UNIT 2. APPLYING FOR A JOB.

FINDING A JOB IN THE UK

1. Pre-reading task. Match the words to their translations:

application form занятость

recruitment agency бесплатно

training opportunities временный

employment заявление о приеме на работу

free частные агентства

to look for a job предлагаемые работы

temporary агентства по найму

private agency возможности обучения

noticeboards рекламные объявления

job offeres искать работу

advertisments доски объявлений

To find a job in Britain you can follow various routes. You can send job applications to companies or organizations, and answer or place advertisements in the British press, general or specialized. Once you're in the UK, it's a good idea to keep an eye on the job centres, the public recruitment agencies, which are established by the Department of Employment and Education, or DEE, and can be found in most British cities and towns, however small. Every London area has one. They not only help you to find a job, but also provide information and advice on training opportunities. Another useful place are public libraries, with Training Access Points, or TAP.

Then, there are lots and lots of private recruitment agencies. They're usually free to job seekers. Some are specialized in temporary employment, mostly in the sector of office, clerical, secretarial jobs, and a few in the catering sector.

In England, really it's easy to find a job, at least in London. It's obviously important to be determined and willing. The simplest, most direct method, requiring only a minimum amount of cheek, consists in searching an area or a street (better if central) door-to-door, going into every shop, pub, restaurant or hotel and asking whether they require staff. They'll let you talk to the manager or, sometimes, fill in an application form. It's not unlikely in this way to find a job in half a day, and to start immediately. Maybe it won't be the best job in the world, but you can always find a better one later. Among the advantages of this system there's also the fact, important in my opinion, of being able to have an immediate feel and look of the place where you're going to work, the environment, the people and so on.

Another method are the noticeboards to be found on the windows of everywhere: shops, libraries, post offices, which display ads relating to the local area they're in, including job offers. You can also place an ad yourself. It's not free, but it's inexpensive.

Finally, classified ads in newspapers. Local newspapers in London abound, and some are free. TNT and Footloose can both be found free in and near underground stations. LOOT is not free, but very useful. The Evening Standard is the most important daily of the Greater London area. These are among the most common, but there are many others.

Answer the questions:

1.What establishments can be found in Britain by job seekers? 2. Where can a candidate get information and advice about training? 3. Is it a good idea to look for a job in door-to-door searching? 4. Where can a person place his own advertisement about job searching? 5. What newspapers in London are useful for job hunting? 6. If you wanted to find a job what way of searching would you choose? GETTING A JOB

Read, translate the text and put the words into the gaps:

search salary conditions prospects impression agency image anxious experience stressful interview post vacancy qualifications applicants notified

Getting a job is not an easy business. First there’s the difficulty of deciding what you want to do and getting the right ___(1) and training.

Then you have to find out where there is a ___(2) and apply for a particular ____(3). Some people look at advertisments in a newspaper, others use an employment ___(4). There is usuallly an application form to complete with all the details about your previuos ___(5).

The company selects the ___(6) it is interested in and invites them to attend an ___(7). This is often a _____(8) experience, at least because most people have to find something suitable to wear, and then get very _____(9) about what sort of questions they should ask and what kind of ____(10) they should present. You are more likely to make a good _____(11) at the interview if you have found out something about the organisation you want to work for.

Most applicants for jobs want to know about the working _____(12), the _____(13) of promotion and the _____(14). Unsuccesful applicants are usually _____(15) by post and then their _____(16) for a job starts

JOBS IN BRITAIN: SEARCHING ON THE NET 1. Pre-reading task. Match the words to their translations:

employer польза

on average размещать

recruit работник

encrease преимущество

unemployed работодатель

conduct в среднем

publish нанимать

employee увеличивать

place безработный

benefit публиковать

advantage проводить

The simplest and quickest way to find a job these days is to search directly on the Internet. The number of employers using the Internet to recruit people has been increasing from year to year.Some major companies, particularly in certain sectors like IT, conduct as much as 90 per cent of their recruitment through Internet job advertisements, mainly published on online recruitment agencies, websites specialized in matching job-seekers and employers.

Many multinational companies as a rule publish their job vacancies on the web.

Not surprisingly, since online recruitment and the use of new technologies have many advantages for employers and recruiting companies. It makes the process of finding candidates and new business opportunities quicker, cheaper and more efficient.

The Internet has completely revolutionised the role of the traditional recruiter. Now it's about searching through thousands of CVs placed on websites and browsing online job agencies.

For the job seeker, the Net has simplified many job-seeking processes. Until not long ago it was difficult to find, for example, a job in a different country before leaving home. But now the Net has made that search easier.

Another benefit of online job search is the much greater information about employers and recruiters you can gather quickly and cheaply. A career seeker who is better informed and more focused is already starting with an advantage.

In the US, looking for work on-line is already common practice. But Europe is catching up, too. In Britain, over half a million people per month on average have looked for a job using the Internet. Don’t you think that it’s worth using the Internet, where practically everything one needs can be found in real time?

Put the following words into the gaps: employer, job advertisements, job vacancies, seek, online agency, candidates, job seaker.

1. ____ is a person who wants to find a job.

2. There have been many ___for this job this time.

3. ___is a person who employs people for work.

4. In newspapers you can find ___ you need.

5. If you are a good internet user you can treat to a ___to find a job.

6. You can ____ a job reading ads in the neswpapers

7. It’s useful to read about ____on the Web.

4. Use suffixes - ful and/or - less to make adjectives of the nouns in the list. Translate them.

Example thought thoughtful thoughtless

Meaning, doubt, fear, point, respect, home, hope, use.

THE MAIN RECRUITMENT SITES IN BRITAIN 1. Before reading match the words to their translations:

employment сопроводительное письмо

database наниматься на

membership занятость

select поиск работы

extend резюме

fee сеть

to apply for критерии

job search расширять

cover letter членство

resume выбирать

creteria база данных

network оплата

The following recruitment sites help you to find employment in Britain as well as in North America or in other parts of the world. They let you carry out job search of various types, post on-line your resume to their site, and some of them have job vacancies that you can browse and view.

WorkTree is a huge online job search portal. It has vast, comprehensive databases, giving job seekers dynamic, up-to-the-minute access to information to help them find more jobs and much faster. WorkTree website is based in the USA, but it has a large international section with job vacancies in the UK, the rest of Europe and many other countries in the world. From its homepage menu select International Sites. You become a member of WorkTree for a low fee, choosing among different types of membership; if you don't find a job by the time your membership expires, they extend it for another 3 months for free.

Monster is another well-known giant job portal, with international sites all over

the globe. For employers, Monster has a service, Post-a-Job, that allows companies to reach millions of quality candidates and represents the best hiring solution for small businesses. For job seekers, Monster has many uses. You can store your Monster Resume online to apply for jobs. Its newest product, Monster Networking, will give you the opportunity to search and connect with a network of over one million professionals. You can create a Free Monster Networking Account or buy a Networking VIP membership.

Resume Submit! site puts your resume directly before tens of thousands hiring managers and recruiters registered in 77 disciplines. It posts your resume to every major job site where thousands of employers and recruiters search for candidates, and conducts a thorough job search on your behalf. ResumeSubmit! is a good way to have the job find you. Top companies in Resume Submit database include AT&T, Citibank, Sun, Ford, Xerox, Nortel, GTE, Merrill Lynch, ITT, Bristol Myers, and many others. In the Internet-driven, competitive job market of today, it is particularly important to prepare a CV (or resume) that impresses your prospective employers among the hundreds or thousands that they are now allowed to access.

The EURES (European Employment Services) is a computerized network of all the national employment offices of the member states of the EU plus Norway and Iceland. Every EURES section has one or more euroadvisers, about 500.

Answer the questions:

1. What kind of services do the British recruitment sites offer?

2. Where is the WorkTree site based?

3. Does the WorkTree offer job vacancies only in the USA?

4. How long can you use the WorkTree site? Should you pay for it?

5. What site can help to find candidates for small businesses?

6. What is the name of a Monster’s service for companies?

7. Should one pay for being a VIP member of the Monster Networking?

8. Which of the mentioned sites will help you to write a right resume?

9. What is special about the Europian Employment Service?

Convert verbs into the noun sand give translations to the words:

-ment recriut, employ, agree, require, govern.

- tion apply, connect, prepare, impress, compete.

-er, -or seek , research, employ, conduct, create.

WRITING PRACTICE: A letter of application.