9 You are going to read the text and make up a dispute afterwards.

There is an opinion that each job needs a person with special character traits. Finding a career that best fits your personality profile may be a factor to consider when thinking about professional success. Far too often, people start out on career paths for the wrong reasons: direction by well-meaning parents or teachers, taking a job "while they figure out what they want to do" and never moving on, for example.

People who excel in their careers are usually highly motivated and energized by their jobs. They wake up in the morning eager to get to work because their career lets them take advantage of the natural preferences and strengths of their personality. Their job is not a chore to be endured but a vehicle to exercise their talents. They achieve the most important of things in job satisfaction: "a fit" with who they are.

• Do you agree with such an opinion? Are there any ideas in this article that seem to be debatable?

• What character traits are necessary (desirable, harmful) for doctors, businessmen, programmers, lawyers, etc. What about a Packaging Development Engineer? Why? Support your ideas with arguments.

30 Discuss in pairs such an opinion:

“Resume is a self-promotional document that presents you in the best possible light, for the purpose of getting invited to a job interview”

• Do you agree?

• Can a person exaggerate to get a job? If yes, then in what degree?

31 Role-play.

Student A	Student B
You are looking for a job of a Packaging Development Engineer. You think that you do not have anything that could impress your potential boss. But you want to get a job and you ask your friend for advice. Your friend is an image-maker.	You are an image-maker. You know how to invert a bad argument into the best. Talk to your friend and pick up all necessary information. Help him with his resume writing.

32 Role-play.

Student A, B	Student C
You’ve come for an interview with a personnel manager of the leading packaging company. Convince him or her you are what they need.	You are a personnel manager of the leading packaging company. You interview several people for a position of a Packaging Engineer. Pick up all necessary information and chose the best candidate. Explain your group mates your decision afterwards.

33 Look at the questions concerning work experience. Compare ideas in pairs or small groups within 5 minutes.

• There is an opinion that work experience is the most important point in your resume. Do you agree with it?

• D o you have a job? Some students have jobs. What is your attitude towards it? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Will it be helpful in their future career?

• Look at the picture and say what kind of job is the most suitable for a) a student, b) a person wishing to make a career, c) a woman having a baby.

• Voluntary work is becoming more and more popular in the USA and Europe. Could you make a suggestion about the reasons of such a tendency? What about Russia?

• Looking for a job of a Packaging Development Engineer where will you go? Will your potential employer be interested in your work experience? Why?

WRITING

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NAME DATE OF BIRTH ADDRESS TELEPHONE MARITAL STATUS EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND COMMUNITY AND LEISURE INTERESTS WORK EXPERIENCE OTHER INFORMAITION REFERENCES

6 Write a composition about your future job as a Packaging Development Engineer. You should start with the idea to choose this profession, mention the steps you have taken to master in it and what you are going to do next. Use at least 4 Grammar Tenses.