Task 1. Look at the following infographic below and answer the following question: What is it about? a) Different jobs positions recently b) Requirements for new positions c) Job candidates´ needs nowadays Task 2. Complete the following sentence with information from the infographic above. 1. Two characteristics of today´s job applicants: Social savvy They are technological people They have great networking abilities 2. Percentage of job seekers who use social media: 21% 3. Three application options job seekers use to apply for a job today: Linked / google+ / facebook 4. Three characteristics of the companies job applicants look for today: The ones that provide opportunity to learn Those ones that promotes a learning culture experience Those companies that gives extra training 5. The most important aspect new graduates look for in a job today: The learning process Task 3. You just graduated from university and you are applying for a dream job. Write a cover letter. Use simple, coherent and well-written sentences. Do it in your English notebook. Some students didn’t finish this part. Task 1. Do you remember the professions´ vocabulary? Write the name of the professional to each description. 1. A fight firer extinguishes fires. 2. A lawyer/ attorney /judge defends people´s rights. 3. A pharmacist /doctor/nurse gives people medicine to get better. 4. A waiter/waitress brings people food at a restaurant. 5. A butcher sells meat. 6. A fisher catches fishes and other sea animals. Task 2. Listen to the dialogue and complete the chart. If you don’t have internet access go to the annexes at the end. Worker´s name Arthur Laura Harris Arnold Smith Robert Done Patrick Jones Biologist Doctor Chemist Psychologist Studies Observes Checks Studies liquids Helps different the planet. astronauts’ in space. astronauts to Robinson Jobs or Engineer occupation Task material in space. health. adapt to life in space. Task 3. Complete the sentences using the simple past or the past perfect in parenthesis. a. She had cooked (cook) all the meals before she served (serve) the food. b. He has got /gotten (get) all the materials before he began (begin) assembling the components. c. The farmer had grown (grow) the crops when he went (go) to the market to sell everything. d. He had searched (search) for the meaning of some words because he had (have) to translate the paragraph. e. The lawyer had studied (study) the case when he decided his client was (be) innocent. f. The fisherman had caught (catch) a lot of fish when he decided (decide) to return home. Task 2. Complete the sentences below with the words in the box. 1. My aunt can speak Chinese and English very well. She’s a 2. Every weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, I go swimming at the beach. 3. What job experience do you have? What jobs did you have before? 4. A: Can you speak English? B: of course, I’m speaking English now! 5. Ms. Smith is a doctor and makes lots of money. She has a big salary. 6. What special skills do you have? What can you do? 7. He loves to drive fast. He wants to be a race a car driver. 8. I have lots of work experience, so my resume is two pages long. Task 3. Read the conversation and discuss the question below. 1. What job advice did the career counselor give Tiago? Study what he likes the most. 2. What will be the benefits of certain careers? Salary Jobs opportunities experience 3. Which of the top 9 jobs caught your attention? Personal answer
