II. Read the ads again and answer the questions

1. What qualifications are essential for the Secretary/Receptionist position?

2. What responsibilities are listed for the Accounts Manager?

3. From the new graduates’ point of view, what advantages are offered by jobs 1 and 3?

4. Is it essential that the Accounts Manager have a University qualification?

5. What feature of the sales representative job might be a motivating factor?

III. Complete the following sentences with a suitable word used in any one of the three ads above.

1. Though we have stated what we are willing to pay a suitable candidate, the salary is in fact ______________.

2. Experience and qualifications are _______________ for this job and the candidate should have worked for at least three years with a reputable company.

3. One great _____________ to this job is that there is an opportunity for on-the-job training.

4. No previous experience is ______________ for the job of secretary as training is provided.

IV. In pairs, discuss the relative merits of each of the three jobs.

The following words and phrases are commonly found in resumes. Categorise them in the chart below.

high school diploma familiar with Microsoft Office swimming competent in conversational Spanish efficient knowledge of the Internet

theatre and film fluent in French hard-working independent diploma in computer science

Select a job in business that you think you would enjoy. Make a list of the qualifications, skills, personality traits that you think are important for that job.

Personality	precise, energetic
Skills	knows how to prepare business proposal
Qualifications	diploma in marketing
Hobbies/Interests	mountain biking, piano