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APPLYING FOR A JOB

Discussing the Key Points

Discuss the following statements. Express your ideas and say why you think so.

1. I want to be self-employed. I’ll be a businessman.

2. It’s better t o work for the state and to be state employee.

3. I prefer to be responsible for everything, to be a top manager or a director.

How do you see your future profession? Please answer the following questions:

What kind of work are you interested in:

· well paid work

· interesting work

· work in a large and famous company

· quiet work

· work in an industry which has future prospects

· prestigious work

· a kind of work such as not to sit the whole day in the office

· to travel a lot

Please, discuss advantages and disadvantages of your future profession.

1. Do you think that your future profession is prestigious?

2. Do you think it will be still prestigious and well paid by the time you graduate?

3. How difficult is it to find a good work in your field?

4. Is there a competition in your group?

5. Do you think that competition among your co­eds is a good stimulus to study well or it just makes communication between you more difficult?

Reading

The organizational structure of British company is as follows: the Managing Director is responsible for running the whole company and is accountable to the Board. He is assisted by four executive departments. These are Human Resources (Personnel) department, Management Services department, Finance department, Research and Development department (R&D).

A COMPANY STRUCTURE

Chairman

 

 

 

PREPARATORY WORK

Time flies, and one day you will have to seek for the job. It's evident that getting a job depends on many factors, among them writing correctly a job paper application, Curriculum Vitae (CV) or resume and your behavior during an interview. In this unit you'll learn how to write a letter of job application (or a cover letter), curriculum vitae (CV) – a detailed information about you, your education and qualification (5-8 pages), resume - a short written account of your education and past employment (one page usually). You have to write CV if you are an experienced applicant for a high position or for a job abroad.

Besides you'll be given some hints (advice) on how to behave during an interview.

HOW TO WRITE A RESUME

Always type it on unlined white paper, preferably a single sheet. Write your name, address and telephone number. Put your health record, date of birth and marital status. In the next section, note down your education. Put any qualifications оn the next line.

Next, detail your work history, starting with your most recent job. Give dates and describe your duties.

List hobbies and interests and put extra information in a separate section.

End by saying that two referees are available on request - not naming them leaves you free to choose the best ones for particular jobs. Remember the longer an application, the less chance it has of being read.

Never send a photo-copied letter - it looks like you don't care.

 

RESUME sample

1. NAME/SURNAME Mariana Smirnova

2. AGE 14 October, 1992

3. MARITAL STATUS Single

4. CONTACT TELEPHONE 412 70 81

5. LANGUAGES English (fluent) – translating,

interpreting and negotiating skills,

German (basic)

6. EDUCATION A fourth-year student at the evening

department of the Institute of Foreign

Relations (MGIMO),

International Economy

7. COURSES AND

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2010-2013

Typing and computer courses

2014-2015

Interpreting courses

8. WORK EXPERIENCE 2010-2013– JSC, Poliphondis

Securities

Assistant General Director 2014 –

MADI Institute

Translator/Interpreter, Office

Assistant

9. SALARY HISTORY $ 700 per month including lunch

10. COMPUTER SKILLS Word for Windows, Excel,

Norton Commander

11. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Oral and written translation

Travel arrangement

Meeting and negotiation arrangement

Business letters, contracts making

Carrying out administrative duties

about the office

Working with clients

12. INTERPERSONAL QUALITIES Good communication skills, energetic,

well-organized, flexible, friendly,

honest, responsible, intelligent

Basic Vocabulary

reliable – надежный

adaptable - легко адаптирующийся

energetic – энергичный

hardworking – трудолюбивый

experienced – опытный

modest – скромный

practical – практичный

punctual - пунктуальный

well-organized – внутренне организованный

flexible – пластичный, гибкий

friendly – доброжелательный

honest – честный

responsible – ответственный

patient – терпеливый

independent - независимый

sociable/ communicative – общительный

intelligent – умный

loyal - лояльный

professional – профессионалом

ambitious – амбициозный

sensitive – чувствительный

romantic – романтичный

helpful – отзывчивый

CURRICULUM VITAE sample   Name	Ivan A. Petrov
Business Address	FRE 2375 CNRS Modules Levure de Pathologies Humaines, 21 rue Rene Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg, France
Phones:	+33 3 12 34 56 78
E-mail:	[email protected]
Home Address:	123, 45/67, Kutuzovski Prospekt, 121165, Moscow, Russia
Phone:	+7 095 123 45 67
Place and Date of Birth	October 14, 1979, Moscow, Russia
Citizenship	Russian Federation
Marital status	Divorced, no children

Education

1996-2001: Master of Science in Biochemistry, Department of Molecular biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Major GPA: 5.0/5.0; Overall GPA: 5.0/5.0,

Graduated with Honors (cum laude)

Research Experience

2001- present: Research Assistant, FRE 2375 CNRS Modules Levures de Pathologies Humaines, Institut de Physiologie et Chimie Biologique, Strasbourg, France;

Principal Investigators: Dr. Ivan A. Tarassov, Prof. Robert P. Martin.

2000-2001: MS research work at Department of Molecular biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia and FRE 2375 CNRS Modules Levures de Pathologies Humaines, Institut de Physiologie et Chimie Biologique, Strasbourg, France.

Principal Investigator: Professor Igor A. Krashenninikov.

Master Thesis project title: Study of precursor of yeast mitochondrial lysyl-tRNA synthetase as a factor of tRNA import into yeast mitochondria.

1999-2000: Undergraduate research, Dep. of Molecular biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Principal Investigator: Dr. Nina S. Entelis.

Research topic: Study of influence of the first base pair on the possibility of tRNA import into yeast mitochondria.

Research techniques and collaboration experience
General gene engineering techniques such as DNA purification, PCR, molecular cloning and sequencing of DNA;
Western blotting and Nothern blotting analysis;
Site-directed mutagenesis;
Import of tRNAs or proteins into isolated yeast mitochondria;
Protein expression in E.coli and its purification;
Footprinting in vitro;
Methods of yeast genetics.
List of publications

Entelis N., Kolesnikova O., Kazakova H., Brandina I., Kamenski P., Martin R. P. & Tarassov I. (2001) Gene Engineering: Principles & Methods, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press (U.S.A.), 24 (in press).
Conferences

Kamenskiy P.A. Study of precursor of yeast mitochondrial lysyl-tRNA synthetase as a factor of tRNA import into yeast mitochondria. (2001) Undergraduate and Postgraduate Student International Conference on Fundamental Sciences "Lomonosov".

Writing