A. Match each sentence with the meaning expressed by the verb in Italics

A.Choose the best word (a, b,c) to complete each space in the advent

If you don’t have a career path ¹ in mind or if you are tired of your old nine-to-five job ²and want to make a career move ³, you can just call us on the telephone number below to find out how we can help you.

We will work with you to understand what is really important to you. For example, are you more interested in earning ⁴ a lot of money or in having the opportunity to climb ⁵ the career leader?

Our experienced counselors will also review your exciting skills, experience and qualifications ⁶ to help guide you into a role that will be right for you. They may also ask you to do ⁷a psychometric test to help them to understand what areas of employment ⁸ suit you best. Maybe you are thinking of a job in finance but are you really good with figures ⁹? Or a position in human ¹⁰ resources but do you really enjoy dealing with people and their needs?

1. a) ladder b) path c)opportunity

2. a) work b) job c)employee

3. a) move b)training c)break

4. a)doing b)earning c)taking

5. a) climb b) follow c) earn

6. a)diplomas b) levels c) qualifications

7. a) give                      b) make              c) do

8. a)employment         b) progress     c) job

9. a) figures                   b) counts            c) maths

10. a) personnel            b) staff                 c) human

B. Complete each sentence with the correct form of an item from the box.

To involve to be in charge to deal to look to make sure to be responsible

1. Lev Migachov works in research and developmet. His job involves developing new products and new ideas.

2. SuzanaLonza is the receptionist. She looks after visitors and takes messages.

3. Nadine Deschamps works for HR. She deals withstaff problems,as well as with recruitment and training.

4. Linda Erisken is our Quality Control Inspector. She isresponible for monitoring our products and trying to improve their quality.

5. Jose Manzano is our Security Officer. Her makes sure that our staff and premises are protected against crime.

6. Hans Reiter is our new Maintenance Engineer. He checks all our equipment regularly and is in charge of all repairs.

C. Complete the phrases from exercise B with the words that come immediately after them.

1 to be in charge _____of

2 to deal            ______ with __

3 to look             ______after_

4 to make sure    _____that______

5 to be responsible _____for______

A. Complete the interviewer’s questions from a job interview with words from the box

Contact let moving send sharing start working

1. Would you mind working at weekends?

2. Could you let us have your previous employer’s details?

3. Would you mind moving our appointment to Monday?

4. Could you start in two weeks’ time?

5. Could you contact us as soon as possible?

6. Would you mind sharing an office with three other people?

7. Could you send us a copy of your certificates?

B. Match the interviewee’s answers to the interviewer’s questions in exercise A.

a) Not at all, as long as it’s the morning.

b) Certainly. I’m free to start as soon as you like

c) Yes. I’ll let you know my decision by Friday, if that’s all right.

d) Sure. I’ll put copies in the post straightaway.

e) That’s fine, as long as we all have enough workspace.

f) How often would that be?

g) Well, in fact they’re included in my CV .

C. Study the examples. Then complete the dialogues below with could or was able to.

· Could (general ability)

A: Can you use a PC?

B: Yes, I can. In fact, I could use a PC when I was 10!

· Was able to (one occasion)

A: So were you late for the interview?

B: No. Sue gave me a lift, so I was able to get there in time.

1. A: What foreign Languages can you speak?

B: I could speak Italian quite fluently when I was a child but I’ve forgotten a lot.

2. A: What was your greatest achievement in your previous job?

B: Well, I was able to reorganize the Sales Department in a month.

3. A: What did you like best about your previous job?

B: My boss really trusted me so I could use my own initiative.

4. A: So you worked in Turkey three years ago. Could you give us some details?

B: Certainly. As a matter of fact, I was able to win a very big contract.

5. A: So how did the interview go?

B: Fine, I think. I was able to answer all the questions!

A. Use the prepositions at, by, for, in, of, to and on to complete the extract from a company report.

Pinelcom is committed ____ to_ ____ ¹ creating and delivering value – value to its customers, value to its employees and value to the region. Our success in moving towards this goal is most evident in the financial results for this years. Turnover at ² the close of the year was €83,5million, that is an increase of ³12percent over the previous year, and profits rose by ⁴an all-time high of ⁵€11.5.

A huge increase in ⁶production and rising demand have had a positive effect on⁸ our cash flow. We are planning to start full production at ⁷ our recently opened Polish subsidiary in ⁹ May.

Finally, I would like congratulate our staff on their outstanding performance. Thank you all once again for ¹⁰ your continuing support of the company.

B. Match the companies to the industry sector they belong to.

1. Lenovo, Apple, Dell, Microsoft e a) Electrical / Electronics

2. Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis d b) Engineering

3. BMW, General Motors, Motors, Nissan, Toyota b c) Banking and finance

4. HSBC, ING c d)Pharmaceuticals / Chemicals

5. LG, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens a e) IT(Information Technology)

6. AP Moller-Maersk, Qatar Airways, Ryanair g f) Retail

7. Ikea, Tesco, Wal-Mart, Zara f g) Transport

C. Read the sentences and write the missing letters to complete the words.

1. Human resorc es deals with employees, keeps records and helps with any problems they might have.

2. If someone is self-employed, it means that they don’t work for only one company.

3. Cisco Systems is a famous American if company which supplies Internet equipment.