Top tips for finding a new job

Getting a job. Look at the words in the box, which are all to do with getting a job. Then decide which best fill the gaps below.

Write an annotation to the text.

When choosing a future career it is important to take the following things into consideration. Think over what you would enjoy at work. Analyzing all this will help you not to make a wrong choice.

In your copy book make a list of adjectives from the text describing a personality of a good teacher.

friendly - дружелюбный

fair - честный

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7. Let’s divide into teams and choose the characteristics in the text you’d like to report. Make it using the prompts below:

A good teacher should be / have ……

If he is / has …………………………

8. Think over which characteristics else are important for a good teacher. Which ones do you personally appreciate in a teacher?

9. Match the features of character with their translations. Which of them fit you?

· energetic · communicative · enterprising · talkative · creative · quick · adventurous · inventive · enthusiastic

· изобретательный · энергичный · быстрый · полный энтузиазма · предприимчивый · творческий · общительный · рискованный · разговорчивый

· do you like meeting and dealing with people;

· do you like to work inside;

· do you enjoy thinking about problems;

· do you enjoy working with your hands;

· do you like working on you own;

· do you enjoy being creative.

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The MadWorks company is one of Rustown’s biggest __________s, with 1200 _________s, but because it is expending, it needs to __________ 30 new people. It advertises the posts and hundreds of people ________ for them. The managers look at the _________s and choose the best to invite for the ____________. After that they decide which of the applicants to _________.

13. Fill in the gaps with the positive or negative form of have to. Use the present simple or past simple.

1. Phil and Miriam get a good salary. They don’t have to worry about money.

2. Matt works for himself. He …………………………………….. get up early.

3. Leah and I can’t come this weekend. We ………………….. visit Leah’s parents.

4. I don’t have my own office. I …………………….……. share it with a colleague.

5. The company were very good to her when she was ill. They ………………..…….. give her sick pay, but they did.

6. I have three small children so I ………………..…… have flexible working hours.

7. In the UK students …………...…….do at least six years’ training to become a doctor.

8. She …………………………………….…. Come to work today. Why is she here?

14. Read the article and put the verbs in brackets in the present simple or present continuous.

1) …Are you looking … (look) for a new job?

Well, you 2) ………………………. (read) this article so the answer is probably yes!

· Your CV 3) …..…………….. (be) an adverb for you! I always 4) …………………. (ask) a friend to read my application forms or CV. 5) …….….. you ……….. (learn) anything new at the moment? I 6) ……………….. (study) Spanish. I 7) ……………… (not need) Spanish for my job, but it’s a useful language. And it looks good on my CV!

· Before interviews, I 8) ……………….. (try) to find out something about the company. Most large companies 9) ……………….. (have) websites. My daughter 10) ………………… (want) to work for Microsoft in the future and at the moment she 11) ………………… (read) a book about the company.

· I always 12) ………………. (arrive) five or ten minutes early for an interview. While I 13) ………………. (wait), I 14) ………………. (read) my notes carefully.

· In an interview, you 15) ……………….. (need) to listen very carefully and answer the questions honestly. And smile! It 16) ……………….. (help) you relax!

15. What does the teacher and his students say at an English lesson? Put the following phrases into the table. You can use them at your English lessons. Will you learn polite structures in English.

Well done! What is this called in English?

May I ask a question, please? Could you repeat the sentence. I’m waiting for you to be quite. Can you write it on the board? Open your books to page 56. I’ve got a question. What’s wrong with Lena today? Turn over the page. Put your books away What does it mean?

How do you pronounce this word? Should I go on (start)?

Read the text on your own. I need some extra help. Did I do this correctly? May I leave the class? It’s time to start. Should I read?

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