Task 5. Present simple and present continuous

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 500.

Do the exercise on p. 20 (Interview Assessment)

Task 3. Use the appropriate tense forms and answer the questions:

What makes Paul Sutherland an excellent candidate for the post?

Why is he willing to leave his present employer?

What is he looking for in his new job?

Why did he choose this particular company?

What does he know about the company?

What is he doing at the moment?

What is he prepared to do? What traveling experience does he have?

Speak about the candidate and say what you think of his prospects to get the job.

Task 4. Give English equivalents for:

- представительный и умеющий четко выражать свои мысли;

- в полной мере использовать свои знания;

- искать более увлекательную и сложную работу;

- использовать знания в своей сфере специализации;

- в более стимулирующей обстановке;

- вносить вклад в развитие компании;

- ознакомиться с существующим ассортиментом продукции;

- периодически выезжает в командировки;

- с целью совершенствования немецкого языка.

Read the following interview with Margi Bogart, Product Marketing Manager at Mindsteps, Inc. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or present continuous tense.

MINDSTEPS™

«I ¹work (work) for Mindsteps, Inc., a. start-up firm located in Silicon Valley that²_____________(develop) human resources management software for large corporations that^{3________________________}(have) at least 2, 500 employees. Currently, we⁴___________________(market) our main product called CareerSteps, which is a software program that⁵___________________ (help) employees to assess their interests, values, and skills in order to create a career development plan. More and more corporations⁶___________________(buy) CareerSteps as a cost-effective solution to the issues that human resources departments⁷________________ (face) such as staff turnover, motivating workers, and increasing employee productivity. Thanks to the success of an initial pilot, this year Hewlett-Packard⁸_________________(make) CareerSteps available to 125, 000, of their employees around the world. As the Product Marketing Manager, I⁹___________________(coordinate) the planning and¹⁰___________________ (manage) the business and marketing efforts for the product. An important aspect of my job¹¹_________________(involve) making sure the product¹²____________________(meet) the marketing requirements once it is completed. At the moment, I¹³___________________(contact) potential clients and¹⁴_____________________(work) on the marketing requirements for the next version of our product. On Tuesday, we¹⁵__________________ (present) the innovative features of the new version of Career Steps to our main customers.»

Read the story about the company MINDSTEPS again and answer the questions:

Where does Margi Bogart work?

What kind of a company is it?

What is the workforce in the company?

What are they doing currently?

Why is the programme Career Steps in demand?

Why is Hewlett – Packard increasing their demand for the program?

What are the areas of responsibility for Margi?

What does an important aspect of her job involve?

What is she currently working on?

What are they presenting on Tuesday?

Sum up the information given in the interview.

Task 6. Give Russian equivalents for these phrases:

start-up firm

human resources management

currently

to market the main product

to assess the interests of the employees

to create a career development plan

a cost-effective solution

to face important issues

staff turnover

to increase employee productivity

the success of an initial pilot

to make available to

to make sure the product meets the marketing requirements

to coordinate the planning

to manage the business and marketing efforts

to present the innovative features

the marketing requirements for the next version