WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL JOB

LIKE?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO…
Be a white collar worker.. (working in an office)
Have a good salary but little peace or a reasonable salary but a peaceful work
atmosphere ?
Work alone or in teams?
Have long vacations?
Work long hours and work at the weekends?
What perks would you prefer? E.g. Health clubs, an unlimited health insurance, a
free gym, bonuses, etc..
SO WHAT CAN BE YOUR IDEAL JOB?
Complete the sentences with these words in the next slide.
advice hire postings ideal
career manager resume rewards
Skills setting interview

1. Tom is the manager

_________of this company so he is in charge for everything.
rewardssuch as health insurance and longer holidays as well as a pay rise.
2. Workers want some _______
skills
3. You need to have some ________to do this job. You have to use a computer well and speak English fluently.

career plan when you finish university?

4. Do you have a _______

settin The lightening is soft and the furniture is very comfortable.

5. My new office has a relaxing _______.
g
hire more teachers because there are more students registered this year.
6. The school is going to ______
resum
7. When you graduate, you should prepare a good ______
e or CV to get a good job.
postings
8. LinkedIn is a social network where there are hundreds of job ads and _________about jobs.
intervie
9. You have to get dressed in a formal way for a job ________.
w
ideal
10. Denise is ________for this job. He speaks English fluently and knows how to use a computer well.
advice
11. What _______ would you give someone who has a bad cold?
HOW DO PEOPLE FIND JOBS? OR
WHAT ARE THE WAYS OF FINDING
JOBS?
Online networking
Talking to friends and family or relatives (This is real life networking.)
Job listings/ ads or postings
Recruitment agencies
Career fairs
Read the text and answer the following questions:

1. Who is Richard Bolles?

2. Why is his book different from other job-hunting
manuals?
3. What does Bolles say to think about before finding
your ideal job?
4. What does Bolles do after you decide what job you
want?
 Answer the following questions:

1. Who is Richard Bolles?

2. Why is his book different from other job-hunting manuals?
3. What does Bolles say to think about before finding your
ideal job?
4. What does Bolles do after you decide what job you want?

1. Bolles is an expert in job hunting.

2. Because he doesn’t help you to find just another job.
Instead, he helps you to find your ideal job. A job that fits
you and makes you happy.
3. Your skills, job setting and job rewards.
4. He helps you decide your ideal job, gives you specific
advice on how to find that job.
Networking
Read the text and decide whether the
following statements are true or false

1. Bolles’s book doesn’t have any useful

information about job interviews.
False
2. Bolles’s book is not easy to read.
False
3. There are some exercises in Bolles’s
book. True

4. The writer thinks that this is the best

book to find a good job.
True
5. The information in the book is not new.
False

 Update your LinkedIn page
 Send out lots of resumes
 Decide what kind of job is ideal.
 Decide what kind of place you want to work in.
 Do exercises in What color is your parachute?
 Think about job rewards.
 Think about your skills.
MAKE INFERENCES
An inference is an educated guess about something that is not stated directly in a text. We can infer
the author’s (writer of the text) opinions.
Read the TRUE / FALSE statements below. What does the author of the text think about Bolles’s
book.
1. The author believes that Bolles repeats himself.
False

2.The author thinks that Bolles’s book is hard to read because it is too long.

False
3. The author thinks that Bollers’s exercises are too difficult.

False
4.The author thinks that everyone looking for a job should read Bolles’s book.

True
READING 2 THE IDEAL
JOB
MATCH THE WORDS/EXPRESSIONS WİTH THEIR DEFINITIONS

Words/Expressions Definitions

1.run one’s own business A) something very difficult you need to

succeed with some mental and physical
B effort.
2.experience (n) B) to be in charge of business/ to be the
E owner of a business
C) Money you get paid monthly for
3. challenge (n)
your work
A D) learning skills to do a job or an
4. training (n) activity
D
E) having the knowledge or skill
because you do the same thing for a
5. salary (n) long time
C
USE THE WORDS TO COMPLETE THE
SENTENCES
salary experience run business challenge training

1. My uncle ______his own _______ He has a small fish restaurant in Bodrum.

runs busines
s
2. Our teacher has a lot of ______because she has been teaching for 20years.
experience
3. University entrance exam is a great ________ for teenagers.
challenge
4. You need a proper _______ for scuba diving.
training
5. You will get your ______ on the 1st of every month.
salary
DON
Read the text and complete the sentences.

1. Don wasn’t a very good ____ in school.

student
2. Don learned how to ____the videos by
himself. edit

3. Don earned ____ for his first job.

150 Dollars
4. He loves ____ his own business
running
AMANDA
Read the text and complete the sentences.

1. Amanda is an experienced _________.

matchmaker

2. She helped 60 couples to __________ or engaged.

get married
3. She thinks she has ___________ on people.
a very good eye
4. Amanda thinks her job is _______ and she meets
wonderful people. fun
RYAN Read the text and decide if the statements are TRUE or FALSE

1. Ryan doesn’t like his job. F

2. The biggest challenge is the first jump. T

3. He had to have more than 1000 jumps to be a trainer. F

4. His salary was not high for the first year. T

Amanda

Don

Amanda

Don

Rya
n

Ryan

Don
 making a lot of Money
skydiving working outside
seeing people learn
teaching working in an office
seeing happy couples or
understanding people or
families
matching people
running a busines
working on a computer
working with peopel
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advice

resume