Looking for a job
Qualifications
experience
section
application
interview
CV (resume)
I thought it would be quite easy to find a job when I left school, but it has been
really difficult? I look through the job _____________ in the local paper every week,
but everybody seems to want people with lots of _________________ and I didnt do
well at school. I have sent my _______________ to dozens of companies in the local
area but nobody has got back at me. So far I have filled in at least thirty
_______________ and I have had only few replies. I have been to several
________________ but it hasnt gone very well - they all want someone with more
_______________ but I have never had a job. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever find a
job.
Answer the questions ( write full answers as in the example)
What has been really difficult?
It has been difficult to find a job?
1. Where does the author of the text look for job?
_______________________________________________________________________
2. What has he sent to dozens of companies?
_______________________________________________________________________
3. What has he filled in at least thirty times?
_______________________________________________________________________
4. How many replies has he had so far?
________________________________________________________________________
5. What hasnt gone well for the author of the text?
________________________________________________________________________
6. What has he never had?
_________________________________________________________________________
Present perfect tense with EVER and NEVER
Pair work ( copy and paste the questions with instructions according to the
number of pairs you can form in your section)
Students A asks questions following the patterns and Student B answers
them using the negative pattern and repeating the verbs and object of the
sentence.
Student A
Have you ever seen a flying man?
Student B
I have never seen a flying man.
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
you
you
you
you
you
you
you
you
you
you
you
ever
ever
ever
ever
ever
ever
ever
ever
ever
ever
ever
been to _______________________________?
thought of _____________________________?
fought for _____________________________?
driven ________________________________?
eaten _________________________________?
applied for _____________________________?
called _________________________________?
told ___________________________________?
tried to ________________________________?
made _________________________________?
asked for ______________________________?
Present perfect with jobs.
Apply for
Reply
Offer
Attend
Fill in
Send
find
start
spend
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
I left the university six months ago and I still havent ____________ a job.
So far I have __________ several jobs but no one has ____________ yet.
I have recently __________ my own business.
I cant believe it. They have ______________ me a well-paid job.
My job is so repetitive. So far I have _____________ millions of same forms.
They have just _____________ family business.
I have _______________ three months looking for a job but still theres
nothing.
8. I know about the change. I have just _______________ the meeting with the
managers.
Job satisfaction
Each employer should provide employees with certain level of job
satisfaction, however it happens that employers and employees sometimes
have slightly different perceptions. In order to decide which of the following
statements are true for employees you have to match the beginnings and
endings and then discuss them with your class.
1. I need to be doing
2. It is important to feel that I
am
3. I dont want to find myself
doing
4. I like to know that I am
helping
5. I dont want to be stuck
6. I need to be given
a) part of a team.
b) behind the desk all day.
c) the same thing day in
day out.
d) something useful.
e) responsibility.
f) people.
7.
8.
9. People work for the money and therefore they sometimes have to do
things they dont like. Match the beginnings and ends of the following
statement and decide if these are the things you would like or dislike
about your job.
1. I have to attend
2. I get on really well
3. I run my own business. I
really enjoy being
4. I love meeting
5. I have to deal with
6. I have to do
a) so much paperwork.
b) my own boss.
c) new people.
d) demanding customers.
e) so many meetings.
f) all of my colleagues.
10.Look up for the words and complete the sentences using each word only
once.
11.Ambitious
12.Reliable
13.Hard-working
14.Flexible
15.
16.Self-confident
17.Punctual
18.Independent
19.Well organized
20.
1. She is ___________________. She never puts off her work, not even when
she is tired nor overwhelmed with work.
2. He isnt much _______________________. He is always worried of what other
people think or can say about him.
3. My sister is very __________________. She can adapt easily to most
situations.
4. I wish they are more _________________________. They tend to rely on their
teachers too much.
5. We need to be _____________________. It is not allowed to be late for work.
6. He is very __________________. He hardly ever takes days off, even when
doesnt feel very well.
7. My brother is _____________________ at his office. He never stays late and
he always has his work done well.
8. She is very ____________________. Her parents are sure she will be very
successful one day.
9.
10.
11.An international company Promising future has posted an
advertisement in Muscat Daily news. It seems that there have been 8
mistakes. Find them and correct so that the name of the company can be
justified.
12.
13.
14.International company , Promising future , is opening its branch in
New York next month.
15.
16.We are looking for an unreliable person for a full-time position in a
new international company. We need someone who is very dependent on
other people and highly unambitious .As this is an expensive project we
are looking for badly-organized individual who is always late for work.
There are many experts from different countries so the desirable
candidate should be inflexible and highly unconfident. The most suitable
candidate should posses references from previous employer stating
about candidates skills and personality as we need an evidence that the
candidate is lazy at work. The company offers monthly good salary of
3000 OMR and other benefits as company car and mobile phone of new
generation. If you have all of the requirements posted in this
advertisement we will contact you to schedule an interview at your
convenience.
