Warm Up

Lesson 3. Preparing Your Resume

In pairs, discuss what you see as your strengths and weaknesses and talk about how you could present any weaknesses in a more positive light.

Listen to Martha and John talking about their strengths and weaknesses. Complete the following table with the information you hear.

Listening

Match the phrasal verbs from the previous exercise with the correct meanings.

Complete the notes with key information from the text.

Find English equivalents of the following words and word combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own.

Reading Comprehension

подать заявление о приеме на работу, заполнить анкету, стандартная форма, произвести выборку кандидатов, перечислите все способности и навыки, заполнить форму, следовать инструкциям, не оставлять пробелов, перепроверять.

why employers prefer to see job application forms: ________________________________

how to fill out the form:______________________________________________________

3. Read and complete the sentences with up or in.

1. A colleague called in sick today and so the manager asked me to fill ___________ for him.
2. A lecture was boring and not very useful, so he filled ___________ the time sending messages.
3. When Mary returned from work, I filled her ___________ on what had happened while she had been away.
4. The conference room filled ___________ very quickly, and at exactly 10 o’clock, the CEO walked in.
5. When my boss returns, I will have to ___________ him

1. to fill in____________________ a. to spend or use up (especially surplus time)

2. to fill someone in ___________ b. to take someone’s place temporarily

3. to fill up (no object) ___________ c. to make or become completely full

4. to fill up (with object) _________ d. to supply someone with recent information

	Strengths	Weaknesses
John
Martha

I. Comment upon the quotation: Writing without thinking is like shooting without aiming. (Arnold Glasgow)

How can it be applied to writing a resume?

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