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Assignment 8. Do some research and write a 100-200 word history of unions in your country. (For example:
When were they first founded?
Have they always been legal?
Have there been periods in which they have been more or less powerful, or important, or necessary, than today?)
Unit 7. Recruitment
Part1. Filling a vacancy
Assignment 1. Insert the following words in the gaps in the text below:
applicant, application, application form, apply, candidate, curriculum vitae or CV (GB) or resume (US), employment agencies, interview, job description, job vacancies, references, short-listed
Many people looking for work read the (1)........ advertised by companies and (2)...... in newspapers or on the internet. To reply to an advertisement is to (3)........... for a job.(You become a (4)............... or an (5)...............) You write an (6)........... or fill in the company’s (7)......, and send it, along with your (8)............ and a covering letter. You often have to give the names of two people who are prepared to write (9)..................... for you. If your qualifications and abilities match the (10)......, you might be (11)........., i.e. selected to attend an (12)............
Assignment 2. When employees ‘give notice’, i.e. inform their employer that they will be leaving the company (as soon as their contract allows), in what order should the company carry out the following steps?
A either hire a job agency (or for a senior post, a firm of headhunters), or advertise the vacancy
B establish whether there is an internal candidate who could be promoted (or moved sideways) to the job
C examine the job description for the post, to see whether it needs to be changed (or indeed, whether the post needs to be filled)
D follow up the references of candidates who seem interesting E invite the short-listed candidates for an interview F make a final selection
G receive applications, curricula vitae and covering letters, and make a preliminary selection (a short-list)
H try to discover why the person has resigned
I write to all the other candidates to inform them that they have been unsuccessful
Part 2. Job applications
One day, you will apply for your first job as a business graduate. Unfortunately, many of your classmates, as well as lots of people you don’t know, will probably also apply for the same job. Your experience and qualifications will probably be quite similar to those of most of the other candidates. You will submit a copy of your curriculum vitae (GB) or resume (US). But how do you get on to the preliminary short-list? What kind of things do you think impress companies hiring business graduates?
Assignment 3. Which of the following extracts from different CVs (resumes) or application letters do you think would help the candidate to get an interview, and why?
1) Since coming to university I have played in the women’s hockey team. We have twice won the national university championship, and are also well-placed this year, with one month of the season still to go.
2) My mother is French, and because my father works for a multinational company, I grew up in four different countries. I did all my schooling in French, but I also speak (and write) fluent Spanish and Portuguese. I can also understand (North African) Arabic, but speak it less well.
3) I realize that my back ground (qualifications and experience) is probably no better than that of many other applicants, but I am particularly interested in marketing position in a telecommunications company, because I have collected telephone cards, ever since they were first introduced. I have an extensive collection, including cards from 17 different countries.
4) Employment
Saturdays, 1997-99, and full-time July 2000, Right Price food store, West End Avenue (shelf-filling).
July 2001, Port Authority Bus Terminal, 8th Avenue (bus cleaner). August-September 2001, grape-picking, Napa Valley, California.
November 2001-June 2002, tourist guide at St Patrick’s Cathedral, 5th Avenue (Saturdays).
5) I have travelled extensively during my last three summer vacations. In 2000, I travelled around the Mediterranean (Spain, France, Italy, Greece) for ten weeks. In 2001, I went to Florida for a month, and I spent six weeks in Bali in 2002. I have consequently met a great many people from many different cultures, and I am absolutely convinced that this makes me suitable for a position in international marketing, and that your company would have a great deal to gain from employing me.
6) As you will see from my CV, I scored an average of 91% in my university examinations (94% at the end of the first year, 87% in my second year, and 92% in my final year exams). I stayed on to do a post-graduate degree in finance and banking, and was encouraged to extend my Master's dissertation into a doctorate, which I have done in the past ten months. I expect to be awarded my PhD in six weeks' time.
7) I have played the piano since the age of five. I won scholarships to summer schools in New York and Switzerland, but at the age of 19 decided to study economics rather than attempt to become a professional musician (since the world is full of good pianists).
Assignment 4. Write your own application letter that will help you get an interview and compare it with the ones of your fellowstudents.
Part 3. Curriculum vitae (GB) or Resume (US)
This is a model for a curriculum vitae or resume.
Curriculum vitae
YOUR NAME
Your address Your phone number(s)
Your e-mail address
Your date of birth
OBJECTIVE
WORK EXPERIENCE or PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION or QUALIFICATIONS
COMPUTER SKILLS LANGUAGES
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
REFERENCES [or Testimonials (US)]
The following people can provide references:
Notes on Curricula vitae
Name: e.g. Robert Louis Stevenson; or Stevenson, Robert Louis; or STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Date of birth: Write the month, e.g. 11 January 1980, because 11/1 = 11 January (GB) and 1 November (US).
Nationality: Always begin with a capital letter: French, German, Japanese, etc. You can also add Marital status: Single or Married.
Objective: e.g. A job in international marketing; A traineeship in trading;
Marketing assistant; Account manager; Financial analyst.
Work experience: Give dates (months or years) and name of employer (s). Put the most recent first. Be specific about your duties if they have any relevance to a business career, e.g.
Summer 2002, Office Assistant, Book Antiqua Ltd, Lucida, New Jersey
The job involved file maintenance, data entry, word processing, proof-reading,
customer service, and other clerical and administrative tasks.
Education: List this in reverse order, e.g.
2001-2 Master’s Degree in International Management, Bigtown University,
Bigtown (expected date of completion July 2002)
1998-2001 Degree in Business Administration, majoring in Finance/Marketing, etc. (sometimes called a Bachelor’s Degree)
An English translation of your institution might be Faculty or School of Business Administration and Economics.
Between 14 and 18 or 19 years old you probably attended what is translated as a High School or a Secondary School, where you probably obtained the equivalent of a High School Certificate. Your primary education is probably not important.
Computer skills: e.g.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and internet software.
Languages: e.g.
French (mother tongue), good knowledge of German and English, elementary knowledge of Spanish. [Not ‘knowledges’ with an s.]
Or: Fluent in Spanish and English, some knowledge of French and Italian.
Hobbies and interests: e.g.
Underwater skiing, synchronized sewing, deep-sea football, long-distance cooking, cross-country swimming...
It is preferable to list hobbies that demonstrate qualities that are relevant to the job you are seeking.
References [or Testimonials (US)]:
The names and addresses (and phone numbers, fax numbers or e-mail addresses) of two referees are often required.
Assignment 5. Now that you have studied the model for and the notes on Curriculum vitae, write your own Curriculum vitae.
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