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Module 1. CHOOSING A CAREER. JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT
Introduction | ||
1. HOW DO YOU CHOOSE A CAREER?.................................................................................... | ||
1.1.? “WORKING” VOCABULARY.................................................................................................... | ||
1.2. & CHOOSING A CAREER........................................................................................................ | ||
1.3. & CAREER AND PERSONALITY............................................................................................ | ||
1.4. & THE 10 TOP STEPS FOR CHOOSING A CAREER............................................................. | ||
1.5. REVISION.......................................................................................................................................... | ||
2. LOOKING FOR A JOB............................................................................................................... | ||
2.1.? WORK............................................................................................................................................ | ||
2.2. & JOB-HUNTING....................................................................................................................... | ||
2.3. & JOB SEARCH METHODS..................................................................................................... | ||
2.4. & EXPERIENCE FIRST, MONEY SECOND............................................................................ | ||
2.5. REVISION.......................................................................................................................................... | ||
3. APPLYING FOR A JOB.............................................................................................................. | ||
3.1. 9 LOOKING FOR AND APPLYING FOR A JOB......................................................................... | ||
3.2.? WANT ADS................................................................................................................................... | ||
3.3.? HOW DOES A SELECTION PROCESS GO?............................................................................. | ||
3.4.? GETTING READY FOR A JOB INTERVIEW............................................................................ | ||
3.5. A JOB INTERVIEW..................................................................................................................... | ||
3.6. 9 GETTING AND KEEPING A JOB.............................................................................................. | ||
3.7. REVISION.......................................................................................................................................... | ||
4. AT WORK..................................................................................................................................... | ||
4.1.? CAREER AND PROMOTION...................................................................................................... | ||
4.2.? COLLEAGUES AND ROUTINES............................................................................................... | ||
4.3. REVISION.......................................................................................................................................... | ||
5. THE EVERCHANGING WORKPLACE.................................................................................. | ||
5.1. & REVOLUTION IN THE WORKPLACE................................................................................ | ||
5.2. & THE CHANGING WORKPLACE.......................................................................................... | ||
5.3. REVISION.......................................................................................................................................... | ||
6. GENDER ISSUES IN THE WORKPLACE.............................................................................. | ||
6.1. & MEN VS WOMEN.................................................................................................................. | ||
6.2. 9 GENDER STEREOTYPES AT WORK....................................................................................... | ||
6.3. & INEQUALITY AT WORK...................................................................................................... | ||
6.4. 9 GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE AND AT HOME................................ | ||
6.5. & BALANCING HOME AND WORK...................................................................................... | ||
6.6. REVISION.......................................................................................................................................... | ||
7. CHECK YOURSELF................................................................................................................... | ||
Appendix 1. Cluster Diagram............................................................................................................................. | 72 | |
Appendix 2. Vocabulary Word Map.................................................................................................................... | 73 | |
Appendix 3. Summary.......................................................................................................................................... | 74 | |
Appendix 4. Writing a Summary......................................................................................................................... | 75 | |
Appendix 5. Presentation Signpost Expressions................................................................................................. | 78 | |
Appendix 6. Presentations. Structure and Useful Phrases................................................................................. | 80 | |
Appendix 7. Discourse Markers in Speech and in Writing................................................................................. | 82 |
Module 1. CHOOSING A CAREER. JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Confucius
Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
H. Jackson Browne
INTRODUCTION
Task 1. Jobs are different.Being a student is also hard work. Do you enjoy it? Are you as scrupulous in your studying as the characters in the picture below? Should a person be so scrupulous at his workplace?
Task 2. Discuss the following questions with your group:
Task 3. Use the cluster diagram in Appendix 1 to brainstorm the ideas related to the topic of “Jobs and Employment”. Compare your ideas with the group.
1. HOW DO YOU CHOOSE A CAREER?
? VOCABULARY PRACTICE
1.1. “WORKING” VOCABULARY
Task 1. Study the given vocabulary, translate it into Russian and make up your own sentence with each of the words in bold.
a career n
|| to choose a career; to make a career; the right career; to find a career
career adj professional, intending to make a job one’s career: He's a career soldier.
an occupation n
occupational adj connected with a person's job:
|| an occupational advice service; occupational diseases
to occupy v
preoccupied adj She is too preoccupied with her own thoughts.
a job n
|| a part-time job; a full-time job
|| to pay smb by the job; to do a fine job
|| to make the best of a bad job; to make a good job of smth; to be out of a job
jobless adj unemployed
the jobless n the unemployed: The government's scheme is designed to help the jobless.
to apply v
|| to apply for a job (post, passport, visa, position)
2. to use: to apply the ointment (the glue, etc.); to apply economic sanctions; to apply force: We must apply our minds to finding a solution. The results of this research can be applied to new developments in technology.
an applicant n
|| a job applicant
an application n
to employ v (ant to sack, to fire)
an employee n a person who works for smb or for a company: The manager sacked three employees.
an employer n a person or company that employs others: They're not good employers.
employment n
|| to be in/out of full-time employment
|| to give employment to smb; to find employment; the government employment office; an employment agency (ant unemployment: unemployment rate; unemployment benefits; the unemployed n)
labour n
|| skilled/unskilled labour; labour leaders = trade union leaders; a labour union = a trade union.
costly adj expensive: It would be too costly to repair the car.
|| a costly mistake
to search v
a search n an act of searching: a search for a missing car;
|| to be in search of smb/smth: Scientists are in search for the cure of the disease.
complex adj
|| a complex system (network, etc.); a complex sentence
|| a complex argument (theory, subject, etc.)
complexity n
|| a problem of great complexity; the complexities of mathematics
a list n a series of names, items, figures, etc. written or printed
|| a shopping list; to make a list; to make a list of things one must do; to put smth/smb on the list; to take smth/smb off the list; a waiting list; to be on the danger list
to list v
|| to list one's arrangements for the week
Task 2. The list below contains words closely connected with the topic of work and employment. Some of the words have been discussed by you in Task 1. Make sure you know the difference between the meanings of these words.
· a vocation
· (un)employment
· a position
· a post
There is a saying: “ Many people quit looking for work when they find a job. ” Does it make you smile? How is the humorous effect achieved?
Task 3. Choose the proper word:
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