Кто для вас авторитет в мире бизнеса?

Уоррен Баффет, к примеру, известный инвестор. Когда мы выходили на IPO, мы написали такое же письмо, какие он пишет своим акционерам. Стив Джобс (один из основателей Apple). Много таких людей, в общем.

Недавно Microsoft чуть было не купил поисковик Yahoo! Появился бы новый гигант. Как вы к этому относитесь?

А что, правда, чуть не купил? (Смеется.) Конечно, мы следили за этим процессом. Интернет стал великим, потому что он открыт для всех. Чем больше ресурсов, тем лучше. Поэтому было бы, конечно, плохо, если бы Microsoft купил этот поисковик.

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Read text for Unit 6 from appendix 1 and analyze the prospects of a career in engineering

Job hunting

Study the diagram of ways of finding a job and discuss it in pairs or small groups

Answer the questions

1. What other ways of getting a job can you name? Add at least one more way.

2. What are advantages and disadvantages of each way?

3. What way would you choose if you needed to find a job? Why? Explain your point of view.

4. What way is the most difficult to follow?

2) Listen to the tips of successful job interview

Listen to the tape once again and fill in the gaps

Tips for successful job search
Tips	Definition
Always Begin With Self-Assessment
Research The Job Market
Choose a Career Field
Improve Your Job Search Skills
Get involved in Job Search Campaign

Discuss the following questions in pairs or small groups

1. What is your experience in using some of the methods given above?

2. What tips do you find useful for your future job hunting?

3. What tips do you think are appropriate for your specialty? Why do you think so? Prove your point of view.

4. Do you know any other useful tips for finding a job?

5. Share any examples a person shouldn’t follow in the process of job hunting.

CV (Curriculum Vitae)

Study the following information about ways of writing

Curriculum Vitae: an outline of a person's educational and professional history, usually prepared for job applications. American name for a CV is a résumé . A CV should include:

Personal details

Normally these would be your name, address, date of birth (although with age discrimination laws now in force this isn't essential), telephone number and e-mail.

Education and qualifications

Your degree subject and university. Mention grades unless poor!

Work experience

• Use action words such as developed, planned and organised.
• Even work in a shop, bar or restaurant will involve working in a team, providing a quality service to customers, and dealing tactfully with complaints. Don't mention the routine, non-people tasks (cleaning the tables) unless you are applying for a casual summer job in a restaurant or similar.
• Try to relate the skills to the job. A finance job will involve numeracy, analytical and problem solving skills, so focus on these whereas for a marketing role you would place a bit more emphasis on persuading and negotiating skills.

Interests and achievements

• Keep this section short and to the point. As you grow older, your employment record will take precedence and interests will typically diminish greatly in length and importance.
• Bullets can be used to separate interests into different types: sporting, creative etc.
• Don't use the old boring cliches here: "socialising with friends".
• Don't put many passive, solitary hobbies (reading, watching TV, stamp collecting) or you may be perceived as lacking people skills. If you do put these, then say what you read or watch: "I particularly enjoy Dickens, for the vivid insights you get into life in Victorian times".
• Show a range of interests to avoid coming across as narrow: if everything centres around sport they may wonder if you could hold a conversation with a client who wasn't interested in sport.
• Hobbies that are a little out of the ordinary can help you to stand out from the crowd: skydiving or mountaineering can show a sense of wanting to stretch yourself and an ability to rely on yourself in demanding situations
• Any interests relevant to the job are worth mentioning: current affairs if you wish to be a journalist; a fantasy share portfolio such as Bullbearings if you want to work in finance.
• Any evidence of leadership is important to mention: captain or coach of a sports team, course representative, chair of a student society, scout leader
• Anything showing evidence of employability skills such as teamworking, organising, planning, persuading, negotiating etc.

Skills

The usual ones to mention are languages (good conversational French, basic Spanish), computing (e.g. "good working knowledge of MS Access and Excel, plus basic web page design skills" and driving ("full current clean driving licence").

Referees

Normally two referees are sufficient: one academic (perhaps your tutor or project supervisor) and one of an employer.

2) Imagine you have seen a job advertisement and really want to apply for this job. Prepare your CV, use appendix 7 for sample CV.

3) Study the site of the American government http://www.usa.gov to get familiarized with its structure and alphabetical index. Get some information about the Administration for native Americans on http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana/about/about.html#icnaa.