Unit 8. Employment

A B

Exercise 2. Match words from list A with words from list B that

have a similar meaning:

vary chief

customer decide

be in charge of staff

Head division

make a decision manager

department change

personnel client

director be in control of

Exercise 3. Match the words and phrases with the correct definition from the list below:

director, president, Board of directors, employee, personnel, customer, location, senior, managing director;

1. the place where something is located;

2. a person who works another person, business or government;

3. a person who buys something from a shop, pays for a service or orders something from a company;

4. a group of directors who are responsible for running a company and usually have legal responsibilities to it;

5. a company director who is responsible for the day-to-day running of a company;

6. the chief officer of a company who is responsible for deciding and carrying out company policy;

7. a person in charge of a department;

8. the people employed by an organization; the staff;

9. people at the head of an organization.

Exercise 4. Write an appropriate word or phrase in the following sentences:

reports, personnel department, personnel, made, day-to-day, the head, in charge of, the Board of directors, customers, an employee;

1. she is … of this company;

2. our company treats its … well with fast service and good products;

3. … is discussing the annual pay rise;

4. she is … of the new project;

5. she is … of the finance committee;

6. my partner takes care of the … operations of the company;

7. he … a quick decision to buy the TV;

8. training courses are provided for all company…;

9. she … directly to the company’s president;

10. new staff should report to the ….

Exercise 5. Study the following organizational chart which shows the different positions the different positions in a company and write the name of position below:

Chairman of the Board

Board of Directors

Managing Director or President

Vice-president Administration

Vice-president Sales and Marketing

Director Personnel Department

Director Purchasing Department

Manager Domestic Sales

Manager International Sales

Personnel Assistant

Purchasing Clerk

Assistant Manager Western Region

Assistant Manager Eastern Region Assistant Manager Pacific Region

Assistant Manager Europe

1. He is charge of the company. Everyone reports to him. He makes all final decisions. He is the ____________.

2. All of the sales personnel in Europe report to him. The Manager of International Sales supervises him. He is the ___________.

3. Her supervisor is responsible foe all purchases made by the company. She completes the forms for him to sign. She is the ___________.

4. She helps all new employees with their forms for health insurance, pay checks and so on. She is ____________.

5. The Directors of Personnel and Purchasing departments report to him, and he reports to the Manager Director, He is the _____________.

Exercise 6. Fill in the gaps by choosing from the words below:

1. The employees responsible for carrying out general office duties are ______.

a) clerks; b) accounts; c) financers;

2. `The employees who sell a company’s products are the __________

a) sales representatives; b) athletes; c) managing directors;

3. The employees who are responsible for seeing that the finished goods are well

made are the __________.

a) packers; b) quality controllers; c) economists.

4. The workers who process data, under the control of managers and supervisors, are the computers ___________.

a) hackers; b) operates; c) receptionists.

5. The person who greets a visitor and tells him or her how to get to the right office is the ____________.

a) manager; b) president; c) receptionist.

6. The clerical workers who use typewriters or word processors and who produce letters and other documents, are ___________.

a) secretaries; b) editors; c) teachers.

7. The employees who check a company’s financial affairs are the _________.

a) statisticians; b) accountants; c) customers.

8. The person appointed by the board of directors to be responsible for the management team that runs a business an a day-to- day basis is the _______.

a) operator; b) managing director; c) seller.

Exercise 7. Answer the following questions:

1. What factor can influence on the structure of organizations?

2. Who is the company run by?

3. What is the Board of Directors responsible for?

4. Who is the head of the company? What is he\she responsible for?

5. Who supervises the Managing Director?

6. What departments do most companies have?

7. What is the Director responsible for?

8. Who reports to the Director?

9. Who elects the Board of Directors?

Exercise 8. What is the difference between:

Chairman of the Board - Managing Director

Board of Directors – Personnel department

Active Vocabulary

employment be self-employed work freelance business people flexible employer fixed-term contract part-time worker administration Human recourses HR	зайнятість, робота за наймом працювати самостійно працювати не за наймом, бути вільним художником ділові люди гнучкий наймач, роботодавець строковий контракт робітник, який зайнятий неповний робочий день управління керування персонал, людські ресурси
Human Recourses department	відділ кадрів
recruitment staff appraisal welfare pension ensure available meet the needs team job rotation job job security recruitment jobseeker post application form fill in resume covering letter curriculum vitae (CV)	набір кадрів соціальне забезпечення допомога соціального забезпечення пенсія забезпечувати, гарантувати наявний, доступний задовольняти потреби команда, група зміна робіт гарантія роботи працевлаштування людина, що шукає роботу посада анкета, заява заповнювати резюме супровідний лист автобіографія
the company’s Human Recourses department	відділ кадрів

Work plays a major part in most people’s lives. Many people choose to be self-employed (to have their own business) or to work freelance for several employers.

As labor market becomes more flexible, many employers respond by increasing the number of fixed-term contracts and part-time workers.

In large organizations, administration of people is done human resources or HR. Human Resources department of a company is responsible for planning, recruitment of new people, staff training and development, staff appraisal, welfare, pensions administration and industrial relations. It works to ensure that the right people are available to meet the company’s needs.

Some companies move their works regularly between teams or departments. This is called job rotation. Job security is for to job will last for a long time.

Personnel departments are usually involved in finding new staff and recruitment them.

Recruitment is the process of employing new people. When a company needs to recruit or employ new staff, it may advertise the vacancy in newspaper, or may contact an employment agency, a private company that matches jobseeker with jobs.

If you are jobseeker and you are interested in a particular post, and decide to apply for the job. The first step is to get an application form and a job description from the company. The next step is to fill in the form and give the resume (AmE) curriculum vitae (CV), which is a summary of your work history, education and skills. You should also send covering letter supporting your CV. By doing this you have become an applicant. The company’s Human Recourses department will select the most suitable applicants and invite to attend an interview.

Exercise 1. Give the English:

зайнятість, робота з наймом, працювати самостійно, працювати не за наймом, бути вільним художником, ділові люди, гнучкий, наймач, роботодавець, строковий контракт, робітник, який зайнятий неповний робочий день, управління, персонал, відділ кадрів, набір кадрів, соціальне забезпечення, допомога соціального забезпечення, пенсія, гарантувати, доступний, задовольняти потреби, команда, зміна робіт, гарантія роботи, працевлаштування, людина, що шукає роботу, посада, заява, анкета, відділ кадрів, автобіографія.

Exercise 2. Match word from list A with word B that have similar meaning:

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