Hobbies and Interests

Web surfing, listening to music and travelling

References

Miguel Santana, Manager, keo.es

Sam Jakes, Lecturer, Cybernetics College

LISTENING 16. A job interview. Chris Scott, the Personal Management at Digitum-UK, is interviewing Sarah Brown. Listen to the part of the interview and complete his notes.

WRITING 17a. Think of a specific job you would like to apply for and, using the models presented in this unit, write your CV. Remember to highlight only your skills and experience that are relevant for a job.

SPEAKING 17b. In pairs, evaluate each other’s CVs. Think about the following questions.

1. Is the English natural and accurate?

2. Does everything make sense? Do you get a good idea of your partner’s life by reading their CV?

3. Is the language impressive and persuasive? If not, how can you improve it?

4. Is the layout attractive and logical? If not how can you improve it?

5. Does your partner’s CV demonstrate a wide range of transferable skills? If not, where could you add more proof?

6. Does your partner’s CV demonstrate that your partner is suitable for the job they want? If not, why not?

7. Is the CV too long? If so, which words/sentences/sections would you delete or edit?