C) Give your examples of highly skilled, skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled jobs

A) Match the adjectives with their general meaning

These words are often used in job advertisements. Companies look for people who are:

self-starters, proactive, self-motivated, self-driven	good with computers
methodical, systematic, organized	goodwithnumbers
computer-literate	naturally very good at what they do
numerate	good at working on their own
motivated	people who work well with other people
talented	very keen to do well in their job.
team players	can work in a planned, orderly way

B) Complete these extracts from job advertisements using words from the table

1) You’ll need to be---- _______, as you’ll be working on financial budgets.

2) As part of our sales team, you'll be working independently, so you have to be self- ______ and self-_________.

3) We're looking for someone who can work on ten projects at once. You must be _______, _______ and _________.

4) You’ll be researching developments on the Internet, so you have to be ___ - ____. You must be ______,able to work on your own initiative, and a ______. But as part of a team of researchers, you need to be a good ____ - _____.

5) We need _______ journalists who are very good at their job and extremely ________ to find out as much as they can.

C) Answer the questions

Does your university prepare people for specific jobs?

What sort of people does your organization look for in its recruitment?

What sort of person are you?