Job ads and applications

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Job ad shorthandVocabulary
7. 7Check your understandingReading comprehension
8. 8Listen: a voicemail from a recruiterListening comprehension
9. 9Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
10. 10Raul's online applicationReading
11. 11What does it mean?Grammar exercise
12. 12Raul's answersGrammar exercise
13. 13Words + prepositionsGrammar rule
14. 14Choose the prepositionGrammar exercise
15. 15Questions with prepositionsGrammar exercise
16. 16Fix the prepositionsGrammar exercise
17. 17Say it naturallySpeaking practice
18. 18A call from a recruiterSpeaking practice
19. 19Let's discussDiscussion
20. 20Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: complete the job adGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: why this job?Discussion

Words

• full-time/ˌfʊl ˈtaɪm/

  for the whole of a normal work week, usually about 40 hours (part-time: for fewer hours)

• entry-level/ˌentri ˈlevl/

  for people with little or no experience, at the start of a career

• hybrid/ˈhaɪbrɪd/

  partly at home and partly at the workplace (remote: from home or anywhere; on-site or in-person: at the workplace)

• benefits/ˈbenɪfɪts/

  things an employer gives you as well as your pay, like health insurance and paid vacation

• temporary/ˈtempəreri/

  for a limited time only, with an end date (permanent: with no end date)

• negotiable/nɪˈɡoʊʃiəbl/

  can be discussed and changed before people agree

• ASAP/ˌeɪ es eɪ ˈpiː/

  as soon as possible

• requirement/rɪˈkwaɪərmənt/

  something that you must have or do, like a skill, a degree or experience for a job

• preferred/prɪˈfɜːrd/

  wanted, but not required: you can still apply without it

• applicant/ˈæplɪkənt/

  a person who applies for something, like a job or a place at a school

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about finding a job.

1. How did you find your current job, or your last one?
2. Have you ever applied for a job online? What was it like?
3. What do you check first when you read about a new job?

Grammar rule

Words + prepositions

Many adjectives and verbs in job language need a particular preposition after them. Learn the word and its preposition together.

Preposition	Words	Examples
for	responsible for, qualified for, apply for (a job), look for	He's responsible for two warehouses. We're looking for a new designer.
in	interested in, experienced in, skilled in, fluent in	He is fluent in Portuguese.
with	familiar with, comfortable with, good with (people, tools, numbers)	I'm comfortable with video calls.
at	good at, skilled at (an activity)	She's good at writing reports.
to	report to (a manager), apply to (a company)	The drivers report to the operations manager.
about	passionate about, excited about	We're passionate about good design.

After the preposition, use a noun (responsible for the website), a pronoun (familiar with it) or a verb + -ing (good at writing).

In questions, the preposition usually goes at the end: Which jobs did you apply for? What is she good at?

Some words can take two prepositions: experienced in or with, skilled in or at, good at (an activity) or good with (people and things you use). You apply for a job (you will also hear apply to a job, especially online), and you apply to a company. Not interested on, responsible of or familiar to Excel: familiar to means "known by" (Her name is familiar to me).