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1. 19-8-2016 Job Demand in
Costa Rica
Manuel Campos
TOSHIBA

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1. Occupation:_____________________
2. resume :_____________________
3. income :_____________________
4. terms :_____________________
5. Trainee:_____________________
6. Opportunity:_____________________
7. insurance :_____________________
8. interview:_____________________
9. incentive:_____________________
10. Salary:_____________________
11. Meeting:_____________________
12. Memo:_____________________
13. Manager:_____________________
14. Business:_____________________
15. Boss:_____________________
16. policy :_____________________
17. Leave:_____________________
18. Employee:_____________________
19. Enterpreneur:_____________________
20. training :_____________________
21. human resources :___________________
22. Appointment:_____________________
23. sucess :_____________________
24. field :_____________________
25. to apply :_____________________
26. Strenghts:_____________________
27. Weaknesses:_____________________
28. experience :_____________________
29. qualification. :_____________________
30. skills:_____________________
Read the following information and write the words that corresponds to each definition
 Salary
 Weakness
 Employment
 Coworker
 Application
 To apply
 To be employed
 Experience
 Resume
 Goals
1. a request for employment or admission to a school:___________________________
2. to submit an application for a job:_____________________________
3. a fellow worker:_____________________________
4. having a job:_______________________________
5. The occupation you have:_____________________________
6. My weak points:_________________________
7. The accumulation of knowledge and skills:_________________________
8. Things that I want to accomplish:_______________________________
9. A summary of my academic and work history:___________________________
10. The money I get paid for my services:______________________________

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Parts of a Resume
1. The part Elena Villalta: Valle del sol , Santa Ana , Costa Rica belongs to the following section of the resume
a) Skill
b) summary
c) Experience
d) Contact Information
2. The part English , Spanish and French belongs to the following section of the resume
a) Experience
b) summary
c) Languages
d) Contact Information
3. The part Email: ElenaVillalta@outlook.com belongs to the following section of the resume
a) Skills
b) summary
c) Languages
d) Contact Information
4. The part Bookkeeping and mail delivery belongs to the following section of the resume
a) Skills
b) summary
c) Languages
d) Contact Information
5. The part additional courses: Wordprocessing , Excel and Powerpoint belongs to the following section of the
resume
a) Education
b) summary
c) Languages
d) Contact Information
6. The part I am an administrative assistant with three years of experience and excellent interpersonal skills
belongs to the following section of the resume
a) Education
b) summary
c) objective
d) Contact Information

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7. The part “ To obtian an administrative position in a company where I can fully exercise my skills and develop
my career belongs to the following section of the resume
a) Education
b) Experience
c) objective
d) Contact Information
8. The part “ Business , College, 2010 (Degree in Business Administration) belongs to the following section of the
resume
a) Languages
b) Experience
c) Objective
d) Education
9. The part “ Telephone 3455-7890 , Mobile: 4015-2634 belongs to the following section of the resume
a) Education
b) Experience
c) objective
d) Contact Information
10. The part Walmart Supermarkets – Administrative Assistant ( August 2011- December 2013) belongs to the
following section of the resume
a) Education
b) Experience
c) objective
d) Contact Information
Identify the parts which must be included in a resume and the ones who must not and write them in the
respective column.
 Full Name
 Skills
 Number of Children
 Education
 Physical Characteristics
 Marital Status
 Phone Number
 Religious Beliefs
 Hobbies
 Strange Hobbies
 Private matters
 Achievements
 Sensitive information
 Languages
To be included in a resume Not to be included in a resume

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Read the text
Answer the questions
1. A new project is helping women become _________________________
a. Businesswomen
b. Dependent
c. Agricultors
d. Inefficient
2.This program trains women to work ____________________________________
a. On research about seeds
b. In the CINAT laboratories
c. With the UNA’s honey project
d. As organizers of the UNA’s beekeeping programs
3. Mark if these statements are true or false and justify your answer
a) The project has a few bees:_________________________
________________________________________________________________
b) The project is made up of less than 100 women:_________________________
________________________________________________________________
c) Organizations haven’t been trained:_________________________
________________________________________________________________
Rural Women Find Sweet Success
San Gabriel de Turrubares.
With a few thousand dollars in donated funds from Universidad National (UNA) and a million
bees, housewives in this rural area of Costa Rica are learning to become successful
businesswomen. Their business is honey and they are using it to supplement their struggling
finances in this agriculture-dependent area. One year after UNA’s Center for Tropical
Beekeeping Research (CINAT) initiated the project. “We have left the laboratories and our
research is being used in communities that really need it” said Luis Sanchez, of the research
center. “These are the seeds of the transfer technology. The project is part of a program in
which 134 people – including 76 women from 11 organizations in Puriscal have been trained
in beekeeping.

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Read the text
a.
b.
c. Irons her uniform
Write the meaning of the underline words from the text
1. _________________________________
2. _________________________________
3. _________________________________
4. _________________________________
5. _________________________________
6. _________________________________
7. _________________________________
8. _________________________________
1. In local newspapers, you find ________________________________________.
a. The requirements to have a multinational company
b. That speaking two languages is getting worthless
c. More than 6,000 remarkable applicants
d. Plenty of ads for bilingual positions
2. According to the text, multinational companies______________________ to select the best candidates for
the job they offer.
a. Have a job fair
b. Give you their resume
c. Send you applications
d. Acquire all newspapers
3. The most important requisite you need to attend a job fair is to.
a. Be bilingual
b. Fail in the interview
c. Forget your resume
d. Have your own business
BILINGUAL JOB
The English language has become very important to the Costa Rica job market. In the national
newspapers you find many pages of jobs needing to be filled. The requirement you find for most
of them is to be bilingual in English and Spanish, sometimes just to apply. One of these ads is the
Bilingual Job Fair that many multinational companies hold together. This year, the fair took place
at Fercori in San Jose and a remarkable 6,000 people attended looking for a job. Once inside
these fairs, the applicants go from table to table leaving with the prospective employers their
resume. You have to fill out an application for each one of the businesses. If you are lucky, you
can get an appointment for an interview right there. At the end of the day, the employers read
the applications to decide which applicants fulfill the requirements for the different positions.
Waiting for a phone call from them is the hardest thing each one of the applicants will have to do
.

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Read the text and answer the questions in your notebook
Job Demand in Costa Rica and the United States
Business Administration , engineering , marketing are some the career of greatest demand in Costa Rica
according to a report by the UCR . Costa Rica current labor market requires professionals with expertise in
scientific and technological fields. It’s well known that in the United States engineering and medicine are careers
in high demand, professional in those areas usually make a good living. There is also other areas with demand for
staff, technology support is required in all businesses today in addition recent studies reveal that 27 % of hiring
managers are planning to open sales positions.
1. What are three careers with the greatest demand in Costa Rica?
2. What fields in the United States usually provide a good living ?
Demand for English Proficiency in Costa Rica
Currently , Costa Rica is wide open to international trade, Foreign languages such as French , mandarine and
portuguese are sought more and more by companies but English is still in fist place since it is spoken globally
therefore companies require personnel with a mastery of English, For instance around 39 companies were looking
for bilingual financial analysts, accountants , managers and engineers , also there were vacancies in software
development, microbiology and customer service Some companies offer free English training so that their staff
overcomes language weaknesses. Costa Rica started a initiative called Costa Rica Multilingue to enhance Costa
Rican´s language skills , empoyability and competitiveness. As a result it organizez national job fairs which bring
together most of language teaching organizations where attendes can obtain discounts, sample of didactic
materials and scholarships.
1. What are two languages that companies are expecting to find in their staff?
2. What fields require bilingual professionals?
3. What does Costa Rica multilingue want to achieve?
4. What can people who attend to English Job fairs can get ?

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Read the text
1. The writer says that applicants to the position should__________________________________.
a. Have great communicative skills
b. Be a computer technician
c. Be in good shape
d. Like training
2. A person who likes to______________________________ fits the post requested.
a. Work alone
b. Travel for work
c. Work with people
d. Make phone calls
3. In fact, the applicant for the job is required to work on_______________________.
a. Research
b. Promotion
c. Engineering
d. Manufacture
4. Candidates need to consider that_____________________________ is also a must to apply for the job.
a. Artistic skills
b. Appearance
c. Schedule flexibility
d. More than two languages
A COMMUNICATION MANAGER
The position of a communication manager requires a professional who is able to manage internal and
external and communication strategies. These strategies include employee communication and media
relations to further company objectives by establishing a positive company image among consumers,
prospects, employees, investors, key influencers, government representatives, business partners, as well as
the public. This also ensures that corporate and business unit strategies are communicated to and
understood by key audiences. A communication manager handles feedback mechanisms for key audiences
and measurement processes for communication programs. In this position, a manager must be able to
organize projects that assist with communication programs in the following functions: marketing
communication, executive communication, media relations, and employee communication.
QUALIFICATIONS:
 5 to 8 years of corporate communication or media experience
 Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing or Journalism
 Excellent time management, writing, presentation, communication and very acceptable
organizational skills
 Fluent in English and Spanish

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Read the text
5. According to the text, what was the most important value between Tony and his wife at the first time?
a. Love
b. Sincerity
c. Kindness
d. Solidarity
6. Why does the author mention that Costa Rica is so attractive to Tony? Because Tony says that he
___________________________________.
a. Misses New York
b. Dislikes his hometown
c. Understands his sweetheart’s family
d. Enjoys Costa Rican people and nature
7. What does Tony believe about his best friends’ values? He considers that his best friends’ main values are
_________________________________.
a. Humility and kindness
b. Solidarity and courtesy
c. Love and consideration
d. Kindness and friendship
8. According to the text, how is the relationship between Tony and his friends? They always
______________________________________.
a. Get along very well
b. Mistreat each other
c. Try to avoid a close relationship
d. Demonstrate a lack of kindness
AN ITALIAN CHEF AMONG TICOS
Tony is an Italian chef who came to Costa Rica in 1984. Since he arrived, Tony experienced very nice
moments while visiting his brother who lived here. This international chef said that when he was
riding a bus, he met a woman and they fell in love at first sight. Unfortunately, a few days after, he
needed to go back to New York, his previous hometown. Later, once back in Costa Rica, he opened a
restaurant that he named ‘’II Ponte Vecchio;’’ meanwhile, he got married to his loved sweetheart.
Tony explains that Costa Rica attracts him because he was born in a small Italian town that is similar
to the Costa Rican tow where he lives now.” This place is surrounded by nature and it is located right
next to the sea. People from this area are very kind,” he adds. In fact, he expresses that these two
facts are the main reasons that made him to decide staying in Costa Rica and considering this country
his home. When Tony looks back on the years he’s been in Costa Rica, he assures that Costa Ricans
have always treated him very kindly. He said that the best friends he has ever made are Costa Ricans.
“They have always made me feel at home, so it is really good to live in Costa Rica,” he concluded.

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Read the text
9. English is used by __________________ in the management of relations between countries.
a. Librarians
b. Scientists
c. Financiers
d. Diplomats
10. English as a second language is spoken by ____________________ people around the world.
a. Scarcely any
b. Numerous
c. Not many
d. A few
ENGLISH IS A VERY IMPORTANT LANGUAGE
English is the most used language in the areas of the finance, trade, technology, diplomacy, and
entertainment, and is the living library of the last 100 years of scientific and technological advance. Also,
there are more speakers of English as a second language in the world than there are native Englishspeakers,
and the large number of English schools around the world demonstrates that English is as close as any
language has been to becoming the world’s common language.
Finally, immigrants to the United States have powerful incentives to learn English in order to fully
participate in America society and the Nation’s economy, and 90 percent of all immigrant families become
fluent in English within the second generation.