Cognex provides various benefits and rewards to its employees including President's Awards of up to $10,000 yearly for top performers, movie tickets for monthly company movie nights, and opportunities to travel abroad to visit customers. The personnel manager's report describes an interview with candidate Paul Sutherland for the position of Director of Software Development, noting his qualifications and reasons for wanting to leave his current employer to find a more challenging role.

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3. 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 . President’s Awards given yearly to top performers, with bonuses up to $10,000 Tokens for pinball games in company game room Plane tickets to visit customers around the world Movie tickets for monthly company ‘ movie nights’

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5. 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 .

6. Subject + Verb 1 ( s, es ) Subject + is, am, are + Verb ing + ( Object ) present simple present continuous tense

7. Articulate and well presented, Paul Sutherland is an excellent candidate for the post of Director of Software Development. He______________ ( want ) to leave his present employer, a small computer company, because he_________ ( feel ) that he _______________ ( not use ) his knowledge of software engineering to the full. He_____________ ( look for ) a more challenging position where his field of specialisation can be exploited in a more stimulating environment. He___________ ( realise ) that our company ________________ ( grow ) rapidly, and that he would be expected to contribute to that growth. He is familiar with our existing range of software and regularly ________________ ( read ) our publications. Although at present he ____________ ( live ) in the south, he __________ ( say ) that he is willing to go wherever we _________________ ( decide ) to send him. He occasionally _________________ ( travel ) to various European countries for trade fairs and exhibitions and _________________ ( enjoy ) meeting people of different nationalities. At the moment he _____________ ( attend ) a training course at the Goethe Institute in order to perfect his German. J Hargreaves Personnel Manager 27th January 2000 Interview Assessment wants feel isn’t using is looking for realising grow read live say decide is travelling enjoy attend

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

10. 3. _______________________ 1995-present Public Relations Officer, Scottish Nature Trust Responsible for researching and writing articles on all aspects of the Trust’s activities and ensuring their distribution to the press Editor of the Trust’s monthly journal In charge of relations with European environmental agencies. 1992-1995 Press Officers, Highlands Tourist Board . Preparation of promotional materials and brochures Co-ordination of media coverage. 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 Professional Experience

11. 4. _________ IT Office 2000 and Windows NT, Excel, Internet, PowerPoint Languages Fluent German and proficient in French Additional Driving licence (car and motorcycle) 5. _________ 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 6. _________ Geoffrey Williams Brenda Denholm Professor of Journalism Sports Editor University of London The Glasgow Tribune Skills Activities References

12. VOCABULARY

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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. ……………………………………

16. Question

17. 1.How many President's Awards given the bonuses for the job employees of year? - $10,000 2.What is the Cognex’s 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.

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