to be in demand – пользоваться спросом

to be on demand – по требованию, по запросу

cheat – зд. Cписывать, нарушать правила

Eg. He cheated on the exam and got D on it.

• обманывать, обводить вокруг пальца

Eg. They asked 300 bucks to repair my plasma TV, and I suspected they cheated on me.

preliminary – предварительный

associate – (младший) партнер

Eg. He started as an associate at a law firm.

pride – гордость

take pride in smth – гордиться чем-либо

Eg. He took pride in his service for the country.

exaggerate – преувеличивать

Eg. He tends to exaggerate when he talks about his accomplishments

selective – избирательный

Eg. This organization has a highly selective admission process

profile – личное дело, досье, сведения

to keep a low profile – не привлекать внимания

high profile – широко-известный,

advertise – давать объявление, помещать объявление

Eg. advertise for a secretary

occasion – 1. Случай, обстоятельство

Eg. On what occasion did they visit London?

1. Событие (торжественное)

It was quite an occasion. – Это было большое событие.

opening – зд. dакансия

screen over – проводить тщательную проверку, отбирать

apply – подавать заявку

apply for a job – подавать заявление на работу.

sample – образец

to take a sample – взять образец

reserve – гл. сохранять

Eg. We reserve this book for you – мы придержим эту книгу для вас.

reserve – сущ. запас, резерв

stay/be on reserve – быть в запасе

shadowbox – темнить, скрывать факты

apparently – очевидно

apprenticeship – стажировка

mortgage - ипотека

low-interest mortgage – ипотека под низкий процент

to go an extra mile –зд. прилагать дополнительные усилия, не пожалеть времени сделать что-л.

turnover rate – текучесть кадров

cutthroat – жесткий, безжалостный

№ 4. Retell the text as if you were 1) Mitchell Y.McDeere 2) Royce McNight.

№ 5. Find English equivalents in the text for the following sentences.

1. В контракте прописано прохождение теста на наркотики.

2. Было легко, по его словам, проверять ничего не подозревающего студента юрфака.

3. Их главный выбор пал на него.

4. Ройс МакНайт просмотрел досье и улыбнулся.

5. Он вошел и быстро оглядел просторную комнату.

6. Они выказывали чрезмерную теплоту и сердечность.

7. Он мог позволить себе быть самоуверенным.

8. Кажется, еще вчера они ходили на собеседование и подавали резюме, до смерти боясь, что они не найдут работу и три года поты и пыток окажутся напрасными.

9. Мы не берем на работу много людей – одного человека раз в два года.

10. Письмо, которое вы получили в прошлом месяце, мы отправили после того, как тщательно проверили больше двух тысяч пятикурсников юридических факультетов лучших университетов.

11. Мы не подаем объявления о вакансиях и мы не принимаем заявления со стороны.

12. Если бы не это, я бы не смог учиться в университете.

13. Митч улыбнулся, кивнул головой и продолжал им подыгрывать.

14. Неужели он будет рассматривать маленькую фирму в маленьком городе, когда его ждет УоллСтрит?

15. Это означало, что наступил тот момент, когда опрашиваемый задаст пару разумных вопросов.

16. Мне нужно знать примерную сумму, а иначе я, возможно, не поеду в Мемфис.

17. Он говорил как человек, которому предлагают работу три компании

18. Он попытался скрыть улыбку, но то было невозможно.

19. Они смотрели на него, точно зная, что в уме он все высчитывает.

20. Для нас дело прежде всего.

21. Это просто неслыханно!

22. Они пристально смотрели на него, чтобы убедиться, что он воспринял все это.

№6. Match the words on the left with the words they are most likely to be associated with on the right.

Exchange	1. openings
Advertise	2. to death
Cheat	3. in accounting
Scared	4. on an exam
High	5. the drain
Religious	6. competition
low-interest	7. grades
cutthroat	8. pleasantries
degree	9. mortgage
down	10. affiliation

№7. Fill in the gaps with prepositions from the list below.

owe fees estate submit on in of with

1. Don't think the manager will approve… your decision.

2. The firm frowns ...divorce, drinking and drugs.

3. They deal only with rich clients who pay their healthy....

4. How much money do you ... them?

5. Applicants usually ... their resumes.

6. The firm is involved in different activities: tax, securities, real ...and banking.

7. How long have you been…the firm?

8. They take pride….paying top dollar to their employees.

№8. Give equivalents for the following words and phrases

To hold a degree – темнить – tuition fee – top choice – in demand – преувеличивать – selective – широко известный – текучесть кадров – to keep to a low profile – on occasion of one’s birthday – cheat on somebody – по требованию – снаряжение – frown on something

№9. Vocabulary Practice. Translate the following sentences into English in writing. Use the vocabulary list for the translation of the bold words and expressions.

1. Говорят, что ему две компании предложили работу. Он, должно быть, очень избирателен при выборе места работы.

2. Неужели он уже стал партнером в этой фирме?

3. Ему предложили высокий оклад, дополнительные льготы и премии. - Не удивительно. В университете он получил высшие оценки по всем предметам, имеет ученую степень по экономике. Специалисты с такой подготовкой и квалификацией очень востребованы.

4. Вам придется заниматься научными исследованиями в области маркетинга. - Что ж, именно эта область меня интересует.

5. Слышали, как директор говорил о предварительной договоренности с этой компанией.

6. Как жаль, что он не одобряет решения провести более широкий анализ этого варианта.

7. Он работает в этой фирме уже несколько лет и скоро станет партнером.

8. Разве вы еще не выплатили ипотеку? - Нет, мы должны банку еще несколько тысяч рублей. – Должно быть, проценты по этой ипотеке очень большие? – Нет, это ипотека под низкий процент.

9. Я не могу сказать, что это процветающая фирма. Она небольшая по сравнению с другими юридическими фирмами. Они почему-то стараются не привлекать к себе внимание.

10. Дополнительная информация может быть предоставлена по требованию.

11. Я не списывал на экзаменах, потому что боялся, что меня поймают.

12. Предполагаемых кандидатов на эту должность обычно подвергают тщательной проверке.

13. Один из наших сотрудников ушел на пенсию и у нас есть вакансия. Представьте ваше заявление, мы его рассмотрим

14. Вряд ли вам удастся получить эту услугу бесплатно. Учтите, что гонорары таких юристов довольно высокие.

15. Не будет преувеличением сказать, что именно на этот товар – самый высокий спрос.

16. Вы увлекаетесь историей? – Да, в некоторой степени.

17. Для этого похода нам необходимо закупить снаряжение.

18. Вы наверняка слышали об этом громком деле. – Да, все газеты писали об этом.

19. Мой дядя – подполковник в запасе.

20. Я думаю, что вам, как человеку, у которого мало опыта стоит подать заявление на стажировку в этой организации. Возможно, позднее вас могут принять на полный рабочий день.

21. Мне кажется, он темнит.

№9. Open the brackets using the necessary tense form of verb. Summarize author’s feelings on getting the job.

It (to amaze) me, in retrospect, when I (to consider) how readily I (to be engage): no questions put, no reference asked for. Perhaps, I (to inspire) confidence. I never before (to attempt) to get a job. Getting a job (to be) something which my friends occasionally (to try) to do, and which always (to seem) to be a matter of slow and difficult negotiations or even intrigue. Indeed, it (to be) the spectacle of their ill success which, together with my own temperament, chiefly (to deter) me from any essays in this direction. It never (to occur) to me that it might be possible to get a job simply by going and asking for it, and in any normal state of mind I would never even have made the attempt. You (to point) out, and quite rightly that the job into which I (to step) so easily (to be) in a category not only unskilled but unpopular where a desperate shortage of candidates might well secure the immediate engagement of anyone other than a total paralytic; whereas what my friends perhaps (to find) is so difficult to become (to be) higher civil servants, columnists on the London dailies, officials or the British Council, fellows of colleges, or governors of the BBC. This (to be) true. I nevertheless (to feel) impressed, and not only by my having got the job, but also by the efficient way in which I (to turn) out to be able to perform it.

Discussion point: For what social groups do you think finding a job is most difficult? What do you think is important in job searching process?

№10. Use the articles where necessary.

Each day of … year more than 4000 Americans reach …age of sixty-five. On that day they are not older, either physically or mentally, than they were …day before, and most of them still think of themselves as “middle-aged”. But in…literature of sociologists they have moved abruptly into…new category – “…aged” or “…eldery”. Henceforth they will be treated as “old” by both employers and governmental bureaucracies.

They can now be discharged without…hearing regardless of their health, vigor, intelligence, or alertness. It is not called “firing” – we prefer… euphemism “mandatory requirement” – but …result is… same: denial of… right to continue working at… job one knows best. And while earlier periods of unemployment were temporary, this one is permanent. …man or woman who reaches …age of sixty-five in good health suddenly realizes that he or she faces perhaps twenty years of unemployment - …period as long as infancy, childhood, and adolescence combined. However much he may enjoy… leisure and may have looked forward to vacations during his working years, he knows that this vacation is going to be much too long.

Discussion point: The Government of the RF has been developing the bill for later retirement in age. Think over social consequences that might be associated with it. Weighs pros and cons of it.

№11. Which of the following do you think is essential to mention in your CV?

1. Website addresses of the companies you have worked for.

2. Details of pre-university qualifications

3. A photograph

4. Date of Birth

5. Mail address

6. Telephone number and e-mail address

7. Names of referees

8. Internships/ work placements

9. Computer programs and software used

10. Charity work

11. Interests

12. Position of responsibility

13. Title, e.g. Mr/Miss/Ms

№12. Analyzing profile for the job.

1. Read the CV of Vadim Kufenko quickly. In your opinion, has he left out any essential information?

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Vadim Kufenko

Date of birth: 8 May 1986

Address: 58 Suvorovsky pr., apt. 52

St Petesburg 191015 Russia

Telephone: +7812 264 69 22

Email address: v_kufenko@online.ru

PROFILE

An enthusiastic and dedicated professional with excellent analytical abilities in the field of finance. High level of numerical capability. Quick to grasp new ideas and concepts and able to work on his own initiative. Has a logical approach to challenges and is able to meet tight deadlines. Strong project management skills. A good team player with good interpersonal skills.

WORK EXPERIENCE

December 2008 – present

Financial Analyst at the Bank of Foreign Trade. St. Petersburg. Responsibilities: daily financial analysis, preparing financial statements, data processing, and market surveys.

EDUCATION

September 2007 – July 2008

MA Degree in Economics specializing in Finance and Credit.

St Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance

September 2003 – June 2007

BA Degree in Economics, St Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance

1998 – 1999

Southwest Junior Hugh School, Lawrence, Kansas, USA

1993 – 2003

School #157, St Petersburg

INTERNSHIP AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES

September – December, 2007

Exchange Program at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

Programs: Finance, Business Networks, Family Business, Marketing (in English), Finnish language

April 2007

Short internship at the Bank of Foreign Trade, St Petersburg

April – July 2008

Exchange Programs at the Berlin School of Economics, Germany, Programs (in German): International Economic Realations; International Marketing, German language

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Languages: English (advanced IELTS 8.0, BEC Higher (awarded by UCLES)

German (intermediate)

Finnish (elementary)

HOBBIES

Trading in stocks and shares, swimming and jogging

REFERENCES

Available on request

2. Read the CV again and answer the following questions

1. What do you notice about the way the profile is written?

2. Which exchange program might he have found the most difficult? Why?

3. What kind of jobs do you think he might be suitable for?

3. Vadim is going to be infiltrated for a job in the marketing department of a British company that exports British products to Russia. They require a fluent Russian speaker, with advanced English and experience in finace and marketing. Rewrite Vadim’s profile to help him get this job. Describe his achievements in the previous job positions. Make emphasis on the qualities and experience necessary for the job.

Use the bulk of vocabulary below.

Prompts Verbs: Achieve, accomplish, advance to, activate, assist, complete, conduct, construct. contribute, control, coordinate, create, design, determine, develop, direct, establish, expand, explore, implement, improve, increase, initiate, introduce, invent, investigate, launch, maintain, manage, modernize, monitor, negotiate, obtain, organize, participate, perfect, perform, pioneer. plan, prepare, produce, promote, publish, recruit, reduce, reorganize, research, revise, set up, solve, stabilize, standardize, stimulate, strengthen, succeed in, supervise, survey, target, update, upgrade

Descriptive words: Active, adaptable, aggressive, ambitious, articulate, career-oriented, conscientious, cooperative, creative, decision maker, dynamic, easy-going, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, even-tempered, flexible, goal-oriented, go-getter, hard-worker, imaginative, innovative, intelligent, intuitive, leadership ability, loyal, modest, optimistic, pace-setter, people-oriented, perceptive, persevering, personable, problem-solver, punctual, reliable, resourceful, self-motivated, self-reliant, self-starter, sociable, tactful, trouble-shooter, versatile, well-groomed, well-organized

№13. Ponder on the following questions.

1. The job is as difficult to lose and to find. Some people tend to give up well-paid (downshifting) and even high-powered jobs. What can be the reasons for it?

2. What features of character to your mind the politician should possess? Use the vocabulary mentioned in ex.12.

3. In the world history there are cases when presidents of world powers resigned. In particular, Richard Niхon, resigned in 1974.Among the reasons for this the most common reason mentioned is additional revelations of Watergate scandal.

4. Can you name cases from the current history of Russia when presidents resigned?

№14. Your are going to read the article about the first president of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin.

BORIS YELTSIN

The Economist, April 26, 2007

He was almost dead when his mother scooped him out of the baptismal font in a small village in the Urals. The local priest, plied with liquor all morning by happy parents, had dunked the baby in the water and forgotten him. The boy survived and was christened Boris, a fighter.

The story may be legend, but survival against the odds was a constant in Boris Yeltsin's life. He nearly killed himself dismantling a grenade; he played cards with criminals on the roofs of speeding trains; he almost lost his life to diehard Communists. But like some character from a Russian fairy tale, he always came through.

He survived, too, the Soviet experiment that hoped to create a new man and to root out everything human and natural. Moreover, it fell to him to end this experiment and the system that lay behind it. Though Mr Yeltsin was a Communist Party boss, he never turned into Homo sovieticus; he preserved the qualities and sensibilities of a Russian man. As Alexander Solzhenitsyn put it, he was almost too Russian. He was spontaneous, erratic, frequently drunk, talented, sincere, witty, full-hearted. His hugeness as a character matched the scale of the changes in his country.

Mr Yeltsin thrived on crises, seeming bored when things were normal. Gut instinct, rather than reason, guided him. He had profound faith in Russia and tried to encourage its best impulses; but he also knew its darker side, for his personal history was his country's. Under Stalin's collectivisation his grandfather was pronounced a kulak—a rich peasant—stripped of his possessions and sentenced to forced labour. His father spent three years in the gulag, a fact which Mr Yeltsin concealed for over 30 years. The family was driven off its land and into barracks where a goat was the only source of heat. There he grew up with 20 other families, one to each room and with a single lavatory.

He believed in freedom and rejected communism not because he was a libertarian, but because he felt freedom was part of human nature. His hatred of Stalinism was instinctive, not intellectual. He cursed fascism and Stalinism in the same breath, without putting so much as a comma between them.

When Mikhail Gorbachev, then the Soviet president, launched perestroika and glasnost in the mid-1980s, Mr Yeltsin—then the party boss in Moscow—embraced them wholeheartedly. But Mr Gorbachev wanted gradual reform. Mr Yeltsin had less patience. Sensing early that the system was doomed, he broke with the Soviet power structure in 1987, publicly criticised Mr Gorbachev, was disgraced and fired. Four years later, to everyone's astonishment, he stormed back—this time as the first democratically elected president of Russia, then still one of 15 Soviet republics.

One picture captivated the world: Mr Yeltsin on top of a tank, opposing the communist coup in 1991, charismatic, brave, defiant. Later there would be darker images: a bloated, inebriated figure who grabbed a conductor's baton at a public ceremony in Berlin, or goosed the ladies at state receptions. But in August 1991 Russia rallied behind its president. People loved Yeltsin like no other Russian leader—without fear. They would hate him too, when times got tough, without fear. They took him personally, for he was one of them.

Breaking communism's neck

The country he inherited had few features of a state: no functioning institutions, no money, no food in the shops and, worst of all, a brainwashed people. He surrounded himself with young reformers, half his age and with twice his knowledge, who began to dismantle a planned economy that was rotten to the core.

For millions of Russians, it seemed that Mr Yeltsin's liberalisation of prices in 1992—not the bankruptcy of the Soviet Union—had plunged them into poverty. He refused to back off. Unlike Mr Gorbachev, he did not want to reform the communist system. He wanted to break its neck. His mass privatisation, which destroyed the basis of the regime, created robber barons too, and a communist backlash was never far away. In 1993 armed communists and fascists tried to overthrow Mr Yeltsin's government; he shelled the hostile parliament. In 1996 communists almost won the presidential elections; by twisting the rules, he saved himself and his country.

Civil war and hunger were averted, but Mr Yeltsin's compromises allowed authoritarianism to revive. He missed his chance to dismantle the KGB, and let corruption and nepotism thrive. In 1994, his worst mistake, he agreed to invade Chechnya, starting a conflict that still scars, degrades and endangers his country.

Most unusually, he admitted those mistakes. When, for the first time in Russian history, he voluntarily handed power to his (handpicked) successor, he apologized to his people—who, in truth, had never fought for freedom as hard as he had.

I ask you to forgive me for not fulfilling the hopes of those people who believed that we would be able to jump from the grey, stagnating, totalitarian past into a bright, rich and civilized future in one go. I myself believed in this. But it could not be done in one fell swoop...I am leaving. I have done everything I could...In saying farewell, I wish to say to each of you the following. Be happy. You deserve happiness. You deserve happiness and peace.