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6. What three things does the manager do to close his presentation?
a) he sums up his talk; c) he refers people to his report;
b) he quotes a well-known person; d) he invites questions.
T a s k 2. Read the following sentences from the presentation in Task 1.
a) When we first went online, we were getting over 250,000 hits a day.
b) The problem was not the service we were offering, but the website itself.
c) A fault we hadn't noticed in the programming caused 1,500 people to invest in a company that didn't
even exist.
d) The next thing was Internet advertising, winning back the customer confidence we'd lost.
In which of the sentences above do the highlighted verbs refer to things
happening at the same time? happening one after the other?
UNIT EIGHT
Jobs and careers
This unit covers some aspects of applying for a job or a promotion within a
company. It should be mentioned that different conventions apply to the processes
of applying and interviewing in different countries. There are no international
norms.
T a s k 1.
Background information: applications and interviews
In different countries different conventions apply to the process of job application and interviews. In most
parts of the world, it's common to submit a typed or laser-printed CV (curriculum vitae – British English) or
resume (American English). This contains all the unchanging information about you: your education, back-
ground and work experience. This usually accompanies a letter of application, which in some countries is ex-
pected to be hand-written, not word-processed. A supplementary information sheet containing information rele-
vant to this particular job may also be required, though this is not used in some countries.
Many companies expect all your personal information to be entered on a standard application form. Unfor-
tunately, no two application forms are alike, and filling in each one may present unexpected difficulties. Some
personnel departments believe that the CV and application letter give a better impression of a candidate than a
form.
There are different kinds of interviews: traditional one-to-one interviews, panel interviews where one or
more candidates are interviewed by a panel of interviewers and even 'deep-end' interviews where applicants
have to demonstrate how they can cope in actual business situations. The atmosphere of an interview may vary
from the informal to the formal and interviewers may take a friendly, neutral or even hostile approach. Differ-
ent interviewers use different techniques and the only rules that applicants should be aware of may be 'Expect
the unexpected' and 'Be yourself'!
Progress interviews are interviews where employees have a chance to review the work they are doing and
to set objectives for the future. Such interviews usually take place after a new employee has been working with
a company for several months, and after that they may take place once or twice a year.
In different countries, and in different trades and different grades, the salary that goes with a job may be
only part of the package: extra benefits like a company car or cheap housing loans, bonuses paid in a 'thirteenth
month', company pension schemes, free canteen meals, long holidays or flexible working hours may all con-
tribute to the attractiveness of a job.
T a s k 2.
Do this questionnaire as a brainstorming activity

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