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30.01.2022 03:57 •  Английский язык

ЗАДАНИЯ Ex. 1. Read and translate the text:
Hunting a Job and Recruitment
The process of finding people for particular jobs is recruitment or hiring. Someone who has been recruited is a recruit (a hire). The company or organization employs (hires) him/her. A company may recruit employees directly or use employment agencies. Nowadays some agencies use the practice of headhunting when outside specialists called headhunters persuade people for very important jobs to leave their organizations they work for. Many organizations and companies hire candidates who come recommended by current employees.
Nearly everyone, soon or later, finds himself searching for a job. Most candidates usually hunt a job themselves: advertisements about vacancies on the page "Employment" in a newspaper or on "Jobs" site in the Internet, parents' or friends' advice etc. If a person finds out appropriate information, he applies for the job. At the beginning, he sends his typed or printed CV or resume with the information about his education, background and work experience. This paper usually accompanies a letter of application or a cover letter explaining why he wants the job and why he is the right person for it. The cover letter serves as an introduction and guide to the resume, but after you've sent these papers you shouldn't just sit by the phone waiting for an answer. Don't forget that companies receive hundreds of e-mails, resumes, so an applicant should call a company. Receiving these papers, the personnel department of the company analyses them: the backgrounds of the applicant, his job experience and educational qualifications. The most interesting candidates for the job are invited to have a group or one-to-one interview. The atmosphere of an interview may vary from the informal to the formal and interviewers may take a friendly, neutral or even hostile approach. Different interviewers use different techniques and the only rule that applicants should be aware of may be "Expect the unexpected and be yourself.
Some companies and organizations ask the candidates to do written psychometric tests to assess their intelligence and personality. After this, the head of the personnel department can contact previous employers or teachers mentioned in candidate's application. If the references are OK, the person is asked to come for the detailed interview. Finally, the interviewer offers the job to the candidate, and if he accepts it, the company hires him.

Ex. 2. Look at the list of jobs and the adjectives characterizing them. Discuss the jobs using these adjectives.

Example: a firefighter – This work is really dangerous and stressful. It isn’t suited for me.
Jobs: an assistant to a bank manager; an interpreter for a politician; the salesman of a CD shop; a nurse; a firefighter; an accountant; a barman; a policeman.

Adjectives: - boring / routine / unstimulating
- nice / fun
- dangerous / frightening
- well paid
- popular / modern
- relaxing
- exciting / stressful
- suited for me / satisfying
- promising but challenging.

Ex. 3. Match the opposites.
hardworking a) dishonest, double-faced
sociable, easy-going b) apprehensive
attentive c) indecisive, hesitant
honest, truthful d) irresponsible
reliable, devoted e) unsociable, bossy, reserved
quick, witty f) unreliable
brave, courageous g) badly-organized, disorganized
responsible h) lazy
well-organized i) inattentive
careful, prudent j) careless, imprudent
decisive k) slow-witted.

Ex. 4. Name the opposites to the following adjectives.
active, energetic - ; creative, imaginative - ; friendly - ; balanced, quiet - ; helpful - ; patient - .

Ex. 5. Look at the list of professions below. Use the adjectives to describe specific features for each of them. Give reasons.

Example: A salesman should be a hard-working, well-organized person who is also honest. A job like this needs a person who gets on well with people at work, who is friendly, patient and attentive.

A lawyer, a nurse, an architect, a receptionist, a journalist, an accountant, a cashier, a security guard, a mechanic​