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E-GAZARCHIN UNIVERSITY
21st October 2014 English Language Teacher Orkhontuya. B /MA/
Seminar 2
Approved by Head of Department Training Enkhjargal .D/MA/Prepared by Orkhontuya. B /Inspector/
Headhunter someone who finds people with the right skills and who tries to persuade them to leave their present jobs
Situations vacant = the part of a newspaper where jobs are advertised.
CV (curriculum vita- the ‘story ‘of your working life) = resume AmEBrE: covering letter; AmECover letter explaining why you wanted the job & why you was the right person for it.
Situation , post,Position are formal words used in job advertisements and applications.
Selection process, that methods the company uses to recruit people: We advertise in national newspapers. We look at the backgrounds of applications: their experience of different jobs and educational qualifications. We invite the most interesting candidates to a group discussion. Then we have individual interviews with each candidate. We also ask the candidate to do written psychometric tests to assess their intelligence and personality. After this, we shortlist three or four people candidates. We check their reference by writing to their referees: previous employers or teachers that candidates have named in their applications. If reference OK, we ask the candidates to come back for more interviews. Finally, we offer the job to someone, and if they turn it down = decline an offerWe have to think again. If they accept it, we hire them. We onlyappoint = choose someone if we find the right person.
Selection procedures
• Clock in/on (phrasal verb) to record on a special card the time you arrive at or begin work = punch in AmE. I clock on at 08:30.• Clock off/out (informal) = punch out # clock on What time do you clock off?• Flextime (AmE: flextime/ flexi time BrE). We can start at any time before eleven, and finish as early as three, as long as we do enough hours each month. It’s ideal for me as I have two young children.• Shifts/ day shift/night shift I work in a car plant. I work in shifts. I may be on the day shift one week and the night shift the next week.• Commute = change/ exchange (technical)• Teleworker someone who works from home, and
communicates with their employer, customers… using a computer, telephone
Ways of working
All these words are used in front of ‘job’ and ‘work’:
• satisfying, stimulating, fascinating, exciting: the work is interesting and gives you positive feelings.
• dull, boring, uninteresting, un stimulating: the work is not interesting.
• repetitive work/task/jobs, routine: the work involves doing the same things again and again.
• tough life/time/year/ hard time, tiring, demanding He’s quite tough with his students
Nice work if you can get it
+ noun human resources long hours My work involves… term work + - ing solving problems travelling a lot dealing with customers
a) I didn’t realize putting on a play involved so much work.
b) The operation involves putting a small tube into your heart.
Nature of work
A skill is the ability to do something well, especially because you have learned how to do it and practiced it. Jobs, and the people who do them, can be described as: highly skilled (e.g. car designer, scientist, president, chief executive officer) skilled (car production manager, computer specialist,) semi-skilled (taxi driver, midwife, bricklayer/mason, plumber) unskilled (car cleaner, dust man, housekeeper)
Skilled and unskilled
You can say that someone is: + noun customer care electronics skilled at, computer software or skilled in… + - ing communicating using PCs working with large groups You can also say that someone is: good with… computers figures people a) Christina’s very skilled at work. b) She’s skilled in dealing with the public. c) He’s very good with people.
