5 tips for making a job interview

First impression can be decisive to achieve a job, but to be afraid of it is not advisable. The most important is to show a positive attitude.

1- TO BE AHEAD OF QUESTIONS.

Having clear your answers, your anxiety will decrease and it will give you more confidence. Therefore,before the interview, think your possible answers about questions referred to hobbies, family, salary, shifts....

2- TOP TEN QUESTIONS.

Some information is always required to know the candidate. So, prepare it will help you very much. But if you consider some question is unsuitable, you'd rather not give many details.

* Tell me something about you.
* Why do you want to change your job?
* Why would you like to work with us?
* Have you recently been in another job selection process?
* Do you like working in groups?
* Have you been fired in some job?
* Tell me some trouble you had in other jobs.
* Which weaknesses and strengths do you think you have ?
* What salary do you expect ?

* Are you married ?/ Do you think about being pregnant?/ Are you thinking about pregnancy?  / Do you think to be pregnant in a coming future?

3- DON´T FOUL ONE´S OWN NEST.

Nobody offers you a job if he knows you aren´t qualified to do it.  So that, you must be honest in your curriculum vitae as you will probably have to demostrate your skills to the interviewer.  Remark your working abilities but be modest, you will work in group and  they don't like haughty people.

4- WHAT MAY I WEAR?

Generally, formal and discreet clothes are always a good election, but depend on the work you are going to do,  the company rules and so on. Choose comfortable casual clothes and be natural.

5- BEHAVIOUR

Show interest and motivation in the job and pay atention every moment. Try to participate as if you were in a conversation without interrupting.  Never speak about job or workmates you have had in a bad way.

ALL IN ALL  PREPARE YOUR INTERVIEW, ANTICIPATE YOUR ANSWERS AND OVERALL BE PUNCTUAL !!! 

By Rachel.

European CV

Have a look at a sample of an European Curriculum Vitae

OPEN HERE

And you can create yours in this site

OPEN IT 

And if you want more information 

CLICK HERE

USEFUL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

- Employer
- Employee
- Balance sheet
- Price list
- Chairman
- CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
- Head Office
- Staff
- Items
- Supplier
- Annual budget
- Catalogues
- Brochure
- Samples
- Order
- Delivery
- Delivery dates
- Inquiry =  información
- Quotation = presupuesto estimado
- Complain
- Attached document
- PDF file
- Form
- Proposal
- Salary
- Wage
- Quarter
- Semester
- Discount
- Duties / Tasks
- Website
- The labour force
- Taxes
- Fringe benefits = incentives
- Budget
- Fax
- File
- Filing cabinet
- Folder
- Phone message
- Applicant
- Agenda
- Diary
- Notice
- Personal note
- CV or Résumé
- Educational level
- The flight was delayed
- LTD.  Limited
- Corp.  Corporation
- CO. Company
- Inc.  Incorporated
- In charge of
- On behalf of =  in representation of, in the name of


FALSE FRIENDS OR FALSE COGNATES

- Figures
- Actually
- Apply
- Attend
- Realise
- Success
- Succeed
- Assist
- Economical
- Invest
- Exit
- Contest / Context
- Test / Text

USEFUL VERB EXPRESSIONS

- To sign the contract
- To pick up the documents
- To leave for London
- To postpone the meeting
- To cancel the meeting
- To accept your offer
- To arrange another appointment for next week
- To meet her at the bank at 9:00 a.m.
- To interview the applicant again next week
- To confirm the prices
- To pick him up
- To set a new date
- To pay the client
- To deliver the goods
- To attend a seminar
- To send sth by post / by fax
- To confirm
- To be responsible for
- To deal with
- To have direct contact with
- To earn
- To make money
- To afford
- To invest
- To purchase
- To pay
- To file
- To cash a cheque
- To apply for
- To quit
- To interview for a job
- To fire / dismiss
- To be fired / dismissed
- To contract / hire
- To be contracted / hired
- To be promoted
- To turn down an application
- To get promotion

AND HERE YOU WILL GET ANOTHER ONES.

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OPPORTUNITIES FURTHER THAN SPANISH CRISIS

Have a look at this Youtube video and if you want you can activate the English subtitles.

JOB INTERVIEW.- Possible questions

What's your name, please?

Where are you from?

Where do you live?

Which are your studies?

Why are you interested in this job?

What do you do now?

Do you have some previous experience in this kind of job?

Do you manage with accountancy/computers/the sales market/...?

Have you got driving licence?

Do you mind travelling in your job?

How would you describe yourself?

How many jobs have you got?

Are you married?

Any other comments or questions.

CELEBRITY GOSSIP

Open this link to find a nice listening about celebreties

and to practice your understanding.

OPEN HERE

Learn jobs & work vocabulary

HAVE A LOOK AT THIS WEBSITE

 

Open here

And now try to do this crossword.

JOBS, WORKS & OCCUPATIONS

Let's continue speaking about working life and jobs.

Prepare 5 of these questions and share them with the rest of the class.

• At what age would you like to retire?
  • What do you think you will do after you retire?
• Describe your current job, a typical day at your current job
• Describe some of the people that you work with
  
• Describe your first job.
• Do you have a part-time job? If so, what do you do?
• Do you have to do a lot of paperwork?
• Do you have to work overtime? If so, how often?
• Do you like your boss? Why or why not?
• Do you like your job? Why or why not?
• What three adjectives would describe yourself as a worker?
• What time do you get home from work?
  • Is it the same time every day?
• Do you think it is more important to make a lot of money or to enjoy your job?
• Name three occupations that you could do.
• Name three occupations that you could never do?
• What do you think is the best job or the most interesting job?
• What do you think is the worst or the most boring?
• Would you like to do the same job for the rest of your life?
• At what age would you like to retire?

• What do you think you will do after you retire?

• Would you like to work in an office? Why or why not?
• Would you rather be a doctor or a banker?
• Would you rather work inside or outside?
• Why did you choose your present employment?
• How much would you like to earn?

Source:  http://iteslj.org/questions/jobs.html

Silly job interview.- MONTY PHYTON

JOB QUIZ

Try this quiz about jobs and learn many vocabulary.

OPEN HERE

ABOUT JOBS

JOBS.- SPEAKING ACTIVITY

Let's talk a bit about your present jobs!

• What do you do?
• What position do you hold?
• Can you describe your job tasks?
• Are you happy in your job?
• How long have you been working at your present job?
• How is your boss?
• How are your colleagues?
• Would you like some job change?
• Which were your previous jobs?
• Have you ever needed English at work?
• Do you think English is important at any work?  In what way?
• Do you want to comment anything else?
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DEALING WITH JOBS

Try these interactive exercise to practise your vocabulary about jobs.

a4esl.org/q/h/fb-bd-occupations.html

www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-workplace.htm

Look for a job at this website in any part of Spain.  Look for your ideal job and share it with your partners at class.

www.infojobs.net/ofertas-trabajo/english

Listen this conversation about babysitting.

www.esl-lab.com/sitter/sitter.htm

And finally watch this youtube video

Listenings and readings: DESCRIBING JOBS

 Try with these listenings  and readings to practise a bit more about TASK 2:  Describing jobs.  I have taken them from our links and its searchers.

http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_job1.htm


 http://esl.about.com/library/reading/bl_read_jobad.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bl_beginner_read_secretary.htm

Try to do it, because as much as you practise listenings and readings, they will be easier.

GOOD LUCK!

TASK: DESCRIBING JOBS

Hi everyone!

    In this second task, we are going to speak about our labour experience, we are going to write a CV, to fill a job application form and many other things.

    Remember you must choose at least one of the proposed TASKS, so work on it, write it down and prepare a speech for the whole class.

Here are the different tasks:

1.-  In some paragraphs, try to describe your present job as well as your feelings while working on it.

2.-  Write your CV (Curriculum Vitae).  A curriculum structure could be like this: 

-Personal Details, -Education, -Experience, -Additional Information.

3.-  Build an application form and fill it with your personal and labour information in order to apply for a job which you are quite interested in.

4.-  In pairs, through questions and answers, build a dialogue asking for your jobs and giving as much information as possible about them.

5.-  You have just read an advert on the newspaper dealing with a job offer.  You have been on the dole for six months and you are really interested in getting a job immediately.  So, write an formal e-mail to the enterprise to offer yourself as the best person for the job as well as you try to get more details about the job asking for some additional information in a polite way.  The advertisement on the newspaper said like that:

"INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION is looking for personnel for its new branch in Spain.  If you are qualified as an accountant, a computer operator, a bilingual secretary or an engineer, we are interested in you.  Send your details and salary requirements to Richard Coll using our mail address:  clasedeingles@educaragon.org"

6.-  You have just met with a person who works in an outlet of your firm located in Madrid.  He/She is going to be your colleague since she/he works like you in a quite similar job and he/she is going to spent a week in your factory.  The purpose of the visit is to take profit from the ways of working in both factories.  So, through a dialogue you are going to interchange ideas, expectations and possible goals to improve the possibilities of your work and your firm.
After this week, your boss will ask you for a draft with all the conclusions and your interesting labour findings, so try to put your ideas as best as you can in a written draft exposing everything.

    

My personal advice is you try to do a different format that you did it in the previous task, I mean if you have already made a dialogue in TASK 1: Describing people, try with a composition, an application form, a CV or perhaps with an e-mail in this TASK 2: Describing jobs.

All the best,

Loli