LISTEN AND ENJOY IT

Sunday 24 October 2010

JOB ADS - RECEPTIONIST

Have a look at this ad and answer the following questions.
  1. What are they looking for?
  2. Where is the place they are advertising?
  3. Is it a part-time job? Why?
  4. How many days per week would you work?
  5. Which duties would you have to carry out?
  6. What qualities should you have?
  7. Can anybody from any country apply for the job?
  8. How much would you earn? How much is it in euros?
Now read this one. Answer the following questions:
  1. Where is it located?
  2. Is it for the same position as the previous advertisement? Why?
  3. What responsibilities would you have?
  4. What personal qualities should you have?
  5. What benefits, if any, would you be given?
  6. Which one of the two ads is more interesting for you? Why?

    Saturday 23 October 2010

    HOTEL FACILITIES

    Have a look at the following webpage and answer the following questions.
    1. What is the name of the hotel?
    2. Where is it located?
    3. How many stars does it have?
    4. How many rooms and restaurants does it have?
    5. How many conference and banqueting rooms does it have?
    6. Write six items a disabled room is equipped with.
    7. Write another name for 'accessible room'.
    8. Could you tell me the way to Marble Arch?

    Friday 22 October 2010

    APPLYING FOR A JOB. CURRICULUM VITAE EUROPASS

    Have you ever heard of the Europass Curriculum Vitae?
    It is an EU initiative to increase transparency of qualification and mobility of citizens in Europe. It aims to be a Life Long Learning Portfolio of documents containing the descriptions of all learning achievements, official qualifications, work results, skills and competencies, acquired over time, along with the related documentation. The aim is to make a person's skills and qualifications clearly understood throughout Europe.

    I would like you to have a look at the following example. http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/img/dynamic/c1349/type.FileContent.file/ELPExamples_en_GB.pdf.
    Here you can see the instructions for using the Europass Curriculum Vitae.
    Once you know how it works you can either download the Europass CV documents or create your Europass CV online now.
    Once it is ready, send it to me by email. The name of the file should be: cv_hm_2010_yoursurnameinitialofyourname
    Deadline: Monday 15th November 2010.