Exercise 14.

1. Imagine you work for a recruitment agency. Write an advertisement for a client looking for qualified candidates to occupy a position as sales manager / advertising manager / accounting manager / logistics manager / human resources manager / R&D manager / production manager / assistant manager.

II. Imagine you work for a recruitment company. Advertise your company in writing and orally.

 

Exercise 15. Say what employment organizations help people to get a job in your city/town. Describe their activity. Use the list of word combinations below.

Employment centres, recruitment firms, to recruit workforce, to recruit executives, to inform people about vacancies, to put advertisements about open positions, to organize courses, to run training schemes for the unemployed, to match the interests of candidates and employers.

 

Exercise 16. Describe the duties of an employment agent, an employment officer, and an employment manager. Use the list of word combinations below.

To look for talented people; to put information about vacancies in newspapers, to put information about candidates in newspapers; to check candidates' resumes, curricula vitae, references.

To consult employers; to consult candidates; to describe the operations and personal specifications of potential employees.

To direct and control the process of recruitment; to conduct interviews with candidates; to select the best candidates; to present candidates to the employer.

 

Exercise 17. Tell the group if you would like to work as employment manager and why.

 

Exercise 18. As you know, a business card is a small card with the owner's name, position, company, and address printed on it. Business people give and receive cards to introduce themselves to partners. Look at Anne Evans' business card. Make a card for your father / mother / yourself.

 

Mining Machinery Co. Anne Evans Staff Manager

12, Blackpool Road, London, AFS 7CK, England. Phone: (0273) 793479 Fax: (0273) 793580

 

3.2. In the Job Interview

Exercise 1. Focus on the topical vocabulary.

self-confident ["self'kPnfIdqnt] a самоуверенный, уверенный в себе

demanding [dI'mRndIN] a требовательный

interview ['IntqvjH] n собеседование; v проводить собеседование

interviewee ["IntqvjH'J] n проходящий собеседование

interviewer ['IntqvjHq] n проводящий собеседование

to do one's best ['dH 'wAnz 'best] делать все возможное

to produce a good impression on smb. [prq'djHs] производить хорошее впечатление на кого-л.

strength [streNT] n сила, сильная сторона, достоинство

weakness ['wJknIs] n слабость

willingness ['wIlINnIs] n готовность

to relocate ["rJlqV'keIt] v переселять(ся)

placement ['pleIsmqnt] n определение на должность, работу

to provide services [prq'vaId 'sE:vIsIz] = to do services = to offer services оказывать услуги

fluent ['flHqnt] а свободный, беглый (о речи)

negotiation [nI"gqVSI'eISqn] = talks [tLks] n переговоры

to conduct talks [kqn'dAkt] = to hold (held) talks проводить переговоры

charges ['CRGIz] n затраты, издержки

driver's license ['draIvqz 'laIsqns] (AE) =driving licence ['draIvIN] (BE) водительские права

to settle claims, disputes ['setl 'kleImz, dIs'pjHts] урегулировать претензии, споры

personal details ['pE:snl 'dJteIlz] подробные сведения о человеке

full name ['ful 'neIm] полное имя

first name [fE:st] = given name ['gIvqn] = Christian name ['krIstjqn] имя

patronymic ["pxtrq'nImIk] n отчество

last name [lxst] (AE) = family name ['fxmIlI] (AE) = surname ['sE:neIm] фамилия

permanent address ['pE:mqnqnt q'dres] постоянный адрес

marital status ['mxrItl 'steItqs] семейное положение

married ['mxrId] а женатый, замужняя

single ['sINgl] а холостой, незамужняя

divorced [dI'vLst] а разведенный, разведенная

widow ['wIdqV] n вдова

widower ['wIdqVq] n вдовец

background ['bxkgraund] n подготовка, образование, квалификация; биографические или анкетные данные происхождения

dependent [dI'pendqnt] n иждивенец

citizenship ['sItIzqnSIp] n гражданство

 

Exercise 2. Try to understand the meaning of the derivatives.

Motivate, motivation, motivated, career-motivated; able, ability; skill, skilled; honest, honestly; success, successful; demand, demanding; interview, interviewer, interviewee; apply, application, applicant; require, requirement; place, placement, replace, replacement; translate, translation, translator; interpret, interpretation, interpreter; equip, equipped, equipment; attract, attractive, attraction; drive, driving, driver; refer, referee, references; depend, dependent, dependence; citizen, citizenship.

 

Exercise 3. Guess what these international words mean.

International companies; a career; manners; to interview candidates; to produce; a sweater; specialization; vacancies; firms; official situations; formal communication; a respectable and competent person; qualified personnel; vacancies, vacant; an agency, an agent; inefficiency; a linguistic university; communicative; energetic; an office manager; office management; an administrator; financial director; budget; planning; credits; computers; a license; business documents; practical; professional; technical service; negotiations; contracts; disputes; deposits; investment; Moscow routes; personal details; nationality; marital status; a telephone; a course; a permanent address; a type of business, industry; a region; a position; civil engineering; an application form; a date; a diploma; interests.

Exercise 4. Find synonyms in Lists A and B.

Model: the head – the boss

A. An applicant, the head, mail, a job-hunter, secondary school, duties, a firm, a first name, a last name, an accountant, a type, a patronymic, an objective, negotiations, a subordinate, a civil engineer, a field, a job, accomplishments.

B. An inferior, post, responsibilities, a company, a surname, a bookkeeper, a kind, a father's name, talks, a building engineer, the boss, achievements, a candidate, a purpose, a job seeker, work, high school, a sort, a given name, a branch, a family name.

Exercise 5. Read the following word combinations and give their Russian equivalents.

To be suitable for a job; to be interested in; to apply to recruiters, to send resumes and cover letters; to provide services; to speak English fluently; to meet the requirements and wishes; free of charge; in case of; affordable prices; working experience; office equipment; practical experience; a good command of English; highly educated; experience in foreign trade; a driver's license; a driving licence; a weapon licence; chief accountant; accounting records; accounting reports; accounting spreadsheets; to supervise execution of contracts; currency transactions; quick to learn; to conduct talks; conduction of talks; settlement of claims and disputes; International Law; to hold a position; a curriculum vitae; to be responsible for; to be in charge of; advertisement leaflets; a first name, a given name, a Christian name; a patronymic; a last name, a surname; a country of citizenship; background.

 

Exercise 6. Read these sentences and express the same in Russian.

1. Is there anything urgent in the mail? 2. They sent the documents by e-mail. 3. Mail order is a system of buying and selling goods where you choose what you want from a firm's catalogue and the firm sends you what you have ordered by post. 4. Applicants are asked to give the names of their referees. 5. He has applied for another job. 6. The manager was given the list of applicants. 7. The boss is away. He's on business. 8. Is Mr. Brown in? – Yes, he's waiting for you. Come in, please. 9. Who is the owner of this mine? 10. He has the right background for the job. 11. Mr. Blake is his immediate subordinate. 12. Fetch me the documents, please. – OK, boss. 13. The chief wants to see you in his office. 14. Mr. Tyler is the head of the company. 15. The head of the Foreign Languages Department was present at the meeting. 16. You should be polite both to your superiors and inferiors. 17. Have you written your application for the position? – Not yet. 18. Please, complete the application form. 19. I want to call Mr. Adams, but I don't remember his phone number. – Consult the telephone directory. 20. Keep to the point!

 

Exercise 7. Match the words with their definitions.

 

1. An applicant 2. A referee 3. An employer 4. An employee 5. The boss 6. The owner 7. A subordinate 8. Your chief 9. A superior 10. The head 11. An entrepreneur 12. An inferior

a) is a person who gives work to other people and pays them for it. b) is a person who is in charge of an organization or a department. c) is a person who has a less important position than you in the organization for which you work. d) is a person to whom a company, an organization, or a shop belongs. e) is a person who formally ask to be given a job. f) is a person who is paid to work for another person. g) is a person who gives you a reference when you are applying for a position. h) is a person who holds a higher position than you or has authority over you in the organization for which you work, i) is the person who has authority over you in a job. (Informal) j) is a person who sets up an enterprise in order to make a profit.

Exercise 8. Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. We ___ (have seen / will have seen) a lot of places of interest this week. 2. They ___ (have passed / will have passed) their exam by the end of June. 3. He said that he ___ (has found / had found) a good job. 4. The sales manager promised that the goods ___ (would have been delivered / will have been delivered) by the end of the month. 5. The letters ___ (have been signed / have signed) already. 6. The goods ___ (had delivered / had been delivered) by the 15th of July. 7. The in­vitations to the party ___ (will have been sent / will have sent) by Saturday. 8. The secretary said that she ___ (will have typed / would have typed) the letter by 12 o'clock. 9. The businessman ___ (have travelled / has travelled) a lot. 10. I ___ (shall have read / will have been read) the book by the end of the week. 11. The guide told the tourists that the plane ___ (has landed / had landed) already. 12. The expenditure on education ___ (has been cut / has cut). 13. The repair ___ (had been completed / has been completed) by the manager's arri­val.

 

Exercise 9. Work in pairs. Speak about completed actions. Use the model and list of words below.

Model: A: Have you filled in the form?

B: Yes, I've just done it. / Not yet. / I haven't finished it yet.

To find a job, to have training, to write an application, to send a cover letter, to fill in a form, to read an advertisement of a job placement agency, to apply for a job, to consult the telephone directory, to phone an employment agency, to find out about vacancies, to graduate from university.

 

Exercise 10. Work in pairs. Ask your partner what job he/she is interested in. Change roles. Use the model below.

Model: A: What position are you interested in?

B: I'm interested in the position as office manager.

A: How many years' experience do you have?

B: None. I've just graduated from university.

 

Exercise 11. Have you ever tried to look for a job? Read the text and find out how to behave in a job interview. Compare these recommendations with what you've learnt from your own experience.