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too many details about the salary at this time. In short, ask questions that
will allow you to decide if the job is right for you.
Above all, dress appropriately. This tells the employer you are a
professional. In other words, if you are interviewing for a conservative,
multinational company, you should not wear casual clothes like jeans
and sneakers; get dressed up! Then, during the interview, sit up straight,
speak clearly, be attentive, look the interviewer in the eye, smile when
appropriate, and try to relax. If you become nervous, take long, deep
breaths and remember you have a valuable commodity to sell – yourself.
Remember not to say negative things about yourself or your former
employers. You should be friendly and act like you really want the job.
Many employers ask prospective employees to complete a job
application and or take an exam before the interview, so be sure to
arrive about 20 minutes before the scheduled appointment. To be pre-
pared, bring along extra copies of your resume, samples of your work,
recommendation letters, and other supporting documents that will
strengthen your application. You will certainly make a good impres-
sion by anticipating your employer’s needs.
After the interview, send a follow-up letter to the person(s) who
interviewed you. In this one-page letter, you should thank the person
for the interview, briefly summarize how your skills match the re-
quirements, reiterate you interest in obtaining the position.
If you don’t hear from the prospective employer within a speci-
fied period of time about one week, depending on the situation, it is
okay to phone and ask about the status of your application. At this
time, you can find out when the company plans to fill the position and
you can use this opportunity to remind the interviewer that you are still
interested in the job.
Finally, job hunting can be hard work. Remember, you know
your skills, abilities and general worth. Don’t grow impatient or let
rejection undermine your determination to get the job that best suits
you. In time, you will get what you deserve.
TASKS
I. Discussion.
1. What steps should you follow to find a good job (according to
the text)?
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2. What advice do you think you will take? Ignore?
3. What does a resume consist of?
4. How should you prepare for an interview?
5. Do you feel it is right to ask an applicant to dress differently
from the way he or she normally dresses?
6. What parts of the job hunting process do you feel most secure
about? Least secure about? What strategies can you use to gain more
confidence?
II.
Some of the FACTORS people consider when choosing jobs are
listed below. Discuss each FACTOR with your partner. Add to the list
as you think of other FACTORS. Then work alone to rank the
FACTORS according to their importance to you in choosing a job.
Write the most important FACTOR at the top of your list and the least
important at the bottom. When you have finished, compare the results
with your partner and other members of the class.
MOST IMPORTANT
Personal Satisfaction
Opportunities for Advancement
Salary
Good Hours, Vacations, etc.
Geographical Location
Type of Work Performed
Variety of Tasks
LEAST IMPORTANT
III.
APPLYING FOR A JOB
Write 6 full-sentence answers to each of the questions:
1. What is your primary aim when you apply for a job/ put in a
request for employment/ make a request for a job?
2. In what cases sending a letter of application is preferable?
3. What kind of information do you have to gather before writ-
ing a letter of application?
4. In what way should you express your interest in a specific job?
too many details about the salary at this time. In short, ask questions that 2. What advice do you think you will take? Ignore?
will allow you to decide if the job is right for you. 3. What does a resume consist of?
Above all, dress appropriately. This tells the employer you are a 4. How should you prepare for an interview?
professional. In other words, if you are interviewing for a conservative, 5. Do you feel it is right to ask an applicant to dress differently
multinational company, you should not wear casual clothes like jeans from the way he or she normally dresses?
and sneakers; get dressed up! Then, during the interview, sit up straight, 6. What parts of the job hunting process do you feel most secure
speak clearly, be attentive, look the interviewer in the eye, smile when about? Least secure about? What strategies can you use to gain more
appropriate, and try to relax. If you become nervous, take long, deep confidence?
breaths and remember you have a valuable commodity to sell – yourself.
Remember not to say negative things about yourself or your former II.
employers. You should be friendly and act like you really want the job. Some of the FACTORS people consider when choosing jobs are
Many employers ask prospective employees to complete a job listed below. Discuss each FACTOR with your partner. Add to the list
application and or take an exam before the interview, so be sure to as you think of other FACTORS. Then work alone to rank the
arrive about 20 minutes before the scheduled appointment. To be pre- FACTORS according to their importance to you in choosing a job.
pared, bring along extra copies of your resume, samples of your work, Write the most important FACTOR at the top of your list and the least
recommendation letters, and other supporting documents that will important at the bottom. When you have finished, compare the results
strengthen your application. You will certainly make a good impres- with your partner and other members of the class.
sion by anticipating your employer’s needs.
MOST IMPORTANT
After the interview, send a follow-up letter to the person(s) who
Personal Satisfaction
interviewed you. In this one-page letter, you should thank the person
Opportunities for Advancement
for the interview, briefly summarize how your skills match the re-
Salary
quirements, reiterate you interest in obtaining the position.
Good Hours, Vacations, etc.
If you don’t hear from the prospective employer within a speci-
Geographical Location
fied period of time about one week, depending on the situation, it is
Type of Work Performed
okay to phone and ask about the status of your application. At this
Variety of Tasks
time, you can find out when the company plans to fill the position and
you can use this opportunity to remind the interviewer that you are still
LEAST IMPORTANT
interested in the job.
Finally, job hunting can be hard work. Remember, you know III.
your skills, abilities and general worth. Don’t grow impatient or let APPLYING FOR A JOB
rejection undermine your determination to get the job that best suits Write 6 full-sentence answers to each of the questions:
you. In time, you will get what you deserve. 1. What is your primary aim when you apply for a job/ put in a
request for employment/ make a request for a job?
TASKS 2. In what cases sending a letter of application is preferable?
I. Discussion. 3. What kind of information do you have to gather before writ-
1. What steps should you follow to find a good job (according to ing a letter of application?
the text)? 4. In what way should you express your interest in a specific job?
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