MAGGIE HAS AN INTERVIEW

I. Read and translate the text. Pay attention to the marked words.

JOB SEARCH. INTERVIEW.

A first step in good job-search procedure is to build a network of contacts consisting of the friends and businesspeople whom you get to know and who may help you to find jobs.

When you are ready to find work, analyseyourself. Specifically, analyse your education, personal qualities, work experience, and special qualifications with a view to finding out what work you are able to do. Then, based on this self-analysis, select the career that is right for you.

Next, find prospective employers by using placement centres, personal contacts, or advertisements. If these do not produce results, use mail or office visit.

Your major contact with a prospective employer is the interview. For the best results:

1. Research the employer in advance so that you can impress the interviewer.

2. Present a good appearance through formal dress.

3. Try to anticipate the interviewer's questions and to plan your answers.

4. Make a good impression by being at ease.

5. Help the interviewer establish a dialogue with questions and comments that enable you to present the best information about you.

You will have various contacts with the prospective employer following the interview. Interview is a form of personal communication, usually between two people, it is not a precise activity - that is why no strict rules exist. Rather, interviewing is an activity that requires the good judgment of the people involved. Nevertheless, well-established guidelines exist, and you should follow them.

You are likely to write application letters and resumes in your efforts to find a job. First, you study your product (you); then you study your prospect (the employer). From the information you gain, you construct the resume and/or application letter.

II. Put ten questions to the text.

III. Use the bold words and word-combinations in the sentences of your own.

IV. Read, translate and dramatize the dialogue.

MAGGIE HAS AN INTERVIEW

Mr. Jenkins: Come in. Mrs. Brown, Please take a seat.

Maggie: Good morning.

Mr. Jenkins: You'll have to excuse me a moment while I finish signing these letters. In this office it isn't done to keep your secretary waiting. There, that'll do. Now I can concentrate on you, Mrs. Brown. Tell me, how long were you in your last job with Austin and Ford?

Maggie: Six years. I'm only leaving because the firm is moving to Birmingham, of course.

Mr. Jenkins: Yes, you said so in your letter. I expect you'll be sorry to leave after all that time.

Maggie: I will, of course, but I think a change will do me good.

Mr. Jenkins: Now, you say here, Mrs. Brown, that you've always done your foreign correspondence in English. I wonder, though, whether you ever had anything to do with accounts. Nearly all our employees have to deal with various currency problems.

Maggie: I haven't had any practical experience, I'm afraid, but I did very well in Maths when I was at school.

Mr. Jenkins: I expect you'd soon pick it up. Well, I think, Mrs. Brown, I'd be quite prepared to offer you a job with us. Your old firm gave you a splendid testimonial. It certainly does you credit.

Maggie: I'd be very pleased to come and work here. When would you want me to start?

Mr. Jenkins: Let's say a week after you finish at Austin and Ford's. That'll give you time to have a little rest. Now about conditions. Hours are from nine to five-thirty, with an hour for lunch; as for salary, I think we would start you at eight pounds per week. Does that suit you?

Maggie:I was getting nine pounds before. Would you mind my asking whether there are any prospects of an increase?

Mr. Jenkins: Well, I think I can promise you that we'll review your salary at the end of six months, if you do well.

Maggie: Oh, that's a pity.

Mr. Jenkins: But on the other hand we allow our employees and their families a considerable reduction if they want to book a holiday through us.

Maggie: That certainly sounds attractive.

Mr. Jenkins: We'll be seeing you on the 8th then?

Maggie: Yes, certainly. Thank you very much. Good-bye.

Mr. Jenkins: Good-bye.

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