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Writing a CV and finding a job

Unit 1: Writing a CV and finding a job

Clok

After completing this unit, you will be familiar with

the most important aspects of CV and cover letter writing

Websites where you may find additional help in preparing to find a job in English
how to use English in finding a job
special language used in the course of job searches
when and how to use the present perfect and simple past in your sentences

Reflexi

Your professional
brand

Look at the image in the reflection section above and discuss with your classmates the importance of
social media in finding a job.
Is it important or not?

Reading Task 1: LinkedIn text, including a writing exercise

LinkedIn Makes It Easier to Find a Job

As you likely know, LinkedIn is the largest professional networking site. I'm a longtime fan, so I was eager to see
whether its enhancements for job seekers were merely hype or truly helpful.
The New Job-Hunting Features Are Free
In case you're thinking, "What's this going to cost me?" I'm happy to say, not a dime.
While LinkedIn does offer its paying Premium members a suite of extras, you can have a free account with access to
the new LinkedIn Jobs page enhancements. You won't be able to filter searches by salary, though; that's reserved for
Premium members. But you will be able to search by ZIP code, industry, job functions and experience.
Whether you're actively engaged in a job search or happily employed but open to new opportunities, I think you
owe it to yourself to check out LinkedIn Jobs. You get to it on LinkedIn.com by clicking on the Find Jobs button
underneath the blue Jobs tab.
LinkedIn Profile Tips for Job Searchers
Add details about your work experiences. The more descriptive you are about your accomplishments,
responsibilities and skills, the more relevant the "suggested" jobs will be and the higher the odds that recruiters will
find you.
Include relevant volunteer experiences on your profile. Did you raise money for your children's school? Help
organize a ball for a charity? You might think these efforts don't belong in your LinkedIn resume, but that may not
be true.
The more job-related skills you include on your profile, the greater the likelihood that the "suggested jobs" feature
will return interesting options to consider. Don't list every little volunteer job you've held, but do include ones that
could matter. Work is work, regardless of whether you got paid for it. Over 70 percent of hiring managers surveyed

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by LinkedIn said they considered volunteer work as legitimate work experience.

Beef up your LinkedIn network. You need at least 50 connections for LinkedIn to be truly effective. Take
advantage of the site's search capabilities to locate people in your college alumni network as well as former coworkers, colleagues and friends. "Start with your low-hanging fruit and build out from there," Williams says. Don't
forget to share frequently by posting helpful articles, links and updates on LinkedIn. Your connections will
appreciate it - and they'll be more likely to refer you if they hear of a job opening at work.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2013/03/11/3-ways-linkedin-just-made-it-easier-to-find-a-job/

Exercise:
Visit LinkedIn.com as a guest and examine the opportunities it could offer you. Write an email to a friend who has
already been working for several years, mentioning LinkedIn and asking him/her what recommendations he/she
could make about how to create your LinkedIn profile. List your abilities and competencies, taken from the CV you
created in an earlier assignment.

Reading Task 2: Writing a CV and finding a job

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Finding a Job Abroad

I want to work abroad. What is the first step I should take?

Before you start searching for a new job abroad, consider an international assignment with the company you work
for now if that is possible. If there are no opportunities within your company, your first step might be to find a new
job with an international firm in your home country. Signal that you are interested in a posting abroad. However,
you should stay within your own field of work. Do what you know!
How can I find out about international jobs in my field?
One way is to use a career search engine on the Internet. You can also view the jobs that are listed online by national
employment offices or with the electronic versions of local newspapers. Usually, jobs are listed in the classifieds
section. Or, you might want to look at a particular companys Internet site for openings. To make the search for
information easier, choose a target country, region or city. Use an international job-search site.
www.monster.com
www.careerbuilder.com
Or one from your target country:
www.timesonline.co.uk (UK)
www.employmentservice.gov.uk (UK)
jobs.guardian.co.uk (UK)
www.washingtonpost.com (US)
jobmarket.nytimes.com/(US)
www.canadajobsearch.com (Canada)
Another possibility is to post your rsum on a job site. If you have the qualifications an employer or recruiter is
looking for, they will probably contact you.
Where else can I look?
Go to the international newsstand at any major airport or train station for newspapers and magazines published in
other countries. The help-wanted sections of quality newspapers sometimes include advertisements for postings
abroad, as do some magazines. There are also many good books and brochures on finding work abroad. Some
organizations publish useful books, with lists of contact addresses for going abroad, whether for an internship, an
intercultural program, or for temporary or full-time positions.
Source: www.financialtimes.co.uk

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After reading the text above, answer the following questions:

1. How is the word 'signal' used in the text and what other uses does it have in English?
2. Explain the use of 'assignment' in the expression 'international assignment'. How else is the term
assignment understood in English?
3. What is meant by the term 'posting' in the text? What other meanings do the words post/posting
have in English?
4. What other English words can one use for the term 'search engine'?
5. What is an employment office? What happens in such an office?
6. List as many meanings for the terms 'classified / classifieds' as possible.
7. State the contexts in which the term 'target' may be used, demonstrating its various meanings in
English.
8. What is another word in English for resume?
9. What is the difference meant in the text between the terms 'employer' and recruiter'?
10. What are some English synonyms for the term 'help-wanted section'?
11. Besides 'brochures', what other English words are there for paper-type forms of advertisement?
12. Give synonyms for 'publish'.
13. What is the opposite of the word 'temporary'?

CV examples
Careers & Employability
Home
Employability
Employability Skills
Work Experience
Site Map

Choosing a Career
I want to work in ...
What can I do with my
degree?
Postgraduate Study
Vacancies

Applications and
Interviews
Example CVs
Practice Aptitude Tests
Working in Kent
Careers Events on Campus

Improve your job prospects with the Careers Employability Award

Examples of Good and Bad CVs

CVs

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Nyissa meg az eurpai tanuls s munkavllals kapuit!

Gyakran ismtelt krdsek Szszedet Link ajnlsa

Az Europassrl
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Az Europass dokumentumok

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Tanuls s munkavllals Eurpban

Forrsok

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Letltsek

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etina (cs) 1

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dansk (da) 1

dansk (da) 2

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Deutsch (de) 1

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Writing Task: CV writing

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Use the form below as a guide to creating a first CV:

Fill in the Blank Resume Form
Your name, capitalized, boldfaced and 16 pt. font
_______________________
street address
_______________________
town, ME zip code
_______________________
home phone number
_______________________
email address
EDUCATION (each heading should be in capital letters and boldfaced)
University name, degree sought, dates studied
High School, _________________________, dates studied
Major area of study (or coursework): _______________________________
WORK EXPERIENCE (list any jobs you have held - start with the most recent!)
__________________ - __________________________________________
job title business name, location, dates
______________________________________________________________
describe your position duties and skills learned using key verbs
__________________ - ___________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES (list all sports, clubs, etc. you have been involved with)
____________________________________________ (_________)
activity number of years
____________________________________________ (_________)
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES (volunteer work, etc.)
____________________________________________ (_________)
activity number of years
____________________________________________ (_________)
AWARDS (list any awards or special recognition you have received)
__________________________________ - ___________________
title of award month, year
__________________________________ - ___________________
INTERESTS (list a few of your hobbies if pertinent)
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

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Writing: Cover Letters

PREPARATORY HOMEWORK

Use the table of action verbs below to create nouns.

How many nouns can you make from the verbs on the list?
Using a dictionary, look up which verbs may be used with the nouns you know / formed

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from the verbs in the list.

Cover Letter Writing

The cover letter should always be included when sending your resume or CV for a possible job interview. This letter of
application serves the purpose or introducing you and asking for an interview. The most important aspect of a
successful cover letter is to introduce yourself as an ideal candidate for the job. To do this, your cover letter should
include point out the following.

How you found the job advertisement

One or two specific examples of your job experience that matches the job advertisement exactly
A call for specific action on the part of the employer
A reference to your resume

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Here is an outline to writing a successful cover letter. To the right of the letter, look for important notes concerning the
layout of the letter signaled by a number.
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Cover Letter Outline

6270 North Court Road
New Caney, Texas 77348
Mr. William Nichols, Personnel Manager
HWM Corporation
587 White Hart Lane
15 October 2013
Dear Mr. Nichols,
Opening paragraph - Use one of the following to bring yourself to the attention of the reader and make clear what job
you are applying for:
1. Summarize the opening
2. Name the opening
3. Request an opening
4. Question the availability of an opening
Middle paragraph(s)- Use one of the following in each of your middle paragraphs to provide the reader with plenty of
reasons to invite you to an interview:
1. Education
2. Work experience
3. Ability to work with others and/or alone
4. Interest in your field
5. Interest in the company
6. Responsibilities in previous positions
Closing paragraph - Use the closing paragraph to ensure action on the part of the reader
The last paragraph needs to help ensure that action is taken. You can ask for an interview appointment time, stating
that you will be happy to come to the employer's office when convenient. Make it easy for the reader to follow-up by
providing your telephone number and email address.
Sincerely,
Your Full Name

Before Writing the Cover Letter

After you've gotten an employer's attention, the content of your cover letter must convince an employer to interview
you.
I always think of cover letters being much like the opening and closing statements that attorneys give when
representing a client in court. Before making such statements attorneys carefully analyze facts that prove why their
clients should win - just as your cover letter should do.
They structure and prioritize their arguments for maximum impact and you want to do the same thing with your cover
letters. To build a convincing case of your qualifications it's important that you analyze and address each employer's
needs in your cover letters.

Most job seekers write very weak cover letters that don't build a convincing case for their qualifications. By following
the strategies you're about to learn you'll create powerful cover letters that put you way ahead of your competition.

1. Pretend that you want to apply for the position shown below and need to write a cover letter.

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2. On a scrap piece of paper, make a list of the personal traits, characteristics and abilities you think would be
important to put in your cover letter in response to this ad.

The Job Ad:

DRIVER / DELIVERY PERSON 2+ years experience driving and delivering high value products in the London
Metropolitan area. Customer Service experience dealing with corporate accounts required. Salary 15,000 Pounds.
Resume to: Mr. Jefferson Perry, Personnel, WeDeliver Co., 68547 Queens Road, Harwick, XE Q98212
How many personal traits and skills did you list?
Many job seekers often come up with a list like the one below:

1. Makes friends easily

2. Dependable
3. Trustworthy
4. Likes to deal with customers
5. Accounting skills

Which of the lists below do you think will be more likely to grab an employer's attention in a cover letter for this ad?

This cover letter exercise illustrates why most people write such weak cover letters.

Job seekers often seem to relate to what the employer wants to hear, like those in the left column, but such cover letters
fall short because they don't address the specific skills employers are requesting.
The 5 skills in this very small job ad are an excellent example of why analyzing job ads to write powerful cover letters is
so important.

You should focus on any job ad you read. The 5 skills required to get this job and which therefore MUST BE INCLUDED
IN YOUR COVER LETTER!!! are those in the column below.

However, the ad asks for 5 specific skills and areas of knowledge which are listed here:

1) 2 + Years Driving Experience

2) Delivering high value products
3) in the London Metropolitan Area
4) Customer Service experience
5) with Corporate Accounts

Write your own cover letter

On the basis of the job ad below, use what you learned in the previous sections to write your own cover
letter:

The Job Ad:

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HOTEL RECEPTIONIST 1 semester or 1 summer practical training experience as a receptionist in a 3* hotel or

better, must speak fluent English and at least one additional language, besides your native language. Perfect
manners in dealing with problem customers demanded. High competency level in creating Excel charts is required.
Salary to be negotiated. Resume to: Marriott International, Ms. H. Jacobson, HR Personnel Office, 324 Liberty
Avenue, New York, NY 55555

Reading Task 3: Finding a Job

Finding a Job
Introductory discussion questions:
1. Have you ever sought employment? What kind of job were you looking for? How did you go about your
search?
2. Do you have a CV? How did you learn to write one?
3. What careers interest you for your own future? Why?
Read the text below about finding a job:
Need to find a job? Here's how to find a job fast.
There are several steps you can take to find a new job, including where to look for jobs, the top job sites, how to use
your connections to get a job.
Focus Your Job Search
Use the job search engines to find jobs by using keywords that match your interests and the location where you
want to work. Narrowing your search criteria will help you focus your job search and will give you more relevant job
listings to review and less non-relevant job listings to weed through.
Build your brand
Create profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, and VisualCV. A strong personal brand that portrays you in a professional
light will provide recruiters, employers, and contacts with a strong positive impression of you as a candidate they
should be interested in.
Connect With Your Contacts
Now that you've created profiles on networking sites, use them. Connect with everyone you know, because you
never know which contact may be able to help you with your job search or put you in touch with someone who can.
Use Job Search Tools
There are a variety of online tools that will help expedite your job search and manage your career. Use them to
organize your job search and save valuable job searching time.
Create a List of Companies
Do you have a list of companies you would like to work for? It's a good idea to research company information and
create a list of companies to target in your job search. All the information you need is available on the web, and it's
easy to find detailed information about potential employers online.
Target Your Resume and Cover Letter
It's important to take the time to write targeted resumes and cover letters that specifically link your qualifications to
the hiring criteria for the jobs you are applying for. The hiring manager will be able to see, at a glance, why, and how,
you are qualified for the job. You'll have a much better chance of getting an interview than if you send a generic
letter and resume.
Source: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/jobsearchhelp/a/findajob.htm
Match the verbs on the left (1-10) with the verbs on the right (a-j) below, to learn the meanings of new
verbs:
1. to look for a. to manage
2. to communicate with many others b. to narrow

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3. to put together c. to pinpoint

4. to recruit d. to search
5. to reduce e. to hire
6. to describe f. to network
7. to accelerate g. to create
8. to target h. to expedite
9. to give someone a job i. to portray
10. to monitor j. to find someone particular

Reading Task 3: Job Hunting

Reading Activity - Job Hunting

An employee's guide to job hunting

JOB SEARCH: If youre tired of your current job or feel it is not fulfilling, perhaps its time to look for another one.
And heres the good news: already having a job makes the search for a new one considerably less stressful.
Thanks to the internet and flexible working models, looking for a job while you are employed is easier than it used
to be. You can do everything electronically and people are far more flexible, says Clive Davis, a director at the
international recruitment firm Robert Half. [Recruiters] will also often see you outside of normal working hours,
Davis told the Financial Times.
Corinne Mills, managing director of Personal Career Management, adds, Its always easier to look for a job while
youre employed there are so many networking opportunities with suppliers, customers, conference and so on.
You also have more confidenceIt's always easier to look for a job while you're employed."
If you need to meet a potential employer during your regular working hours, dont lie and say you have a doctors
appointment, Mills advises. You can get caught out and that can lead to disciplinary measures. Its better just to say,
I have a personal matter to deal with. Or dont say anything. Just explain that you need to come in late.
It may not be a good idea to tell your current employer that you are looking for another job, says Justin Spray of
Mendas, a business psychology firm. Some will immediately limit your opportunities or react very emotionally. But
if you feel your employer will not overreact, then be open, Spray advises. Having candid conversations with your
employer about your career aims should be part of your relationship with your manager, he says. A good way of
starting might be to tell your boss that youve been approached by a headhunter.
When talking to a potential employer, be careful how much information you reveal about your current workplace. Some companies
simply talk to the staff of the competition without intending to actually hire them.
Source: www.financialtimes.co.uk

Answer the following questions:

1. What elements would you require to make a job fulfilling for you?
2. What elements would make your job stressful?
3. In English, for what kinds of organizations can the word recruitment be used? Why?
4. Provide synonyms for the term managing director.
5. Explain the phrase to get caught out. Provide synonyms.
6. Look up the term business psychology on the Internet. What does it mean and how is it practiced?
7. Explain the term candid conversation. Is it positive or negative?
8. What are your career aims in the next 5 years? In ten years?
9. In which contexts can one use the term competition?
10. How can a good manager build emplyee confidence?

Reading Task 4 + Vocabulary Practice homework task

Szkitlts teszt

Read the paragraph below and fill in the missing words from the words provided below the text.

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Dumb and dumber?

QUALIFICATIONS: Claiming to be better
or more experienced than you are is known as padding your
CV. Career experts
clients not to do this. Pretending to be
educated or experienced, on the other
, is called dumbing down your CV. And that may be OK, at least in a
, when jobs are hard to
find.
You see it in tighter economies, when there isnt the same
CareerJoy in Toronto. A lot of times, I see it when people are
theyre staying in the
, Kearns told CBC News.
I think there is some good
'dumbing down', its actually

of opportunity, says career coach Alan Kearns of

sectors or they need cash flow. But at least

in dumbing down rsums when looking for work, Kearns adds. When you say
the story thats relevant to the opportunity.

Employers may be
to hire people they feel are overqualified,
that these employees will
quickly become bored and leave. Kearns warns: The
line with the whole job search is that you dont get
into a situation where your employer is going to be disappointed with you.
"Don't get yourself into a situation where you

your employer," warns Alan Kearns.

Jean Zacher, owner of JobCanada.org, has mixed

about dumbing down CVs. I dont see anything wrong
with leaving
information, she says. If youre applying for a job that youre
for, you still
should put down what youve done. You dont necessarily put down the whole
. You need to explain why do
you want this job, this specific job.
Still, Zacher says there is no need to
all of your expectations permanently on hold. I understand we need dollars,
and many of us have had to do
we dont want to do, but maybe you should be looking at the employment
agencies and taking
placements until you can find what you really want.
Alan Kearns says dumbing down a CV is quite different from
it. Padding a rsum means employers are
bringing you in and expecting you to have a certain
set. Dumbing down is just positioning yourself at a layer
below your potential. The employer is actually going to get more value.
Source: www.nytimes.com

Word Bank
out / level / bottom / story / yourself / skill / telling / educated / put / game / temporary / feelings / fearing /
padding / value / advise / changing / disappoint/ less / things / hand / hesitant / overqualified
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Reading Task 5: Building your professional brand

Building your professional brand

Introductory discussion questions:
1. Have you ever created a professional profile for yourself?
2. What kinds of social media do you use?
3. What advantages do you think can the Internet give you in building a career?
2. What is your opinion of using pictures for CVs?
3. Do you think the use of social media for career reasons is too intrusive on your privacy? Why? Why not?
Read the text below about building yourself a brand:
Building a professional brand is necessary in this competitive job market. Job seekers need to have a professional
online presence that can easily be found by hiring managers, recruiters, and career contacts. Here are some tips
on how to notch up your online presence.
Use the Same Photo
Use the same photo on all the networking sites, web sites, and blogs that you use. For example, if you're using
LinkedIn and Facebook, and/or have a blog or a personal web site, upload the same photo to each site. That
visual effect will help build your brand and will help increase your recognition by prospective employers and career
contacts.

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Here are examples:

*
*
*
*

Alison Doyle's Facebook Profile

Alison Doyle's LinkedIn Profile
Twitter - Alison Doyle
Alison Doyle's Blog

Use Your Name

One goal of personal branding is to increase your presence in the search engines. So, when you (or prospective
employers) search Google, Yahoo or the other search engines, your results rank high. Using your name as your
URL whenever possible will help you bolster your rankings.
Get Mileage Out of Your LinkedIn Profile
The links section of your profile is a good way to provide even more information to potential employers and to
your contacts. I have links to my company web site, my blog, and my About.com site. Linking to those sites from
your profile will also help with search engine placement.
Building Your Professional Brand
More advice on how to create a professional brand, along with an online presence to help with your job searching
and career building.
Source: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/professionalbranding/qt/brandbuilding.htm

I. Written homework:
1. Use some of the following elements from each list to try to create complete English sentences You will have to
conjugate verbs and add any missing grammatical elements, such as the or a. There may be more than one
possible correct way to write each sentence! :
1. modern, professional, to have, online, up to date, presence, to be, successful, career
2. traditional, CVs, to be, enough, today, everyone, to have to, to notch up, profile, online
3. often, to take time, a lot of, to upload, files, and, images
4. employees, to be careful, what, they, to blog
5. social media, can, to help, to increase, one's, presence, and, to build, recognition
6. websites, to assist, you, to get mileage out of, old cv
7. always, to remember, to provide, correct, information, about, yourself

II. Homework for discussion in the next class:

1. Visit all 4 links for Alison Boyle, found in the text above.
2. Write down what you liked about Ms. Doyle's pages.
3. Describe in the next class how you would do the following on your own professional page:
a) How would you have your picture made? (for example: hairstyle, jewelry, make-up, style of clothes, colors of
clothes, smile)
b) What colors would you use on your page for background and or text?
c) What background photo or image would you use? How would this image help strengthen your new professional
brand?
4. If you already have a Facebook or iwiw page, what would you change on it, to create a professional brand out
of a typical, university student social networking profile?

Reading Task 6: Saying No to a Job + Vocabulary Practice exercise

Szkitlts teszt
Read the paragraph below and fill in the missing words FROM THE LIST BELOW THE TEXT.

When to say no
Not sure about that job

? Maybe you should just say no.

JOB SEARCH: Youre looking for a new

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. Youve even received a job offer. But youre not sure

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you. Perhaps you should just say no.

Career experts say that there are some
harmful to your long-term career

when you should turn down a job. Taking a job that is not
for you can be
, says consultant Barbara Limmer of Career Navigation LLC in Phoenix, Arizona. The key is to

your needs and find a job that satisfies them, Limmer told The Arizona Republic newspaper.
If you dont need money immediately and can afford to keep
for a job, turn down the offer youre uncertain about, Limmer
advises. She points out that long
hours or retraining for the job may make it difficult for you to later find work that is
suited to your talents.
Think about how
youre willing to compromise, says Sharon Green, who owns Ace Resume, a professional rsum-writing service.
Do you want a flexible
and a short
to work? If the company is willing to be flexible about your
hours but is not close to your home, you need to decide how important a short commute is to your job satisfaction. Say no to
the offer if you feel you dont want to spend a lot of
getting to and from the office.
Be conscious of your career goals, but dont turn down a job because it does not fit your expectations
. The job could be a
stone to the job you want, Limmer says. However, all bets are off if there is no chance of advancement or possibility of
growth in the new position. Limmer suggests asking questions like: What is the companys philosophy on
Ideally, you should ask this during your job interview.
Finally, if you dont like the job or the
primary needs, it will most likely not be a positive
soon.

from within?

, decline the offer. If, ultimately, a person

a job that doesnt fill their
, says Green. My bet is that they will be looking for a job again very

Source: www.nytimes.com
right experience time working (2) job better stepping exactly commute
offer accepts whether looking much identify employer schedule cases

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Grammar Focus and exercises

PRESENT PERFECT VS SIMPLE PAST

Bizonyos esetekben a Present perfect szerkezetet nem lehet felcserlni a Simple Past szerkezettel.
Vegyk figyelembe a kvetkezket:
a. Amikor a cselekvs vagy trtns idpontjra krdeznk r, Simple Past szerkezetet hasznlunk:
When did he apply for the job?
Amikor a vlaszban kzljk az idpontot, szintn a Simple Past szerkezetet hasznljuk:
He applied for the job last May.
b. Marad a Simple Past hasznlata, ha idhatroz helyett idhatrozi mellkmondatot alkalmazunk a mondatban:
He applied for the job,after he had lost his previous job.
c.Amikor egy esemny, trtns rszleteit taglaljuk, t kell trnnk a Present Perfectrl a Simple Pastra:
A:Peters applied for a job?
B: How did he applied for it?
A: He sent his CV and cover letter through e-mail to the company.
d. Amikor az a fontos, hogy egy esemny milyen hatssal van a jelenre s nem az, hogy az esemny mikor trtnt,
akkor a Present Perfectet kell hasznlnunk.
He has found a new job.He is employed now.
Exercises:
1. Three weeks ago Jack (go) to Madrid.

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2. She (wash) her bike. Look, now it is really clean und looks like new!

3. Mr Clinton (work) for the company since 1997.

4. I (get) my bike in November. So I (have) it for five months.
5. Jenny (go) to India last summer. you ever (be) to India? No, I havent.
6. she ever (be) to Dallas? She (go) there in 2001 and 2003.
7. I (learn) English for six years.
8. Yesterday our cat (have) a fight with the neighbours dog.
9. Where he (go) in 2006? He (visit) his uncle in Canada.
10. My mum (buy) a video game last Saturday.
11. The dog (just, eat) the dog food. Its bowl is empty.
12. Patrick (have) his snowboard since Christmas.
13. They (be) married since 2003.
14. Last summer we (visit) our friends in Chile.
15. Sally and Mary (ride) their bikes for 3 hours. They are really tired now.
16. It (rain) since 5 oclock. The streets are still wet.
17. you ever (see) the Empire State Building?
18. He (clean) the shoes. They look like new now.
19. Last night I (not find) the keys. I (cannot open) the door to our house.
20. She (write) five books this year.
21. Last spring we (travel) to Italy. We (like) it there, because the weather (be) nice and the people (be) very
friendly.
22. George (be) here for three days . Hes going to stay another five days.
23. Mike (be) collecting stamps since 1999. Hes got really nice stamps. Would you like to see his collection?
24. Some weeks ago my brother (read) Twilight. Really?
25. My family (have) a dog when I was a baby.
26. you already (do) your homework?

Additional exercises:

Present Perfect or Past Simple exercises

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present perfect or Past simple tense.
1. This is my dog. How long you (have) it?
2. We (work) in Budapest for five years and then (move) to Sopron.
3. You (get) your tattoo when you were in high school? Yes, my mother (hate) it.
4. But when I (graduate) from high school, I (wear) long sleeves to cover it up and (wear) them ever since.
5. John (read) a lot of books last summer.
6. I (drive) to Szeged last week. You (see) how high the Tisza was?
7. I (not see) her for several weeks. I wonder where she is.
8. My boss (not smoke) for 4 days. She is trying to quit.
9. Lenke (lock) the gate before she left home?
10. You cant go to your friends until you (finish) your homework.
11. I (see) plays at the Comedy Theater. I (enjoy) them very much.

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12. I never (try) smoking.

13. He just (drive) away. He (not leave) an hour ago.
14. It (is) very wet this spring. When will summer finally arrive?
15. He (write) 10 pages of his thesis so far. He has another 60 pages to write.

WORDBANK

Finding a job - Vocabulary list

experience - tapasztalat
commuter - ingz
job offer - llsajanlat
employer - munkaad
employee - alkalmazott
schedule - idrendi beoszts
level - szint
bottom line - vgeredmny
skill - kszsg
temporary - tmeneti
part-time - rsz munkaid
full-time - teljes munkaid
value - rtk
changing - vltoz
disappointing - csalodst okoz
hesitant - ttovz
underqualified - alulkpzett
overqualified - tlkpzett
conscious - tudatos
position - pozici
placement - elhelyezs
career - karrier
compromise - kompromisszum
consultant - tancsad
advancement - halads
relevant - fontos, lnyeges
confidence - magabiztossg
headhunter - fejvadsz
unemployment - munkanlklisg
postings - llshirdetsek
classifieds - hirdetsek
particular - bizonyos
fringe benefit - kedvezmnyek, juttatsok

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current - jelenlegi

help-wanted section - llshirdetsi rovat

brochure - brossra
candidate - jellt
candid - szinte
to advise - tancsol
to turn down - elutast
to accept - elfogad
to publish - kiad, megjelentett
to decline - elutast
to fulfill - teljest
to limit - korltoz
to suggest - javasol
to overreact - tlreagl
to apply for - megplyz valamit
to draft - felvzol
to proofread - lektorl

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