Think ahead

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 556.

Vocabulary task

Before you read

THE INTERVIEW

READING III

Concept check

1.Make all necessary changes in the CV given before the text following your list of guidelines.

2. Imagine your friend is applying for a job. He comes to you for advice about writing a CV. These are his questions. What advice would you give him?

1) Do you think I should include my hobbies and interests?

2) I have got a degree in economics. Should I include my school qualifications?

3) After I left university, I was unemployed for three months. Then I went travelling in Asia for three months and then I worked in a restaurant as a waiter for three months. Should I put all those things in the CV?

4) How many pages should it be?

5) How should I organize the CV? What headings do you recommend?

6) Should I put my salary for each job I have had?

7) Should I include references?

Word building: complete the table with suitable forms of the related words.

1.Make a list of questions you would ask someone at an interview for a job. Include the following areas: education, work experience, skills, achievements, personal strengths and weaknesses.

2.Think about the information that a candidate for a job might want to find out. Make a list of questions that you could ask at an interview about: health insurance, holidays, overtime, perks.

3.Make a list of DOs and DON'Ts for an applicant at the interview.

Text 6.3Read the text and compare your list of DOs and DON'Ts with the advice given in the text.