1. Assignment:
This job ad was placed online by a recruitment agency. Anna-Maria lives in Germany and works in a similar position for a bank in Frankfurt. She wants to apply for the job. Write a CV for her.
These are her basic details: She was born in Germany, is 35 years old and in her third job. She speaks several European languages and started her career as a trainee with a regional bank. You may invent any other information about her that you need for the CV.
2. Assignment:
Karin Fischer wants to apply for an advertised position. She has drafted the letter but the paragraphs have got mixed up. Put them into the best order.
1) My greatest achievements to date include implementing the 360-degree appraisal system at Bauer Inc. and the introduction of a standard recruitment process, which reduced application turnaround by 25 per cent.
2) Dear Mrs Hughes
3) I would welcome the opportunity to discuss my application with you in more detail and hope to hear from you in the near future.
4) Ref. 23/H/PS4, Senior Secretary
5) I very much look forward to taking these skills into the workplace in a professional capacity.
6) I am writing with reference to your advertisement in today’s Cardiff Advertiser requesting applications for the position of Senior Secretary to the Personnel Department.
7) As you will see from my CV, I have numerous years of experience in this type of work. I am outgoing and open-minded and believe that I have the skills and qualities that you are looking for.
8) Yours sincerely
Karin Fischer
9) I am about to complete a one-year counselling course and am especially interested in the opportunity this vacancy offers to put the theory learned into practice. I greatly enjoyed the distance-learning course, which I feel has given me the chance to expand my interpersonal skills. It has provided me with insight into the way that disadvantaged people can grow and develop with the right support.
3. Assignment:
Below you can read some guidelines about behaviour in crowded lifts that a company published in their internal newsletter. How much of this advice do you agree with, if at all? What behaviour would you personally recommend? Write between 80 and 120 words in complete sentences (not bullet points). You can base your text on the statements below but don’t repeat these words.
• Avoid eye contact with others at all times.
• Don’t talk to anybody, even anyone you know.
• Stand in the same spot and don’t leave it until you step out.
• If you have a newspaper with you, open it and hide your face behind it.
• Watch the floor numbers on the display until you reach your destination.
4. Assignment:
In an assessment centre you are asked to write an answer to the following question. If you were starting your career all over again, what would you do differently?
Write between 80 and 120 words.
5. Assignment:
Complete the sentence with a meaningful, work-related ending.
1) If I had accepted the job offer, I…
2) We would have won the contract if we …
3) My boss would have been angry if I …
4) If you hadn’t been so careless, you …
Complete the following sentences by putting the given verbs in the correct tenses:
1) As soon as he .... (to read) the personnel manager’s name, he knew that they ... (to meet) before.
2) Diana ... (to be) excited when she received the interview invitation. She .... (not to expect) it.
3) You’re almost finished with the course. Your language skills.... (to improve) if you... (to continue) to practise regularly.
4) Yesterday I found the perfect job advertisement. I ....(look) for months!
5) If you ..... (to find) to have lied on your CV, you .... (to be) dismissed.
6) Would you work night shifts if you .... (to be promoted) to a management position?
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