XV. Imagine that a young friend of yours is about to attend an interview. Note down at least ten pieces of advice that you would give to him or her. Here are a few suggestions:

• Wear smart, formal clothes.

• Don’t smoke.

• Sit up straight.

• Arrive on time.

XVI. Choose one of the jobs you like most and work in groups of three. You will be taking part in three interviews – as an interviewer, as an interviewee and as an observer. The observer’s role is to make notes and give advice to the other two on their performance in the interview.

If you are the observer: as you listen to the interview, make notes on these points:

• What impression did each person give?

• If they were nervous, how did this affect their performance?

• Were there too many “Yes/No” questions?

• Which questions did they answer badly?

• Which questions did they answer well?

• What advice would you give them for their next real interview?

Position: ___________________________________________________

Name of candidate___________________________________________

Score

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1 2 3 4 5

B ackground

E ducation:

L anguages:

Experience:

B ehaviour and Communicative Ability

Physical Presentation:

C ommunication Skills:

A bility to listen:

H umour:

C ulture:

M aturity:

M anners:

Personal Qualities

D ynamism:

A mbition:

O rganization Skills

L eadership:

T eam Spirit:

Involvement:

Conclusion

Suitability of the candidate: _________________________________________________________________

Action to be taken: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Unit II work and jobs

I. Practice the pronunciation of the following words:

employee [ ], personnel [ ], workforce [ ], senior [ ], headquarter [ ], individual [ ], administration [ ], technical [ ], valuable [ ], audit [ ], financial [ ], client [ ], executive [ ], decision [ ], communication [ ], career [ ], specialize [ ], responsibility [ ], issue [ ], certification [ ], compensation [ ], mutual [ ], insurance [ ], annuity [ ], accurate [ ], routine [ ], commute [ ].

II. Translate the following words and word combinations into Russian and learn them by heart:

• to manage the books - certificates of deposit

• to verify financial reports - insurance annuities

• administrative assistant - securities

• human resources - payroll

• performance appraisal - headquarters

• to boost sales - clock in/out

• to release a product - flexitime

• bonds - to work in shifts

• shares - to commute

- certification of employees - corporate executives