Staff training and qualifications
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 374.
Task 5. Match the questions in the box with the responses below. Pay attention to the phrases in bold.
Vocabulary activities
Task 4. Make up 3 sentences with any three collocations.
Task 2. Make up questions to the following answers.
- The Human Resource Management (HRM) function includes a variety of activities.
What does …
- Activities also include managing your approach to employee benefits and compensation, employee records and personnel policies.
What do ….
- Human Resources (HR) can include a broad spectrum of specialties within organizations.
What can …
- Some examples of specialties include recruiting, payroll, policy, safety, training and development, and performance management.
What are ….
5. HR's primary purpose is to ensure that the right people are working in the right places to accomplish the organization's goal.
What is ….
6. The phrase "talent management" usually refers to the activities to attract, develop and retain employees.
What does …..
Task 3. Match up these words to make collocations:
| 1. staffing | a. performers |
| 2. recruiting | b. benefits |
| 3. high | c. needs |
| 4. employee | d. activities |
| 5. personnel | e. employees |
| 6. to carry out | f. policies |
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| 1. So what are you looking for in university graduates then? 2. You mean most business degree courses don't include a traineeship? 3. And exam results are important? 4. What about the application itself? 5. And you only employ university graduates? 6. So what do you do with graduates then? 7. And then? 8. And after that, your recruits stay in one department? |
a. And then there's a job rotation programme that lasts 18 months, so that our new trainees move from one department to another and get to see all the different parts of the business.
b. More than anything, we like them to have some professional experience, but of course that's very rare.
c. Not at all. We also employ a lot of young people who have done an apprenticeship or some form of vocational training. They have much more practical experience than most people leaving university. But of course, not many of them are high fliers or future top managers.
d. By no means. We like to have flexible employees, so we have a continuing training programme. It's not unknown for people to switch departments after several years with the company.
e. Not necessarily. We prefer candidates who have done other things besides studying, who can get passing grades while also doing something else, for example sports, especially team sports, travelling abroad, playing an active role in student associations, that sort of thing.
f. Unfortunately not. We also look for language abilities - French, German or Spanish, for example. Arabic, Russian, and Chinese are also very useful.
g. Well, we have our own in-company training course. This begins with a short induction period in which we explain the company's objectives and talk about our corporate culture.
h. Yes, that's very important. A well-written and original motivation letter, which clearly shows that the candidate wants to achieve, is obviously an advantage.
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