Ex.4. Express your opinion of the following

Ex.2. Complete these sentences using the correct form to express future meaning of the verbs in brackets.

1. I ______ to Paris next week if I buy a ticket. (fly)

2. I _____ you the money tomorrow. (give)

3. Next winter holidays, I ______ with my granny in the village. (stay)

4. Have you heard the news? The company _____ to London. (move)

5. I ______ to the general manager on Monday. (go)

6. Our business trip starts tomorrow. We ______ at 10. (leave)

7. Next summer I ______ a week in the Crimea. (spend)

8. What time ______ the lecture _____? (begin)

9. I’m sure she _____ the job. She has a lot of experience. (get)

10. According to the timetable the bus _____ at 8.00. (arrive)

11. All the hotels are full. Where _____ we _____ the night? (spend)

12. I don’t think you _____ any problems at the airport. (have)

13. Our company _____ its 10th anniversary next year. (celebrate)

14. I think I ______ a promotion this spring. (get)

15. I _____ my bank manager tomorrow morning. (meet)

16. The football match ______ at 6 o’clock on Sunday. (start)

17. Look out! The ladder ______. (fall)

18. He ____ to buy new furniture this year. (plan)

Speech and Discussion

Ex.1. Talk to your groupmate:

s How important are the following factors when choosing a career?

Money; job security; prospects; social aspects; status; opportunities for travel, training.

s What makes a good employee?

s What personal qualities would you look for in recruiting and selecting new employees/ a human resources manager?

Determined, flexible, open, ruthless, sensitive, single minded, with a good sense of humour, sociable, talkative, sympathetic, team worker, friendly, hostile, motivating, supportive, resentful, respecting, arrogant, biased …

Ex.2. Discuss with your groupmates which is the best way to recruit staff. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each of the following as a way of selecting people:

s application form

s references

s interview

s trial period

s personality test

Ex.3. “Work is by no means the most important thing in life.” Do you agree with this statement?

1. Recruitment of personnel is a critical task because newcomers tend to break a lot of tools and devices they are not familiar with.

2. It is necessary to hire new personnel with a good mix of skills because not everything can be learnt on the job.

3. Hiring new staff is expensive because it is connected with costs of recruitment, costs of training and so on.

4. Recruiting managers from the ranks of the existing staff is most effective and economical.

5. Making a quick decision to hire a person is always cheaper than using the services of an expensive headhunter.

Ex.5. Familiarize yourself with the following idioms. Consult your dictionary and translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Think of situations where you could use them:

1. This book is selling like hot cakes.

2. I’m sorry I missed the appointment, it must have slipped my mind.

3. A bad management decision spelt disaster for the company.

4. He is very secretive, it’s difficult trying to worm information out of him.

5. My boss’s joke really got me into deep water.

Ex.6. Comment on the following:

“The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.”

(Anonymous)

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