BUSINESS RESULT

PRE-INTERMEDIATE

UNIT 6: Employment
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Working Language Practically Business Talking

with words at work speaking communication point
Employment Present How to avoid Evaluating The best
perfect (1) negative answers options companies to
work for?
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Employment
1. Are you a member of any of these social networks? Why
do/don’t you use them?
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2. Read the article and answer the questions.

1. How many people
and companies use
LinkedIn?
2. How does LinkedIn
make it easier for …?
• People to find
jobs
• Employers to
find new staff
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2. Read the article and answer the questions.

1. How many people and companies use

LinkedIn?
More than 400 million
2. How does LinkedIn make it easier for
…?
• People to find jobs:
To find jobs, people can put their
profile on the website; look for
friends or ex-colleagues who can
maybe help them; answer job
advertisements from companies
looking for employees; get
information about other people
applying for the job
• Employers to find new staff:
For employers, it's a good way to
find employees because so many
people use it.
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3. Answer the questions with a partner.
1. Do you think sites like LinkedIn really make life easier for companies and people
looking for jobs?
2. Can you think of any disadvantages compared with traditional forms of recruitment?
4. Complete the stages of getting a job with the words in bold from the text in
2.
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3. Answer the questions with a partner.
Possible answers:
1 Yes - easier to find available jobs, and it's quicker and cheaper to apply online than to send by post
2 Probably more candidates, so more competition. Too much choice - you can spend a lot of time
4. researching
Completepossible jobs. of getting a job with the words in bold from the text in
the stages
2.

Answers:
1. recruit
2. advertise
3. apply for
4. qualifications
5. experience
6. skills
7. reference
8. candidates
9. shortlist
10. interview
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5. Discuss with a partner. Which parts of the recruitment process do
you find easier/ more difficult?

6. Listen to two people describing how they got their job. Take notes about how
each person was lucky.

Speaker 1

Speaker 2
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5. Discuss with a partner. Which parts of the recruitment process do
you find easier/ more difficult?

6. Listen to two people describing how they got their job. Take notes about how
each person was lucky.

Speaker 1 Only saw the advertisement at the last minute. Because she
was the last person to apply, she was the first candidate that
they looked at. After a bad interview in one company.

Speaker 2 After a bad interview in one company, Speaker 2 went for a

drink and met an ex-teacher who needed technicians for his
own company.
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7. Listen again and complete sentences 1-8.
1. I only saw the ________ for my job at the last minute.
2. I only had about four hours to prepare my ________.
3. I really wanted the job, but I wasn't really ________ for it.
4. So I didn't think I would be ________, but I was.
5. I could see that the person who ________ me didn't like me.
6. The company wanted a highly- ________ technician.
7. I had the qualifications, but I wasn't at all ________.
8. He was responsible for the ________ of service technicians.

8 Match each word in 7 with a different form of the same word from 4. Are the
words nouns, verbs or adjectives? Where is the main stress on each word?
Example: application (noun), apply (verb)

9. Work with a partner. Tell them about when you got your present job. Talk
about:
• How you heard about the job
• How you applied for it
• The interviews you had
• Why you accepted the job
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7. Listen again and complete sentences 1-8.

1. I only saw the advertisement for my job at the last minute.
2. I only had about four hours to prepare my application.
3. I really wanted the job, but I wasn't really qualified for it.
4. So I didn't think I would be shortlisted, but I was.
5. I could see that the person who interviewed me didn't like me.
6. The company wanted a highly- skilled technician.
7. I had the qualifications, but I wasn't at all experienced.
8. He was responsible for the recruitment of service technicians.

8 Match each word in 7 with a different form of the same word from 4. Are the
words nouns, verbs or adjectives? Where is the main stress on each word?
Example: application (noun), apply (verb)
Answers:
qualification (noun), qualified (adjective)
shortlist (noun), shortlisted (adjective)
interview (noun), interviewed (adjective)
skill (noun), skilled (adjective)
experience (noun), experienced (adjective)
recruitment (noun), recruit (verb)
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Present perfect (1)
1. What questions do interviewers often ask at job interviews? Which
questions are the most difficult to answer?

2. Naomi Hasselin has an interview for a job as a team leader with a large non-
profit organization. Listen to the extract. What experience does she have?

3. Listen again and underline the verb forms you hear.

1. When did you start / have you started working in this field?
2. I left / have left university in 2009.
3. Did you ever work / Have you ever worked for a big organization?
4. No, I didn't have / 've never had the chance.
5. Did you go / Have you been to Africa?
6. I spent / ‘ve spent some time in Tanzania.
7. Oh really? What did you do / have you done there?
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Present perfect (1)

2. Naomi Hasselin has an interview for a job as a team leader with a

large non-profit organization. Listen to the extract. What experience
does she have?

Possible answer: She has work experience with three small organizations
that have operations in Africa. She has worked in Tanzania on the
construction of a new school.

3. Listen again and underline the verb forms you hear.

1. When did you start / have you started working in this field?
2. I left / have left university in 2009.
3. Did you ever work / Have you ever worked for a big organization?
4. No, I didn't have / 've never had the chance.
5. Did you go / Have you been to Africa?
6. I spent / ‘ve spent some time in Tanzania.
7. Oh really? What did you do / have you done there?
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Present
4. Look at the sentences in 3.perfect
Decide if (1)
the verb forms are in the past
simple or present perfect. Then complete the explanations in the
Language point.

LANGUAGE POINT
1. We use the ____________ to ask/ talk about general experience in the past.
2. We use the ____________ to ask/ talk about actions at specific times in the past.
3. We form the present perfect with ____________/ has(n’t) + past participle.
4. We form questions in the present perfect with __________/ has + subject +
___________

5. The interviewer asks Naomi more questions. Complete questions 1-5 using
the prompts. Then listen and check your answers.
Example: When did you go to Tanzania?

1. When / go / Tanzania? _________________________________________

2. How long / stay there? _________________________________________
3. What other projects / work on? ___________________________________
4. Ever / manage a team? _________________________________________
5. Why / decide / work in this field? __________________________________
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Present perfect (1)
4. Look at the sentences in 3. Decide if the verb forms are in the past
simple or present perfect. Then complete the explanations in the
Language point.
Sentences 1, 2, 7 are in the past simple. Sentences 3, 4, 5, 6 are in the present
perfect.
LANGUAGE POINT
1. We use the present perfect to ask/ talk about general experience in the past.
2. We use the past simple to ask/ talk about actions at specific times in the past.
3. We form the present perfect with have(n't)/ has(n’t) + past participle.
4. We form questions in the present perfect with have/ has + subject + past
participle
5. The interviewer asks Naomi more questions. Complete questions 1-5 using
the prompts. Then listen and check your answers.
Example: When did you go to Tanzania?
1. When / go / Tanzania?
2. How long / stay there? How long did you stay there?
3. What other projects / work on? What other projects have you worked on?
4. Ever / manage a team? Have you ever managed a team?
5. Why / decide / work in this field? Why did you decide to work in this field?
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Present perfect (1)
6. Listen again and note Naomi's answers to the questions in 5. Then
work with a partner and take turns playing the role of the interviewer
and Naomi.

7. Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer questions about your
experiences, using the prompts.
Example:
A Have you ever interviewed someone for a job?
B Yes, I have.
A Who did you interview? What was the job? What did you ask?
1. Interview someone for a job
2. Refuse a job offer
3. Give someone a reference
4. Apply for a job online
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Present perfect (1)
6. Listen again and note Naomi's answers to the questions in 5. Then
work with a partner and take turns playing the role of the interviewer
and Naomi.

Possible answers:
1. last year in March
2. four months
3. construction projects, and organization of training programmes
4. not yet
5. My mother lived in Africa when she was a child.
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Present perfect (1)
8. You are interviewing candidates for a similar job to yours. First, think
of the skills and the experience that are necessary for your job. Then
make a list of questions to ask the candidates.

9. Work with a partner. Take turns to interview each other using your questions
in 8.
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