unit two

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Read the advertisement opposite from the website of the American Company Cognex, and match the information below with the corresponding red boxes in the advertisement. 1 Cognex provides evening entertainment for its employees. 2 There is a place for employees to play and unwind. 3 Employees are given the opportunity to travel to foreign countries.

4 Cognex like to recognize and thank employees for their hard work.
Presidents Awards given yearly to top performers, with bonuses up to $10,000 Plane tickets to visit customers around the world

Tokens for pinball games in company game room

Movie tickets for monthly company movie nights

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Practice

This is part of a report that a personnel manager wrote after interviewing a candidate for the position of Director of Software Development. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or present continuous tense.

present simple
Subject + Verb 1 (s, es)

present continuous tense

Subject + is, am, are + Verb ing + ( Object )

Interview Assessment Articulate and well presented, Paul Sutherland is an excellent candidate for the post of Director of Software Development. He______________ (want) to leave wants his present employer, a small computer company, because he_________ (feel) feel that he _______________ (not use) his knowledge of software engineering to isnt using the full. He_____________ (look for) a more challenging position where his field is looking for of specialisation can be exploited in a more stimulating environment. He___________ (realise) that our company ________________ (grow) rapidly, grow realising and that he would be expected to contribute to that growth. He is familiar with our existing range of software and regularly ________________ (read) our read publications. Although at present he ____________ (live) in the south, he __________ (say) live say that he is willing to go wherever we _________________ (decide) to send him. decide He occasionally _________________ (travel) to various European countries for is travelling trade fairs and exhibitions and _________________ (enjoy) meeting people of enjoy different nationalities. At the moment he _____________ (attend) a training attend course at the Goethe Institute in order to perfect his German.

J Hargreaves
Personnel Manager 27th January 2000

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Personal detail 1. ______________ Fiona Scott 52 Hanover Street Edinburgh EH2 5LM Scotland Phone: 0131 449 0237 E-mail: fiona.scott@caledonia.net Education 2. ______________ 1991-1992 1988-1991 1981-1988 London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Diploma in public Relations University of London BA (Honours) in Journalism and media Studies (Class II) Bradfield School, Brighton A levels in German (A) English (B), History (B) and Geography (C)

Professional Experience 3. _______________________

1995-present Public Relations Officer, Scottish Nature Trust Responsible for researching and writing articles on all aspects of the Trusts activities and ensuring their distribution to the press Editor of the Trusts monthly journal In charge of relations with European environmental agencies. Press Officers, Highlands Tourist Board . Preparation of promotional materials and brochures Co-ordination of media coverage.

1992-1995

Summers of The Glasgow Tribune newspaper 1990 and 1991 Two three-month training periods as assistant to the Sports Editor Arranging and conducting interviews Preparation of articles covering local community sports events

Skills 4. _________

IT Languages Additional
Activities 5. _________

Office 2000 and Windows NT, Excel, Internet, PowerPoint Fluent German and proficient in French Driving licence (car and motorcycle)

Cross-country skilling, rock climbing and swimming Ski Instructor (grade II) Secretary of the local branch of Action, an association organizing sports activities for disabled children
References 6. _________

Geoffrey Williams Professor of Journalism University of London

Brenda Denholm Sports Editor The Glasgow Tribune

VOCABULARY

Recruitment (n.) when you recruit people graduate recruitment.

Curriculum vitae (n.) all the subject taught in a school, college, etc.

Candidates (n.) one of the people talking part in an elitism or trying to get a job a presidential candidate.

Applicants (n.) someone who asks for something officially.

Managerial (adj.) relating to a manager or management managerial skills.

Cunning (adj.) clever at getting what you want.

Accomplishment (n.) when you succeed in doing something good finishing the course gave me a great sense of accomplishment.

Intangible (adj.) An in tangible feeling or quality exists but you cannot describe or prove it.

Interrogation (n.) a word or sentence used when asking a question.

Articulate (adj.) able to express ideas and feeling clearly in words sheds an intelligent and highly articulate young woman.

Question

1.How many President's Awards given the bonuses for the job employees of year?

- $10,000
2.What is the Cognexs entertainment for the employees?

- Movie tickets for monthly.

3.What position Mr. Paul Sutherland apply?

- Director of Software Development.

4.Why he want to leave his present company?

- Because he want to use his knowledge of software engineering to the full.

5.Where are Fiona Scott come from?

- Scotland.