Responses

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 459.

Match the questions with the responses.

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 program 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 program. 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, traveling 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 (introduction into a new job) 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.

3. What are the terms for the following? Use the terms from the exercise above.

1. A young person learning a skill by working in a company while also following some

educational courses is an ____ .

2. A person with a university degree is a ____.

3. A person being trained is a ____.

4. A period of work experience is a ____.

5. A period during which new employees work in different departments is a ____

6. A young employee expected to rise to a senior managerial position is a ____ .

4. It's a common thing that the employers look for three qualities in recruits:

a. intelligence and ability b. emotional stability c. conscientiousness

Distribute the adjectives below under each heading. Explain your choice. What

other words can you add?

astute bright calm clever easy-going hard-working moody neurotic punctual quick-tempered reliable responsible sharp

slow

5. Translate the sentences into English using the following word partnerships:

to affect discipline executive search firms to make an impression on

costly and time consuming to follow the dress code

to sue a company appropriate skills unfair dismissal

1. “Охотники за головами” или фирмы по подбору кандидатур на руководящие должности специализируются на поисках нужного человека на конкретную должность.

2. Если компания желает принять на ответственную должность нового человека, она может воспользоваться услугами таких фирм.

3. Иногда фирмы по подбору кандидатур уже располагают списками людей с соответствующими профессиональными навыками. Фирмы также действуют как консультанты, организуя тестирование и собеседование с целью оценки кандидатов и подбора наиболее подходящего человека на должность.

4. В этом случае, преимущества работодателей заключаются в том, что им не нужно организовывать дорогостоящие и занимающие много времени рекламные мероприятия, подбор и проведение собеседований с подходящими кандидатами.

5. Всё больше и больше компаний понимают, что внешний вид их служащих очень важен. Поэтому многие компании вводят определённую манеру одеваться для своих сотрудников.

6. Следуя манере одеваться, принятой в данной компании, кандидат на должность может произвести благоприятное впечатление на работодателя во время собеседования.

7. В случае несправедливого увольнения служащий может предъявить компании судебный иск, чтобы вернуть работу или получить финансовую компенсацию.

8. Если руководители компании позволяют своему персоналу отсутствовать на работе без уважительных причин, это отрицательно влияет на профессиональную дисциплину.