Getting the job of your dreams

Today we will finish our application letters. I was amazed to read your letters... We have a class of highly talented, qualified and experienced people !!!

Take the time today to check your application letter carefully. Make the corrections and check with me before typing up the final draft. I will need both your first and final drafts for your assessment.

Go to the following links on Video Jug to hear more about what to do in a job interview. As listening practice, listen to each question on the page I have provided you, and write brief notes - a few words or phrases - to answer each question. Listen as many times as you need to by using the controls to stop and rewind each track . Listen without reading, then read the transcripts below as you listen again. Try to work out the meaning of new words from the context BEFORE looking in your dictionary, and add them to the New Word list.

The Job Interview
The Interview Questions
Surviving an Interview

When your done, take a look at any other videos in Video Jug that might be of interest.

Have you been adding to your blog? If you have set up a blog, show it to me so we can link it to our class blog.

Let's see some writing in your blogs!!! Tell us about your first job, or about job interviews you've had.

Enjoy your day!!!

The rest of your career starts here

Last week we looked at what to do to prepare for an interview and how to behave in an interview. We searched for advice on the internet and found a lot of great tips. Today, I'd like you to go to one of the following job search websites:

Seek
MyCareer
Career One

Choose an advertisement for a job that you could have in the near future. Read the job description carefully. Think about the type of person that they are looking for and the skills, qualifications and experience they need for this position. Write an application letter for this job, using the structure and expressions that we have looked at over the past weeks.

Are YOU who they need?

Put together a letter of application. Set it out correctly. Show your interest in the job. Look at some examples but write about yourself. Be realistic about yourself and put in enough to show them your skills, qualifications, experience and interests. But not too much detail - that goes in your resume!!! We'll look at resumes later.

Once you have had the letter checked by me, you can print off the final draft.

How did you find that? Write about it in your blog. What? You're new to the class and you don't have one yet? Well, we can fix that in a flash!

Good luck with your future job seeking!!!