13 Jobs and careers

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13 Jobs and careers

• 13.1 The ideal job
• 13.2 Applying for a job
• 13.3 Interviews
• 13.4 The real thing

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13.1 the ideal job

• Vocabulary
• Procedure
• Discussion
• An article
• More activities

Reading skills
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vocabulary

• transition academic year
• jump at the chance recession
• redundancy from scratch
• on the dole be applicable to

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Discussion

• What are the most important things for you in
  your work? Why?
• job satisfaction meeting
  people
• earning plenty of money security
• earning enough money
• having pleasant co-workers/colleagues

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• the biggest shock of the transition to work I
  how few holidays they get
• The immediate crisis passed but the idea of a
  shorter working year took off.
• The company tends to recruit and train its own
  staff from scratch.
• I think this should be the basis of a pattern
  across the whole European Community for the first
  few years of working life.

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Discussion

• Can you give some other reasons why this scheme
  worked so well for Virgin are many of the staff

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13.2 Applying for a job

• Aim
• Vocabulary
• Procedure
• Homework

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Aim

• The section covers the writing of a job
  application letter and fouses on aspects of style
  that can be emulated or avoided in writing ones
  own letters and CVs.

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Vocabulary

• laser-printed CV resume
• long-term prospects career history
• presentations administrative work
• dynamic product development

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• contemplate criminology
• stable ageism aptitude
• be committed to alleviate
• desperately income tax
• traineeship temp prevalent

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Procedure

• A Warm-up discuss the questions
• B Typical job ad., application letter,
• and CV
• C Read the article

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• Different industries and different grades of job
  approach job applications in different ways.
• Get to grips with some of the fundamental issues
  of self-presentation in writing.

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• Look at the job ad what would be its attractions
  what might be its drawbacks?
• Look at the CV, if you were interviewing Kevin
  Willis, what questions would you ask?
• Look at the application, in what ways does Arthur
  Dent seem suitable?

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• Its not that I have more age than experience.
• Ageism is lagging behind sexism, racism, and
  handicappism because even the oppressed seem to
  accept the discrimination.
• The administrative grade of the Civil Service
  assumes the rot sets in at 32.

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• Imagine that you want to apply for the job.
  Draft an application letter, following the
  guidelines.

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13.3 Interviews

• Vocabulary
• Procedure
• Exchange experiences of interviews
• Listening comprehension
• Advice for interviewee
• More questions maybe asked by interviewers

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Vocabulary

• assessment form use my initiative
• eligible supplementary questions
• bonus scheme long-range goals
• consultancy work commitment
• more scope get down to th nitty-gritty

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Advice for interviewee

• Make sure you know in advance exactly where the
  interview is going to take place
• Take a pen
• Take your school and colleage certificates with
  you
• Give a clear answer to each question
• Show your best side dont stress your
  shortcomings, like how you hate getting up early

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More questions may be asked by interviewers

• Want has been your most valuable experiences?
• What do you do in your spare time?
• How would your describe your own personality?
• What worries you about the job youre doing now?
• Describe your ideal boss.

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13.4 The real thing

• Read the advertisement
• Write an application letter
• The interviewers choose the applicants
• The chosen applicants prepare for the interview
• The interviewers list questions
• Role-play the interview

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