The document provides information about job seeking and preparing a CV for a UK job. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of having fixed work procedures versus flexibility in different cultures. It also presents a dilemma scenario where Kate Gray has two job offers - one with a large international travel company and another with a small company specialized in tours to Australia. She asks a career advisory service to help her choose between the two options.

1. Job seeking
Unit 4
Part 2

2. Content
• Career skills: Explaining what to do
• Listening: Preparing a CV
• Culture at work: Fixed procedures or flexibility?
• D&D: For Love or Money?

3. Career skills: Explaining what to do
When you start a new job, your new colleagues maybe have to explain a lot of things to
you in the first few weeks. When you have more experience, you may need to give
explanation to other new staff. The following phrases are useful for explaining how to
do something. Which ones express important instructions and which are just
suggestions?
1.Make sure that…
2.Its important/ essential that ..
3.Remember to ..
4.Don’t forget to..
5.It’s a good idea to..
6.Its maybe better/ best to…

4. Preparing a CV
Listen to Barry Hampton, a careers adviser, explaining how to prepare a
CV for a UK job. Which of the following points does he advise? Tick
the points that are correct and change the points that aren’t correct.
Write more than
two pages
Start with details
or previous jobs
Leave out your
date of birth.
Don’t say
anything about
hobbies and
interests
Give the contact
details of two
references at the
end.

5. • Listen again. Which of the above phrases does he use?
• Write them

6. Speaking
1. Practice giving advice for preparing a CV for a UK job . Use the list in
listening above , including your corrections, and choose phrase from
above to introduce each point.
2. Work with a partner. Practice explaining one of the following to a British
person.
• Where to look for a job in your country.
• How to prepare a CV for a job in your country.
• What to wear for an interview.

7. Culture at work: Fixed procedure or flexibility
When you are part of an organization or a team, do you think it is
best to have a fixed way things that is made clear to every one? Or is it
better to be flexible? In some cultures, people like to have specific
rules and procedures to follow. In other cultures people prefer to have
flexible ways of working . They prefer to deal with each situation
separately in the way they think is best.
Share you opinion here!
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8. Dilemma and decision: For Love or Money
Brief
Kate Gray is in a happy position: she has two job offers. The problem is to choose the
job that will suit her best. Kate is a new graduate in geography and wants to work in
the travel industry. She would like a job that includes travelling and working with
people. Two different travel companies are offering her a position. She has the chance
to work in the marketing department of Wide World Tours, A big company with 3000
employees and regional offices around the world. Or she could work for Oz Travel, a
small company which has only 19 employees and specializes in tours to Australia. You
work for a career advisory service. Kate asks you to help her make the correct choice.

9. Read the brief and write the translation in your notebooks.
Task 1: Work in three teams.
№ 1-р баг 2-р баг 3-р баг 1-р баг 2-р баг 3-р баг
1. 1 Аззаяа Гомбо-Очир Цэрэндорж Эрхэмбаяр Гантөмөр Мөнхтулга
2 Бадамсэд Мягмардулам Болормаа Аминчимэг Наранчимэг Энхмөнх
3 Базарсад Оюунбат Буддэлгэр Баяржаргал Б Нарантуяа Хонгорзул
4 Балжинням Нандин-Эрдэнэ Буянзаяа Зулцэцэг Сийлэн Эрдэнэцэцэг
5 Бат-Өлзий Оюунбат Ганцогт Номин-Эрдэнэ Чимэдлхам Энхтүвшин
6 Бямбачулуун Саруулсанчир Ганцэцэг Дэлгэрэх-Уянга Хонгор Баяржаргал С
7 Эрдэнэсүрэн Солонго Энэрэлт Хүслэн

10. Task 2. Each team should read the following information and discuss
advantages and disadvantages of each job offer together. Each member
of the teams should give own idea to the head of the team. /page 74/
Team 1: Ss read the following:

11. Task 2. Each team should read the following information and discuss
advantages and disadvantages of each job offer together. Each member
of the teams should give own idea to the head of the team. /page 74/
Team 2: Ss read the following.

12. Task 2. Each team should read the following information and discuss
advantages and disadvantages of each job offer together. Each member
of the teams should give own idea to the head of the team. /page 74/
Team 3: Ss read the following.

13. Task 1
Work in 3 groups. Find out more information about
Kate’s situation.
Turn on page 138.Group A
• Research the job with Wide World Tours.
Turn to page 142Group B
• Research the job with OZ Travel.
Turn to page 145.Group C
• Find out more about Kate’s personality and preferences

14. Revision 4. Write it up
Useful phrases
It’s a good idea to … Its important to …
It maybe better to /
best to …
Each team should write an informal letter to Kate and tell her the decision
that you made in Task 2 and your reasons why.
Then head of the team send your teams’ decision by email to the lecturers.

15. Thank you for your
attention