1. Getting a job
Welcome to the unit

2. Leading in In today’s modern world, it is becoming
more and more difficult to find a suitable
job. Nowadays many graduates from
colleges and universities are facing an
increasingly competitive job market.
How can we find the job we want?

3. What do we need to do after graduation?
We need to find a job.

4. Have you ever been to any Job Fair?

5. 1. Do you have any preparation for finding a job?
2. What did you do to prepare for job finding?

6. Where can you get the information about a job advertisement?
Newspaper; Internet; local job centre…

7. searching for jobs in the newspaper

8. Where and how can you find a job?
You can find job openings advertised in newspapers.

9. Where and how can you find a job?
You can find information and help with job hunting in the local job centre.

10. opening Where and how can you find a job?
Writing a good covering letter will
increase your chance of getting an interview.

11. Where and how can you find a job?
More and more young people are discovering the career benefits of a gap year?

12. Word power

13. A. Jack graduated from a top university last year
A. Jack graduated from a top university last year. In his diary he wrote about his first week in his new job. Read his diary and answer the following questions.
1. Which department did Jack have to report to on his first day at work?
Human Resources Department.

14. 2. Who could they introduce me to?
3. Where did my boss take me for lunch?
4. Even whom did I meet?
My colleagues.
The canteen.
The general manager.

15. 5. What was I when first came to the company?
6. Where does the company’s money kept?
A management trainee.
Finance Department.

16. 7. Which department is responsible for making sure people know about the company’s products?
8. Which department helps files in the right place?
Sales and Marketing Department.
Administration Department.

17. The staff restaurant canteen
B. Remember the different department and what they are responsible for.
canteen
The staff restaurant

18. Responsible for managing the whole company.
General Manager’s office
Responsible for managing the whole company.

19. Where the company’s Products are made
production
Where the company’s Products are made

20. Human resources
Responsible for taking on employees, welfare, organizing training Courses.

21. Research and development
Works to improve the company’s Products as well as developing New products.

22. Sales and
marketing
Makes sure potential customers know about the company’s products.

23. administration
Provides services such as mailing, filing and photocopying.

24. reception
Visitors wait here until someone comes to get them

25. C. Jack has been asked to show some new employees around the company and to make sure they know what each department does. Fill in the blanks in his speech using words from Parts A and B.

26. Answers: (1)canteen (2)products
(3)Administration (4) Finance (5)salary (6)welfare
(7)Research and Development
(8)Sales and Marketing
(9)General Manager (10)colleagues

27. D. Complete the flow chart below about job hunting with the words from the box.
Answers
1. websites advertisement
3. covering letter
4. services punctual

28. Thank you！

29. Reading
Tips for job interview

30. Reading
comprehension

31. Fast reading
Read the lecture transcript quickly and answer the following questions.
1. What is the lecture transcript about?
Tips for job interview.

32. 2. How many parts does the interview process have?
Three.
3. What should you do after the interview?
Follow it up by writing and thinking them for giving you the interview.

33. Detailed reading
How well do you understand the lecture
transcript? Read it again and answer the
following questions.
1. What is the first part of the interview
process?
Preparation.

34. 2. Why is it easy nowadays to find out
about different companies?
Because most companies have a website that tells you most things you need to know.

35. 3. What should you do to prepare for
possible questions?
Think about some of questions you might be asked and how to best answer them. Do practice interviews with a friend.

36. 4. What should you wear on the day of the
interview?
Smart and conservative clothes that make you feel confident.
5. When does the interviewer begin to
judge you?
The interviewer will begin to judge you as soon as he or she sees you in the waiting room.

37. 6. When should you arrive in the interview?
Arrive on time or even a little bit early.
7. Why should you always look the interviewer in the eye?
Because it is one of the quickest way of making a bond, and it also gives the impression that you’re confident even if you feel quite nervous.

38. 8. Can you give an example of using body language in the interview.
Nod your head when you agree with something./ Keep your back straight and don’t move around too much.

39. a. Prepare for possible questions
The article mentions the three stages of
the interview process. Match the things you
Should do in each stage with the correct stage.
a. Prepare for possible questions
c. Be dressed smartly
g. Make eye contact
Before
the interview

40. During the interview After the interview b. Be confident
d. Collect information
e. Be enthusiastic
f. Show your interest in the job
h. Listen carefully
Be on time
j. Sell yourself by sending a thank you letter.
During
the interview
After
the interview

41. Consolidation
When your application is successful you’re asked to go for an i________. The purpose of the interview is not only to find the s______ person for the position, but also provides o__________ for job candidates to find out more about the job. Interview process can s___ into three parts: first, p__________, the k___ to getting the job; second, the interview
nterview
uitable
pportunity
plit
reparation ey

42. itself; and finally, what you should do after the interview
itself; and finally, what you should do after the interview. Next, think about some questions you might be asked. Don’t worry about having ____________ ________ during the interview. First i__________ are important, so wearing s_____ clothes when you’re going for an interview.
butterflies in
stomach
mpressions
mart

43. When you set off for appointment, make sure you are _______
When you set off for appointment, make sure you are _______. During the interview, remember to be e__________. Using ______________ to express yourself in perfect time. Listen to the question and answer them well. After interview you should follow up by writing and thanking them for giving you the interview.
on time
nthusiastic
body language

44. Reading strategy Understanding incomplete sentences used for emphasis.
In terms of incomplete sentences to
show emphasis, what parts of the
sentence are missing?
A subject, a predicate or both.
2) Which words does this kind of sentence
often begin with?
And, or, so, but.

45. Analyse the following incomplete sentences.
Or better yet, do practice interviews with a friend.
2. But don’t think that there’s nothing else you can do once the interview is over.

46. Answers:
D: 1 d 2 e 3 f 4 b 5 g 6 c 7 a
E: 1 as easy as pie shave
3 made allowance for
4 parking yawning
6 off the top of my head
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47. Language points
1. Don’t worry about having butterflies in your stomach before the interview.
have butterflies in one’s stomach
(做某事前)惊慌，紧张
e.g. I always have butterflies in my stomach just before I perform on stage.

48. 2. Smile when you shake hands with the interviewer, and look him or her in the eye.
look somebody in the eye
直视某人，正视某人
e.g. I asked him to look me in the eye and tell me what he had done with my bike.

49. 3. You should follow it up by writing …
follow up 对……采取进一步行动，加强
e.g. Lucy followed up her interview with
a telephone call.
4. Nod your head when you agree with…
nod one’s head 点头
e.g. She nodded her head to show that
she agreed with me.

50. 5. We can split the interview process into
three parts….
The word split is a verb meaning ‘to
break or divide sth. into two or more
parts’.
e.g. Let’s split this big topic into four
smaller ones.
Mr Smith split his money among his two
sons and three daughters.

51. 6. This allows you to prepare good answers and means you won’t have to answer questions off the top of your head during the interview.
The idiom off the top of your head means ‘from the knowledge you have in your memory’.

52. e.g. He was famous for being able to answer difficult questions off the top of his head.
Off the top of my head, I can only think of one post office near here.

53. 7. It can also give you the edge over
other candidates….
The idiom give you the edge over sb./sth.
means ‘to have a small advantage over
sb./sth.’.

54. e.g. Good boxers are always looking for
something to give them the edge over
their opponents in a fight.
You might be better at maths but I have
the edge over you in sports.

55. Thank you！