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Hiringorringanemployeeisachallenging,emotionalexperienceanda

pathwaytopossiblelawsuits.Thedecisiontoemployorterminatesomeonewill

infuenceyou,thatindividual,hisorheramily,yourteam,yourcustomers,and

yourstakeholders.

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1 Lookattheheadlinebelow.Whatdoyouthinkthearticleisabout?

2 Readthearticletoseeiyouarecorrect.Thenanswerthequestions.

a Doyouthinkthesackingwasjustied?bWouldthisbepossibleinyourcompanyorinyourcountry?cWhatadvicewouldyougivetoNicola?

3 Findtwomoreverbsinthearticlethataresimilarinmeaningtosack.Whichverbismoreormal?

Thepassive

4 Findsentencesinthearticlethataresimilarinmeaningtotheollowing:

a Theylaidhero.b Theyorderedhertoleavetheactoryimmediately.

5 Comparethetwopairsosentencesin4.

aWhichareactiveandwhicharepassive?

bWhoismentionedrstintheactivesentences?c Whoismentionedrstinthepassivesentences?dWhoisthestoryabout?eWhatistheadvantageousingthepassivesentences? Theagentintheactivesentencesisthey.Whathappenstoitinthepassivesentences?Why?

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re: niCOLa WiLLiamS

On two occasions in November Ms Nicola Williams, an employee in the assembly plant,

(a) that using a mobile phone in work hours was against the company rules.

Both these warnings (b) by another supervisor, and (c)

in her le. Then, in December, on a urther occasion, she (d) a written

warning. Finally, on Friday, 12 January at 10.30 I (e) o a problem on the

actory foor. When I arrived there, I ound a lot o noise and shouting going on. Ms Williams

was using her mobile phone to participate in a radio phone-in programme. Apparently she

had won a prize. I asked her to put the phone down immediately, and to come in to my oce.

I decided to terminate her employment, and in the presence o Ms Jones, my deputy, Ms

Williams was told that she was being sacked. She became hysterical and abusive, and

() to leave the actory immediately. She (g) that her

possessions would be orwarded to her by post.

6Readthemanagersreportotheincidentin2.Heusesthepassivetosoundmoreobjectiveandormalinstyle.Completethereportusingtheverbsbelowinthepassive.

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7Inwhatwayarethedetailsabouttheincidentdierent?

8Improvetheseshorttextsbychangingoneverbtothepassiveineachtext.

a Theyhavelaidoover35,000peopleinthelastveyears,unemploymentisrising,andtherearesocialproblemsintheregion.35,000 people have been laid o in the last fve years, unemployment is rising, and there are socialproblems in the region.

b Thebusinessisagreatsuccess.Theyarehiringnewstaanditisexpandingast.

c Astherewasarecessionandthenumberoordersdecreased,theyclosedoneotheactories.d Toimprovemargins,itismakingthenewmodelinHungary,wherelabourcostsarelower.e FordhasseveralplantsinEurope.OneothemisinValenciaanditproducestheEscortthere. Theyhaveannouncedplansorthenewindustrialestate.Itwillcovertenhectaresandcreatespace

orover15businessventures.

Discussion

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aPPLyinG Or a JOB

1 2.142.17 Listentoourpeopletalkingabouttheirapproachtoapplyingorajob.Takenotesandmatchthepeopleonthelettothesummariesbelow.

a Imlookingorachancetodevelopanddemonstratemytruepotential.b Myqualicationsandexperiencespeakorthemselves.c ImsobrilliantatwhateverIdo,theywouldbeluckytohavemeworkingin

theircompany.d Theremaybepeoplewithbetterqualicationsandexperience,butnooneis

moreenthusiasticorhardworkingthanme.

2 Whichspeaker(s)doyouagreewith?Whatapproachdidyouusetogetyourpresentjob?Doestheapproachyouusedependonthejob?

3 Readtheollowingextractsromlettersoapplication.Matchthemtothesummariesin1.

Readingbetweenthelines

4 Readtheextractsin3again.Therearecertainormalphrasespeopleuseinlettersoapplicationtotalkabouttheirqualitiesandachievements.Underlinephraseswhichmeantheollowing:

a Idreallyliketoworkoryoubecauseyouresuchagreatcompany.b Iyouthinkdoingthingswellisimportant,Idliketoworkoryou.c Idontreallyhavetheproleotheidealcandidate.d Iveworkedwithmanydierent,importantcompanies.e IveshownIcanworkwithallkindsopeopleandgetonwitheveryone. Ilookaterthepracticalday-to-dayaspectsodepartmentorganisation.

g Iwantanewjobbecausemycompanyprobablywontbeabletopromoteme.h Ihaveveyearsointernationalbusinessexperienceworkingorachemicals

company.

5 Usesomeothephrasesin3towriteaparagraphintroducingyourownCV.

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ii Iyoubelieveinthepursuitoexcellence,thenIaminterestedinjoiningyourcompany.Isethighstandardsormyselandexpectthemromothers,especiallytheorganisationsthatIworkor.Ilookorwardtoanopportunitytoaddtothelistoalreadyoutstandingachievements,whichareoutlinedinmyCV.

iii FrommyCV,youwillseethatfveyearsatachemicalsmultinationalhavegivenmeasolid

businessbackground.Iamresponsibleormydepartmentslogisticalplanning,whichhas

developedmyorganisationalskills.However,Iamnowlookingoropportunitiesorurther

developmentandresponsibility,whichmypresentemployercannotoer.

iv Asacommerciallyawareandlinguisticallytraineduniversitygraduate,Ihaveabroadrangeofemploymentexperienceatblue-chipcompaniesinboththeUSAandEurope.Iamdynamicandcreative,withastrongteamspiritandleadershipqualities.Ihaveaprovenrecordofworkingwithindividualsatalllevelsthroughhighlydevelopedinterpersonalandcommunicationskills.

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1ReadthejobadvertandCVbelow.WhydoyouthinkSaraappliedorthejob?

2 2.18 Sarawasinterviewedorthejob.Listentotheinterview.Questionsaibelowaretypicalinanintervieworajob.Whichothequestionsdoestheinterviewerask?(Hedoesnotusethesamewords.)

a Whydidyouapplyorthisjob?b Whyshouldweemployyou?c Whenareyoureetostart?d Doesyourpresentemployerknowthatyouwanttoleave?e Haveyoueverdoneanythinglikethisbeore? Howdoeelabouttravelling?g Howgoodareyourcomputerskills?h Whatareyourlanguageskillslike?i Doyouhaveanyquestions?

3 Doyouthinktheinterviewerwasairintheinterview?DoyouthinkSarahgotthejob?

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MULTINaTIoNaL FooD PackaGING eqUIPMeNT MaNUFacTUReR

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CURRICULUMVITAE

NAME Sara Verkade

ADDRESS 58, Stoppard Drive, London SW16

TELEPHONE Tel: 353 865 344872

E-MAIL [email protected]

DATE&PLACEOFBIRTH 23.7.78, Maassluis, The Netherlands

MARITALSTATUS Single

NATIONALITY Dutch

QUALIFICATIONS September 1996 - July 1999BComm, Marketing Management, Haagse Hogeschool, The Hague

EMPLOYMENTHISTORY June 2000 - presentManagement Team Co-ordinator, Helena Rubinstein, LOreal Organisingmeetings, events and conerences. Analysing sales gures and producingrelevant reports and charts. Customer relations and responding tocomplaints and queries.

June 1999 - June 2000SPC Proessional, Sales Productivity Centre, IBM Sales team support.Research, pricing and proposal-writing on million dollar bids.

LANGUAGES Dutch, English, German, Spanish

ITSKILLS Procient user o Microsot Oce suite


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Askingorclarication

4 Listenagainandcompletethephrasesbelow.

a Howmuchmanagerialexperiencedoyouhave?Its yourCV.

b Yes. youretheleaderoateam?c Oh,Isee. opersonalassistant?d But amanager?e inyour

previousposition,youwereanSPCproessional.What ?

youweredirectlyinvolvedinsales?g So,

involve?h Can specic,please?

Fluency

5 WriteabrieCVoryourselandgiveittoyourpartner.ThentakeitinturnstointervieweachotherorthejobSarahwantedoranotherjob.AskorclaricationothedetailsotheCV.

WHat aBOut tHe WOrKerS?

1 Whatishappeninginthephotographonthispage?Howdoyouthinkthissituationrelatestoemploymentandstang?

2 Workwithapartner.Youwilleachreadanarticlerelatingtotheemploymentsituationinacountryanddothreeexercises.Whenyouhavenished,turnbacktothispage.

Student A:Lookatpage136. Student B:Lookatpage137.

3 Thenoun/verbcombinationsintheboxwereinthearticlesin2.Theverbswereinthepassive.Canyourememberthesentences?Tellyourpartner.

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cs / agr frms / cac salars / ga sa / pay srvy / carry

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ay / sack cry / brg rs / p rrms / srk / call

Discussion

4 Discusstheollowingquestionsinrelationtoyourcountry.

a Whatarethelawsaboutunemploymentbenets?Doyouthinktheyareair?b Whatrightsdoworkershave?Howdotheyaectemployment?c Whydoyouthinkthereisashortageoskilledworkers?Doyouthinktheuseotemporarylabouris

agoodsolutiontotheproblem?d Itisincreasinglydiculttoprovidepeoplewithjobsorlie.Doyouthinkthisistrue?

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Vocabulary

Procedures

1 Matchthepartsothesentences.a Shewasemployed...b Theincidentwasreported...c Johnwasconsulted...dThestahavebeeninormed...e Shewassacked... Theconditionswereagreed...g Hedidntaccepttheoerswhichwereput...hTheworkerwasinjured...i Thefightwasdelayed...j Thepassiveisused...

1 ...onatemporarybasis.

2 ...aboutthedecision. 3 ...orwritingreports. 4 ...orstealingocestationery. 5 ...tohimbytheemploymentoce. 6 ...bythebadweather. 7 ...tothesupervisor. 8 ...atacompanywidelevel. 9 ...othenewworkinghours.10 ...byanexplosioninthechemicalplant.

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2 CombineonewordromboxAwithonewordromboxBtocompleteeachsentencebelow.

A Belectronics application

written secretsjob positioncompany rightsworkers needsjob securityprevious workersskilled warningtemporary sta unemployment benetsstang industry

a Foryoungpeople isnotusuallyasimportantasagoodsalary.

b Wegavetheemployeea orarrivinglatetoworktwodaysrunning.c Inthesummerthereismoreworksowehavetotake

onmorepeopletomeetour .d Hewasaccusedorevealing toa

competitor.e Ahundredyearsago didntexist

becausetherewerenounions. YoualwayshavetoincludeaCVinyour

.g Educationisimportantbecauseindustryneedsa

supplyo .h Wasyour aull-timepost?i Inmanycountriesthereareno or

peoplewhohavenowork.j AtChristmas,shopstakeon because

itsabusytimeoyear.k The isanimportantsectorothe

localeconomy.

3 Reorganisetheletterstoormwordstocompletethesentences.

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a Twohundredworkersattheactoryhavebeenbecauseothebadnancialsituation.

b Thismobilephoneisthesmallestonthe.

c Iaskedhertoputthephone andcomeintomyoce.

d Theycant youwithoutgivingyouatleasttwowarningsinwriting.

e someoneisoneothemostdicultthingsamanagerhastodo.

Therstthingyouhavetodoisgivetheemployeeawarning.

gHowdidyour go,then?Doyouthinkyougotthejob?


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Grammar

The passive

Theobjectinactivesentencesbecomesthesubjectinpassivesentences.

Active Passive (to be + past participle)Someone services the machine every year. The machine is serviced every year.They have closed down fve actories. Five actories have been closed down.They decorated the ofces last year. The ofceswere decorated last year.They are encouraging her to apply or the job. She is being encouraged to apply or the job.They dont clean the ofce on Friday. The ofce isnt cleaned on Friday.

Youotenusethepassivetoputtheimportantinormationatthebeginningoasentence.Thepassivecanbemoreimpersonalthantheactive.Forthisreason,youcanuseitinormaldocumentssuchasreports.

Youcanusebytoemphasisewhoorwhatperormedanaction. The book was written by Peter Hudson. The equipment is damaged by prolonged exposure to sunlight.

Practice 1Reorganisethewordstomakecorrectsentences.

a June was at the contract the signed end ob sackedslowlySheilawasworkingtooorc damagedrethetheinwasoced workersaccidentinjuredweretheinsomee measuresannouncedthehavenewbeen

staemployednewnoyearthisbewillg redesignedcorporateisimagebeingourh salariesincreasedyearhavethisbeenour

Practice 2

Rewritethesentencesinthepassive.

a Theyhavecancelledtheorder. The order has been cancelled.

b Theyhaventnishedthenewbuilding.c Someonetoldhimaboutthemeeting.d Someonestoletheplansorthenewengine.e Someonewillpickyouupattheairport. Theydidntaskhimihewantedthejob.g Didanyonetellyouaboutwhathappenedatthe

meeting?

hTheyholdasalesconerenceeveryyear.

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Practice 3Answerthequestionsusingasentenceinthepassiveandby.

aWhowastheinventorothelightbulb? The light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison.

bWhatcurrencywasthereplacementorthepeseta,rancandlirain2002?

c HowmanycountriesormtheUnitedKingdom?dWhoistheauthorothisbook?

eWhoistheownerothisbook?Whattypeoheatinghaveyougotinyouroceoil,

gasorelectric?gWhowasthedirectorothelmSome Like it Hot?hWhichcompanywastheoriginalmanuacturerothe

PC?

Answersatootopage.

Answers(Practice3)

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