13 Jobs and careers
13.1 The ideal job
13.2 Applying for a job
13.3 Interviews
13.4 The real thing
13.1 the ideal job
? Vocabulary
? Procedure
Discussion
An article
More activities
Reading skills
Back
transition academic year
jump at the chance recession
redundancy from scratch
on the dole be applicable to
vocabulary
Back
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 Back
? … 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.
Back
Discussion
? Can you give some other
reasons why this scheme
worked so well for Virgin are,
many of the staff
Back
13.2 Applying for a job
? Aim
? Vocabulary
? Procedure
? Homework
Back
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
one’s own letters and CVs,
Back
Vocabulary
laser-printed CV resume
long-term prospects career history
presentations administrative work
dynamic product development
Back Continue
contemplate criminology
stable ageism aptitude
be committed to alleviate
desperately income tax
traineeship temp prevalent
Back
Procedure
? A,Warm-up,discuss the questions
? B,Typical job ad.,application letter,
and CV
? C,Read the article
Go
Go
Back
Go
? 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.
Back
? 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?
Back
? It’s 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.
Back
? Imagine that you want to apply for the
job,Draft an application letter,
following the guidelines.
Back
13.3 Interviews
? Vocabulary
? Procedure
Exchange experiences of interviews
Listening comprehension
Advice for interviewee
More questions maybe asked by interviewers
Back
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
Back
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– don’t stress your
shortcomings,like how you hate getting up
early
Back
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 you’re doing
now?
? Describe your ideal boss.
Back
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
Back
13.1 The ideal job
13.2 Applying for a job
13.3 Interviews
13.4 The real thing
13.1 the ideal job
? Vocabulary
? Procedure
Discussion
An article
More activities
Reading skills
Back
transition academic year
jump at the chance recession
redundancy from scratch
on the dole be applicable to
vocabulary
Back
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 Back
? … 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.
Back
Discussion
? Can you give some other
reasons why this scheme
worked so well for Virgin are,
many of the staff
Back
13.2 Applying for a job
? Aim
? Vocabulary
? Procedure
? Homework
Back
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
one’s own letters and CVs,
Back
Vocabulary
laser-printed CV resume
long-term prospects career history
presentations administrative work
dynamic product development
Back Continue
contemplate criminology
stable ageism aptitude
be committed to alleviate
desperately income tax
traineeship temp prevalent
Back
Procedure
? A,Warm-up,discuss the questions
? B,Typical job ad.,application letter,
and CV
? C,Read the article
Go
Go
Back
Go
? 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.
Back
? 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?
Back
? It’s 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.
Back
? Imagine that you want to apply for the
job,Draft an application letter,
following the guidelines.
Back
13.3 Interviews
? Vocabulary
? Procedure
Exchange experiences of interviews
Listening comprehension
Advice for interviewee
More questions maybe asked by interviewers
Back
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
Back
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– don’t stress your
shortcomings,like how you hate getting up
early
Back
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 you’re doing
now?
? Describe your ideal boss.
Back
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
Back
