Try to use the following language when answering your partner’s questions

I work for…, I am an engineer, finance director in… I started in and now I work in… I am in charge of / responsible for … the overall performance of the group… I take the final responsibility for profits. I am responsible for the company’s accounting practice/company’s relationships with… It’s my job to answer questions…I report to… I manage a department … of the company… My job involves …I am a sales manager for… I do travel a lot on my business, I run my own small business, I have my own company, I manage a web team at an IT company, I work full time, I am a part-time worker, I work flexible hours, there is a lot of pressure in my job, I really enjoy working with my colleagues, I have/I don’t have enough time for my family.

You may also need: to attend meetings, to make phone calls, to make presentations, to negotiate deals, to show visitors around, to describe technical machinery or processes, to discuss figures, to read. To write, to socialize, to make decisions, to be team captain, to implement ideas or plans, to advise people, to solve complaint problems.

Now your task is: Make up a sample-based and coherent personal profile of yours, consider it well in terms of grammar and vocabulary. You are to incorporate 6 basic elements into it: your general studies, your English classes, your social life, your family issues, your working/studying environment, how to arrange them properly. Mind: it is a speaking point, so you are to recite your profile, but not to read it out!

Job applications

Be familiar with the recommendation offered

1. Preparation

It is to prepare carefully for a job application. You need to think about:

- Your own experience, interests, skills and personal qualities;

- The job and organization advertising it.

The key to effective job application is thorough preparation. You need to think and research - yourself and the job.

Start researching yourself thinking about the following areas: experience, interests, skills, personal qualities.

Interests

Things you do in your spare time, when you are not working. They are one of the ways in which your personality can be defined. They also might indicate skills you have which are not currently used at work.

Skills

Make sure to include not only skills related to your trade or profession but also personal ones which may be relevant to a job application, for example:

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