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Job Interviews

Job Interviews

Task 1: Watch this video and answer the following questions. 

      1. Match the words with their definitions.

A	B
commit	do everything to achieve a task within a time frame
prompting	make/obligate
specifics	details to the point
goal-oriented	support with examples
back something up	encouraging

 2. What is the main advice that the presenter has mentioned?

Task 2:  Watch this video and answer the following questions. Underline the most suitable expressions from a), b) and c).

1. As an answer to the first question, which of the following three that the   interviewee does not do?

a)  She says that she has five years’ experience in administration and two

years in phone sales.

  

b)  She focuses much on her personal life, her studies and enthusiasm in

travelling.

   

 c)  She says that her strengths lie in advance computer skills and excellent

     customer service.

 2.  According to the second question that the interviewer asks, you should

   

a   a) have researched on the company's history and its products before

      going to the interview.

     b)   do a research on the company and the job details immediately after the

            job interview.   

c)  apologize for not being able to do any research.

    3. According to the interviewer, the interviewee

     

      a)    impressed him by revealing her truly personal weaknesses.

      b)   explained really well her suitability to the role that she had applied for.

      c)    told him her grave personal weakness and then developed from negative to positive.

    4.  Write down five new words and put them in sentences from your own.

Dos and Don'ts

Job interviews are your chance to show what you have to offer to potential employers. It is important to prepare before each interview.

Task 1:

Listen to this mock job interview; list all the Dos and Don'ts which the interviewer has mentioned. Click here to listen to it.

Task 2:

Search the internet to find the 10 most annoying gestures during a job interview.

Task 3:

Telephone interviews can be as stressful as the one-on-one too. Here is another video you will watch to give you some tips for telephone interviewing.

List all the dos and the don't s that the presenter has mention in this video.

English Tenses

Some Common Stative Verbs

Agree- doubt- love- remember

Amaze- envy- look*- resemble

Appreciate- equal- matter- see*

Be*- exist- mean- seem

Believe- fear- mind- smell*

Belong- feel*- need- sound

Care- forget- owe- taste*

Concern- hate- own- think*

Consist- have*- please- understand

Contain- hear- possess- want

Dislike- know- prefer- wish

Disagree- like- recognize- weigh*

Examples:

    A- Maria thinks (believes) that English is difficult to learn.
B- Ralph is thinking about buying a new bowling ball.
C- Norton is stubborn. He usually doesn’t change his mind.
D- Homer’s eating all the food at the party! He’s being really rude and thoughtless.

Monday's assignment after break

Scanning Job Advertisements

Hello everybody,

Task 1:

Pick one/two relevant jobs for yourself from each website.

Here are three good websites that you can scan: Job Bank, Monster.ca, and Charity Village

Task 2:

Summarize the three main job duties for each ad, and the main requirements as well.

Task 3:

Check this link, and write down at least five new ideas that you learned from it. 
Pick your peers' brains for their ideas, and add more to yours.

Task 4:

Another excellent career site is here. Click on it and plan your career accordingly.
Then, assess your abilities through this website. After you have done, please write down a short summary about your future plan based on the information and date you have learned today. 

Monday's Assignment

Who are You Going to Pick?

Listen up to that video. A presenter talks about job hiring process, now your job is to take notes while the presenter is talking and answer the following questions;

• What is the main idea the presenter is talking about?

• Name the two groups of people that she had mentioned.

• What are the differences between the two groups of people that the presenter referred to?  

• Which type are you? Give examples.

• List at least two examples from the talk, and finally write one valuable insight that you would like to share with a friend that you took away from the talk. 

• Find at least 5 to 10 new vocabulary from the talk and list them below. 

New word/expression	Meaning	Sentences

Next Debate

BOOK OR STREET SMARTS?

Plan

Look at the pictures. What field is each person in? What do you know about their
level of education?

        

Prepare

A GROUP WORK  Choose a field of work or study. Then each student chooses
a well-known person in this field. Use these questions and your own questions to
research the person.

• Did the person attend a university? Did he or she graduate?
• How long did he or she study?
• What was his or her major?
• What did he or she learn outside of a classroom? Where did he or she learn it?

B GROUP WORK  Discuss these questions. Based on your findings, do you
think “book smarts” or “street smarts” are more important for success?

• How was the person’s education important for success?
• Did his or her choice of major make a difference?
• Did the person succeed because of experience outside of a classroom? 
• If so, how?

Present

CLASS ACTIVITY  Have a debate. Team A argues that education is more important.
Team B argues that experience is more important. Use your research to support your
argument. Try to convince the other team that you’re right!

Taken from:  Interchange 3  © Cambridge University Press 2013