Study the following information about Recruiting and Small Business Advantage. Match each heading with a suitable text.
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Text 3: ______________________ According to a BusinessWeek.com article, “Why Small Businesses Won’t be Hiring” by Amy Barret small business are the first to start hiring after an economic downturn because it is the entrepreneurs that drive economic recovery. They are the ones whose businesses are small enough and flexible enough to change directions quickly. It is this quick response time that has them hiring before anyone else. If that is the case, then in this current economic climate, small businesses have the ability to pick from a vast pool of job candidates that they may not otherwise have access to. But even if the landscape changes, there are small business advantages that make it easy to compete against the big boys. Even when times are good, there is no reason why a small business can’t attract fantastic people if they know how to sell what they have going for them. Text 4: ______________________ Small businesses tend to offer their employees the ability to do a lot of different things. Because they are less bureaucratic, and tend to have less people working in the organization, employees are often able to challenge themselves with doing work that isn’t necessarily in their job description. Great job candidates love challenges. Sell them on the ability to really stretch themselves and the ability to get very diverse experience.
Working for a small business allows you to have a direct effect on how the company performs. Unlike large companies that have lots of people making very little impact, in a small company, the job that you do can easily be correlated to the performance of the company. Great job candidates love knowing that the work that they do matters. Text 6: ______________________ Working for a small business means that everyone in the company has a voice that is easily heard. Unlike working for a large company where you can figuratively scream your head off and no one will take heed, small companies can’t ignore the feedback that they get from their people. Great job candidates love knowing that they can influence direction. Text 7: ______________________
Text 8: ______________________ Small businesses have amazing advantages for job candidates. Small companies tend to have more flexibility to the way work life is structured. Because they don’t typically have rigid H.R. departments, people are often able to work from home or work flexible hours. Great job candidates love the idea of having the ability to structure work their way. (by Cheryl Stein, Coaching and Consulting) 1.4. Critical Thinking & Discussion Questions: 1.4.1. Discuss the following sayings: v v The competition to hire the best will increase in the years ahead. Companies that give extra flexibility to their employees will have the edge in this area. – Bill Gates v Recruiting is hard. It’s just finding the needles in the haystack. You can’t know enough in a one-hour interview. So, in the end, it’s ultimately based on your gut. How do I feel about this person? What are they like when they're challenged? I ask everybody that: “Why are you here?” The answers themselves are not what you’re looking for. It’s the meta-data. – Steve Jobs 1.5. Internet Practice: 1.5.1. Web Activities: I. The World’s Ten Most Wanted Companies. Search the Web to find the world’s ten most wanted companies to work for. Then make notes about each company’s brand name, company’s reputation, company’s field of operation, company’s main competitors and about company’s profit margin. Explain your choice. II. Writing Activity. Choose one of the companies listed. Write a paragraph or essay under the title “ A Story of Success ”. Include as many interesting details as possible.
Unit 2 Business Portfolio “ Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell them, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.” Theodore Roosevelt [2] 2.1. While analysing the Unit and reading the Text please pay attention to the following words and word-combinations, explore their Ukrainian equivalents: Nouns:
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