- •Устройство на работу
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Name:
- •4. What are these people?
- •5. Name as many professions as you can.
- •6. Name some professions you consider to be interesting. Which qualities make a good manager, etc.?
- •7. The Chamber of Commerce is an organisation for business people. Listen to six new members. Number the business cards in the order people speak.
- •8. Helen Marsden and Robin Seaton talk about their jobs. Before you listen, decide what their duties are. Then listen and check your answers.
- •9. Listen again and complete the notes below.
- •Grammar Review
- •10. Look at the business cards again. Who is each question for?
- •Meet Thomas Kingsley
- •Grammar Review
- •21. A) Read the text. Whose opinion do you share?
- •Is it possible to be successful in an unsuccessful company?
- •22. Read the text. Which way of looking for a job do you usually use? Why? So you are looking for a new position...
- •23. Work in pairs. How many different ways can a company recruit applicants to fill a job vacancy?
- •24. Read the magazine article about recruiting staff. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each recruitment method? The right person for the right job
- •25. Read the article again and answer the questions.
- •Grammar Review
- •26. Look at the graphs a-h below. They show how a company has recruited its staff over a three-year period.
- •27. How would you recruit people for his/her own job?
- •28. Read the text and complete the table.
- •29. Read the advertisement below. Can you prove that this ad has been published in the uk? What would be its attractions – what might be its drawbacks?
- •30. Read the two advertisements below and answer the questions.
- •31. Look at the job advertisement below. Listen to a conversation in which Fiona Scott is telling a friend about the advertisement and complete the missing information.
- •32. How would you advertise the following vacancies?
- •33. Do the questionnaire as a discussion activity.
- •34. Read the text to check your answers in the exercise above.
- •35. Study the following resumes carefully to see how information is presented.
- •36. Define the type of the following resumes.
- •37. Use the information below to arrange Paul Goodman’s resume.
- •38. Where do you think each of the following headings should be placed?
- •39. Draft your resume.
- •41. Fill out the application form.
- •42. Sum up what the text says about differences between a resume and a cover letter. How Letters of Application Differ From Resumes
- •44. Read the text and the letters of application. Match the paragraphs of the letters with the information of the text. Format of a letter of application
- •45. Below you will find details from a letter of application. Look at the outline of the letter on the left and indicate where the information should go.
- •46. Read the letter and answer the questions.
- •47. Almudena Ribera is a secretary in Madrid. She is looking for work in Britain. Read the advertisement and answer the questions.
- •49. Match the phrases below with Almudena's notes.
- •50. You see the following advertisement in a national newspaper. Write a plan of your application letter in reply to it.
- •51. Imagine you want to apply for the job … Draft an application letter, following these guidelines:
- •Dressing for success
- •Interviewing someone for a job
- •55. For each direct question below, tick the correct indirect question.
- •56. You are interviewing someone for a job. How would you find out politely the following information?
- •57. A) Read the text below. What questions was Boris asked?
- •The Job Interview
- •59. Look at this resume. If you were interviewing Kevin Willis for the job, what questions would you ask him about his career history?
- •61. As a candidate, would you prefer to be interviewed by a woman, a man or a board?
- •Making a Selection
- •63. Discuss these points.
- •64. Read the following dialogues. Then name the stages of an interview.
- •Job Hunting
- •An Interview
- •An Interview for a job
- •65. Look at the following chart. Then read the questions below. In which section of the interview would each question appear?
- •66. A) Read the text below which advises candidates how to answer difficult interview questions.
- •Attending interviews
- •1. What don’t you like about your current position?
- •2. Where does your employer think you are today?
- •4. What are your weaknesses?
- •74. Translate the text below.
- •75. Here is an answer to a job application letter.
- •76. Read this page of Fibretech’s conditions of employment. Then complete the sentences choosing the correct option.
- •Exam section
- •1. What are the most important things for you in your work? Arrange these aspects in order of importance and add some more things you think are important:
- •2. Complete the diagram with vocabulary from the unit.
- •3. Match the following words with the correct meaning.
- •4. Match the verbs with the nouns.
- •6. Choose the best word to complete the sentences.
- •Complete the table below.
- •8. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words from the table above.
- •9. Complete the following passage.
- •10. Complete the sentences with the prepositions below. You can use the prepositions more than once.
- •14. Read the following interview with Margi Bogart, Product Marketing Manager at Mindsteps. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or present progressive tense. MindstepsTm
- •15. Complete the sentences below. Use your own words.
- •Appendix 1 Trades and Jobs
- •Building Строительство
- •Professions Профессии
74. Translate the text below.
Once an applicant has accepted a post, a letter is sent, confirming the appointment. In the same letter the conditions of service will often be included. This sets out the employee’s statutory (установленный законом) legal rights and obligations (обязательства). The terms and conditions will cover areas such as:
name and address of the employer and employee
date employment begins
job title and job description
level of pay and whether it will be received weekly or monthly
holiday entitlement (право)
hours of work
conditions relating to sickness (болезнь) pay
conditions relating to the pension scheme
amount of notice the employee has to give the firm if s/he is leaving
notice of any disciplinary procedure used by the company.
75. Here is an answer to a job application letter.
Dear Professor Smirnov In the name of the University of Ohio it is my pleasure to offer you the position of Visiting Professor of Russian for the fall 2001 semester. Classes begin August 26, 2001 and last approximately till December 20, 2001. Your salary for the entire semester will amount to $14,000. This salary minus deductions for taxes, insurance, etc. will be paid in monthly installments on the first of each month. Please cable or fax us as soon as possible your acceptance or rejection of this offer. With best wishes, |
Уважаемый профессор Смирнов! По поручению руководства университета штата Огайо я с большим удовольствием предлагаю Вам временную должность профессора русского языка на период осеннего семестра 2001 года. Занятия начнутся 26 августа 2001 года и продолжатся приблизительно до 20 декабря 2001 года. Ваша зарплата за весь семестр составит 14 000 долларов США. Эта зарплата, за вычетом налогов, страховки и т. п. будет выдаваться Вам в виде ежемесячных выплат первого числа каждого месяца. Прошу Вас как можно скорее сообщить нам телеграммой или факсом, принимаете ли Вы это предложение. С наилучшими пожеланиями |
76. Read this page of Fibretech’s conditions of employment. Then complete the sentences choosing the correct option.
Terms and conditions of employment These terms and conditions should be read before you sign your contract. Salary Your starting salary is ₤14,000. This is reviewed annually. Hours The normal hours of work are eight hours a day, Monday to Friday. A shift system is in operation. The shifts are: A 06:00 - 14:00 В 14:00 - 22:00 С 22:00 - 6:00. There are three shift groups and the following system is in operation. Week one: Group one Shift A Group two Shift В Group three Shift C Week two: Group one Shift В Group two Shift С Group three Shift A Week three: Group one Shift С Group two Shift A Group three Shift B
For your first shift, week commencing 8/6 , you will be in Group 5 and Week 3 will be in operation. On the first morning report to your line manager John_Knight_ Health and Safety Please read the safety regulations attached, if you have any questions, contact the Health and Safety Officer, whose name is at the top of the regulations sheet. If you have any health problems, please inform the Senior Nurse, Jane Thomas. If you cannot work because of illness, please telephone the factory before your shift is due to start. Annual leave During your first year of employment you are allowed twenty days' leave. This should be arranged with your line manager. Overtime: If you work more than forty hours a week, you will be paid at the current overtime rate. Your line manager will keep a record of the overtime you work. If you work on public holidays, you will be paid at the current rates. If you prefer, time can be taken instead of extra pay for public holidays and overtime. Clothing The Supplies Department provides overalls. Inform Supplies of your size two days before you need them. You can also order any other special equipment you need for your job from Supplies.
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1. This employee will start work at 3. If employees work on public holidays,
A 06.00. the company will give them
B 14.00. A only extra money.
С 22.00. В only days off.
С extra money or days off.
2. Employees consult their line manager about 4. I he company provides A health problems. A special clothing.
B their annual holidays. В no special clothing.
С a salary review. C a uniform.