JOB APPLICATION
1) If you could choose any job in the world, what would you choose? Why?
2) Can you think of any jobs that you would particularly hate to do? Why?
3) Have you ever applied for ajob?
4) All of the following sentences could be used to describe jobs. Which of them do you associate with these jobs?
research worker
laboratory technician
It's well-paid. It's badly-paid It's challenging. It's stressful.
It's hard work physically. You work long hours. You have to work shifts. You need to be talented.
teacher
manager.
You need special training and qualifications.
You need good people skills. There's a lot of job satisfaction. There's a lot of variety. There's a lot of responsibility. There's a lot of opportunities. .
5) Look at the picture. How would you react?
6) Study the following CV and try to suggest necessary improvements. Focus on both content and form.
Job application, CV, 2008
Put the following words and phrases under the correct heading. (There are fifteen under each).
a journey, progress, business, harm, a speech, one's best, a will, a mistake, fun of someone, the garden, a good job, a complaint, the shopping, arrangements, a favour, a bargain, the washing-up, repairs, the beds, a fuss, one's duty, someone a good turn, an exercise, a nuisance of oneself, an effort, one's hair, an impression, homework, an examination, a profit.
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Fill in the missing jobs by looking at the list of words associated with each one. Example: score, orchestra, baton, concert hall CONDUCTOR
1 make-up, costume, script, props
2 typewriter, shorthand, telephone, filing cabinet
3 drill, denture, filling, mouth mirror
4 easel, canvas, palette, studio
5 stethoscope, scalpel, surgery, hypodermic
6 pipes, spanner, tap, blowlamp
7 bricks, trowel, hod, plumb-line
8 chalk, duster, homework, blackboard
9 bam, tractor, manure, plough
10 vestments, Host, crucifix, chalice
11 screwdriver, fuse, insulating tape, flex
12 saw, plane, chisel, try square
13 sewing-machine, pattern, pins, dummy
14 tripod, telephoto lens, darkroom, enlarger
15 typewriter, manuscript, proofs, best-seller
16 sack, uniform, pillar-box, letters
17 bench, beaker, test-tube, Bunsen burner
18 helmet, uniform, truncheon, handcuffs
19 hose, hydrant, ladder, extinguisher
20 hospital, thermometer, medicine, uniform
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