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4.Find suitable opposites to the following words and phrases:

interviewee, formal, to accept, to dismiss, strengths, inattentively.

5. Match the nouns in the left hand column with the verbs in the right hand column

increase

reference earn

cancel

make

salary supply

implement

contract accept

turn down

break

job offer negotiate

consider

6. Look at the words and phrases with the correct definition:

a) interviewer 1.a meeting at which a person applying for a job, is

b) employment contract asked questions about his/her work, experience, interests to see if he/she is suitable;

c) salary 2.a person who is interviewed, esp. for a job;

3.a person who carries out an interview;

d) reference 4.a written report on a job applicant's character or ability to do the job;

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e) a promising candidate 5.a legal agreement made between an employer and an employee, giving details of salary, hours of

work, holidays, etc;

f) job interview 6.a regular fixed payment for work or services;

g) interviewee 7.a person offering to take up a post or job.

7. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.

1.The ... will last for about 40 minutes.

2.Have you ... the job offer?

3.Why did you ... the job offer in that prosperous firm?

4.In her early twenties, she was ... head of Public Relations.

5.The ... asked him some awkward questions.

6.The starting ... is € 15 000 per year.

7.The Personnel Manager went through ... with each new employee to make sure that it was fully understood before signing.

8.My former boss said that I could use him as a ....

9.She was ... to the post of sales director.

10.Finance is not one of her ....

Strengths, reference, the contract of employment, salary, interviewer, appointed (2), turn down, accepted, interview.

8. Fill in the missing prepositions.

Interviews

The employment interview is perhaps the most widely used selection technique. Job candidates are usually interviewed ... at least one member ... the HRM staff and ... the person ... whom they will be working. Candidates ... higher-level jobs may also meet ... a department head or vice president.

Interviews provide an opportunity ... the applicant and the firm to learn more ... each other. The candidate has a chance to find ... more ... the job and the people ... whom he or she would be working.

(by (2), of, for (3), with (2), about (2), out)

9. These words are often confused:

power - strength

power - the authority and ability to do something important

strength - the energy that someone has to lift or move things; the ability to achieve something, even in a difficult situation

Complete these sentences using the correct form of one of the words above. Make sentences of your own to show that you understand the difference in their meaning.

1.The president has enormous ... to make decisions.

2. I don't have the ... to move that table alone.

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3. She has the ... to help us with our problems.

4. We have the ... to stop the deal at any time.

5. The illness has left her with very little ....

6. The British royal family has very little ... these days.

7. She has a very ... character.

8. He made a ... speech asking the government to take measures.

9. As a manager, she has the ... to hire employees.

10.We need someone who has the inner ... to take on a difficult job.

10. Answer the following question:

1. What is a job interview?

2. Who interviews the candidates?

3. What will the interviewers follow up after the interview?

4. What document is signed when the person has been officially appointed?

5. What does an employment contract agree?

6. What should an interviewee do in advance?

7. Have you applied for any jobs?

8.Have you been interviewed? How did it go?

9. What's the usual process for getting your first job in Ukraine?

  1. Imagine you have to interview a candidate for a vacant position.

Draw up a list of questions you would like to ask each person applying for this job. After the interview discuss the candidate with your partner. Would you employ him/her? Why? Why not?