- •Job hunting
- •1 Make sure you know the following words.
- •2 Read the text.
- •CVs and Covering Letters in English
- •1 Check the words and phrases.
- •2 Read the information that will help you to write a covering letter.
- •Your cv/Resume
- •1 Check the words and phrases.
- •2 Read the text and learn how to write resumes in English.
- •3 Read Louisa’s cv and tick the topics in the text which are included.
- •4 Find words or phrases in Louisa’s cv that mean the following.
- •A formal telephone call
- •The job interview
- •1 Check the words and phrases.
- •2 Read the text and be ready to answer the following questions:
- •A job interview
- •4 Listen and repeat.
- •Contracts
- •3 Find in the text the synonyms of the following words:
- •1 Listen to the dialogue. The first day in the office.
- •What's 'In' and 'Out' on the Job Hunt
- •Improving Your Professional Skills
- •The Hard Truth about Soft Skills
- •1 To your mind, what the text is about according to the title? Scan the text to check your ideas.
- •2 Read the text and find the answers to the following questions:
- •6 Find the job that is the odd man out.
- •Markus initiates negotiations
- •1Make sure you know the words and phrases.
- •2 Read the dialogue.
- •3 Prove the following ideas (use the text if necessary):
- •A Business meeting
- •1 Listen to the dialogue.
- •2 Listen and repeat.
- •3 Watch the video and be ready to find the right answer:
- •Improving your problem-solving skills
- •1 Check the words.
- •2 Choose the right variant(s).
- •A Letter of Complaint
- •1 Make sure you know the words.
- •3 Read 5 top tips for writing effective letters of complaint.
- •4 Rewrite the letter of complaint to make it effective.
- •Have you got what it takes?
- •Unemployment
- •1 Check the words and phrases.
- •2 Read the extract.
- •3 Answer the questions.
- •Doing Something Different
- •1 Check the words and phrases.
- •2 Read about three people and answer the following questions for each person.
- •3 Listen to the three people describing how it happened and answer the questions.
- •4 Mark the following statements true or false. Then listen again and check.
- •5 Discuss the following questions in groups.
4 Rewrite the letter of complaint to make it effective.
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Dear Sammy’s Restaurant
I had dinner in your restaurant yesterday and it was terrible. The food was really awful and the waiters were terrible. They didn’t help us at all. I want a refund.
Thanks
Roberto Darcy |
Check yourself. Find synonyms among the following words.
factual knowledge
soft skills
management
hard skills
official
Emotional Intelligence
finding compromise
protest
agreement
settlement
complaint
administration
objective
solution
formal
goal
way out
apology
Have you got what it takes?
Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.
Dwell on the following ideas:
►top five of the most important problems for young people in my country
►what I will do in 5 years’ time
►I have a hobby that will let me earn the living in case of unemployment
►a universal job, which can involve all the unemployed people of our planet
►what success means to me.
Unemployment
1 Check the words and phrases.
to seek
labour offices
increase
to earn
adjust
provide
to obtain
underpayment
mutual recognition
issue
persisten
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2 Read the extract.
Unemployment is the condition of one who is capable of working, actively seeking work, but unable to find it. Statistics on unemployment analyzed by government labour offices in most countries is considered to be the chief indicator of economic health. In the United States the unemployment rate of two percent is often said to be the basic rate.
In Europe, unemployment is by far a most important issue. When presented with the choice of 15 different areas of concern people put unemployment either first or in the top three. Europeans feel that unemployment is the main cause of poverty.
The problem of unemployment among young people has been one of the most important for years. The number of young people looking for a job is constantly increasing. They look for employment not only for the sake of earning money, but because they want to gain some independence from their parents and to adjust themselves to the reality of our life.
In Belarus after graduation the budget students are provided with the first workplaces. Belarus has bilateral agreements on mutual recognition of education certificates with dozens of the world countries. But it is not the question of getting a job but the question of getting a good job then. Young people used to obtain everything at once and usually don’t want to realize that promotion is a question of time and hard work. Sometimes graduates are overqualified for the jobs offered to them. But if the person is persistent he will always find the job he/she is looking for. Unfortunately not all the required professions are well paid. Underpayment can also be regarded as a kind of unemployment.