English for Business 1

UNIT 4: JOBS
 CONTENT

1. Starting up
2. Vocabulary: Skills and abilities
3. Language focus 1: Present perfect
4. Reading: A curriculum vitae
5. Listening: Interviewing a job
6. Language focus 2: Past simple and present perfect
7. Skills: Interview skills
8. Case study: High Profiles Inc.
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 “Everyone sees life through their
job. To the doctor, the world is a
hospital. To truck drivers, it’s a road
system”
Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer
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 1. STARTING UP

Look at these jobs. Who do you think should get the highest salary for
these jobs? Put the jobs in order, highest salary first.

• Lawyer • Postal worker

• Nurse • Firefighter

• Football star • Teacher

• Accountant • Advertising executive

• Fashion model • Air traffic controller

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 1. STARTING UP

B. Are these real salaries in the same order in your country?

C. Which of the following would you like V or not like X in a job?

• A lot of telephone work • Sharing an office

• Writing lots of reports • Using English at work

• Working with the same people • Working flexible hours

• Working on a lot of different • Causal dress
people • Uniforms
• Working on your own
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 1. STARTING UP

D. Which is more important to you, a high salary or a job you enjoy?

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 VOCABULLARY

Improve lead increase set up train develop

………. a team of 25
……….. a new branch in Amsterdam
………... new staff
………… sales in all market
………… new products
…………. Communication between our head office and local branches
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 VOCABULLARY

Deal with organize plan manage

……… a large department in the clothing industry

………. budgets
………. sales conferences and trade exhibitions
……… customers, suppliers and their problems

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LANGUAGE FOCUS 1

Present perfect

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LANGUAGE FOCUS 1

Present perfect

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 Reading

A curriculum vitae

Interests
Key skills
Education
References
Work experience

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 LISTENING: INTERVEWING FOR A JOB

• Discuss what are your strengths and interests?

What kinds of people do you work well with?

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 LANGUAGE FOCUS 2

Past simple and present perfect

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 Interview skills
Work in pairs. Decide which of these interview tips are more for interviewers and which are
more for candidates.

• Be completely honest at all times

• Try to help the candidate to relax

• Always wear your best clothes

• Do not ask a lot of questions to which people can answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’

• Listen carefully and make a lot of notes

• Arrive half an hour early for the interview

• Ask a difficult question at the beginning of the interview

• Get an expensive haircut

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 Interview skills

• Work in pairs. Which tips do you agree with? Choose your top
three tips and write your own list. Compare your choices with
other pairs.
• Role play this situation. The manager of a hotel is interviewing a
candidate for the job of receptionist.
• Hotel manager: Look at the role card on this page
• Candidate: Turn to page 143

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Skills

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 WRITING

• Write a letter to the successful candidate.

• Giver the name of the position, the starting data, the
salary and number of days of annual leave. Also tell the
candidate where to report on the first day.

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