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Unit 8

Job seeking

c A

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Listening 1 p. 68 1 Michael: I’m Michael Kohl and I work for Volkswagen in the design department. I work on the exterior design for new cars, making models for the design ideas. When I left school, I applied to do an apprenticeship1 with Volkswagen. I thought it would be a good company to work for. So I wrote to them to apply for the scheme. I was one of 6,000 applicants for only 600 2 places. After a lot of tests and interviews, they accepted 3 me. After three years in the apprenticeship, I went to a special college to study design and modeling. When I got my qualification, Volkswagen gave me a permanent job.

Sanjay: I got my job through personal contacts. I 1was on a two-year master’s degree course in management. A family 2 friend had a job with meridian, a management consultancy firm and she told 2 me about it. I was looking for a summer work placement to get experience and she recommended me to the managing director. I learned a lot working there and enjoyed it very much. After I finished my degree, they 3 me. And that’s where I decided to hire work now – as a research consultant.

Listening 1.1 p. 68

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He thought it would be a good company to work for.

A family friend told him about the organization.

Designer (works in the design department and makes models for the exterior design for new cars

600 applicants

Design and modeling

1. management 2. during the summer holidays 3. research consultant

The online job market How Jeff Taylor changed the way the labor market works

Monster.com, the world’s biggest online jobsearch site, shows how electronic marketplaces reach more people and can offer more efficiency than physical markets. It also shows that money can be made in such market: Monster has a long record of profitability. 1

Jeff Taylor, who launched the site in 1994, says that the Monster.com name is the firm’s ‘single most important success factor.’ it introduces an image of youthful fun in what is basically a boring business. Supporting the brand is a big advertising budget which accounts for a quarter of the firm’s costs. He runs expensive ads during key sporting events such as the Super Bowl. Job-seekers supply resumes and employers pay to scan them or to post job ads. Most of the services that job-seekers get are free, but they have to pay for a service that allows them 2 to contact each other for advice and career management. They can use this service to ask each other questions about, say, what it is like to work for a firm that they are thinking of joining.

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The main contribution of Monster has been to speed up hiring and vastly increase the accuracy of the jobsearch process. ‘You can post a job at 2pm and get your first response at 2:01.’ Mr. Taylor says proudly. 3 And an employer who knows exactly what he wants can use Monster’s filters to search vast numbers of resumes with precise accuracy. Monster is a serious threat to newspapers, which historically made and headhunting firm 40% of their revenues from carrying ads, up to half of which were for staff. Headhunting firms have also lost business, because demand for their help in filling lower-level jobs has fallen.

The online job market works well for workers and employers who know what they want. It works badly for people who 5 are unsure. Check that our resume says clearly what kind of job you want. The filers will then make sure that it reaches the right human resource departments.

Reading 1, p 68 1. name: the firm’s single biggest success factor 2. image: youthful fun 3. contribution: speeds up hiring and increases the accuracy of job searching 4. Headhunting firms: have lost business to Monster.com

Reading 2, p 69 1. yes 2. get free job-search service, can get advice on career management, can contact each other to ask questions

3. get quick responses, search large numbers of resumes with accuracy 4. newspapers, headhunting firms 5. You should know exactly what you want; check that your resume is clear about what you want

Vocabulary 2: activities, p.70 Employer:

Job-seeker:

post a job ad

- search job ads

hire

- supply resumes

scan resume

- use a career management services

fill jobs recruit staff

- join a firm

apply

candidates

advertisement

offers

accepts

attend

invites

job ads

applications

resume

interview

recruit offered selected accept

NO NO

Reading 2, p. 71

NO

Yes NO

Yes

ideal candidates

at least proficiency excellent communication skills compensation

benefit package

D A B E C

please/let’s Don’t

Let’s Don’t

Please

Let’s

Please

phone

don’t understand

tell don’t enter ask are

Listening 2 p. 73 Barry Hampton If you apply for a job in the UK, it may be better to write your CV in the way that UK employers expect. For examples, keep it short – don’t write more than two pages. Make sure that you put your personal details and qualifications at the top – where you studied and your exam results. Don’t write your date of birth and don’t say if you are married or not.

When you describe your work experience, it’s essential to say what you learnt from your previous jobs. Say what you contributed to the job, and what skills you demonstrated. It’s good idea to write something about yourself and any interests or hobbies that you have. And don’t forget to say which foreign languages you can speak. Finally, remember to give the contact details of two references – most British employers will contact them t find out more about you.

X X

Don’t write more than two pages. Start with your personal details and qualifications.

/ X Write something about special interests or hobbies.

/

Listening 2.2 p. 73 1. It may be better to ……. 2. Make sure that ……… 3. Write something about special interests or hobbies. 5. /

Speaking 2, Culture at work More fixed

Less fixed

- Procedures should be fixed and clear.

- Procedures are important, but they should be flexible.

People need to know what is expected of them. It is uncomfortable when you do not know exactly what to expect in a situation

- People like to show initiative and adapt to new situations. - It is boring when you know to expect every day.

Suggested answer Dear Kate, I’m writing to give you some advice about which job to take. It may be better to take the job with Wide World Tours because it is bigger company. You are ambitious and it is important to work for a company that can help you to develop your career. It is a good idea to think about your long term career and what the company and job can offer you in the future. Good luck and best wishes for the future.

Kind regards, LD