unit two

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Read the advertisement opposite from the website of the American Company Cognex, and match the information below with the corresponding red boxes in the advertisement.

1 Cognex provides evening entertainment for its employees.

2 There is a place for employees to play and unwind.

3 Employees are given the opportunity to travel to foreign countries.

4 Cognex like to recognize and thank employees for their hard work.

President’s Awardsgiven yearly to topperformers, with

bonuses up to $10,000

Tokens for pinballgames in company

game room

Plane tickets tovisit customers

around the world

Movie tickets formonthly company

‘movie nights’

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Practice This is part of a report that a personnel manager wrote after interviewing a candidate for the position of Director of

Software Development. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or present continuous tense.

Subject + Verb 1 (s, es)

Subject + is, am, are + Verb ing + ( O bject )

  present simple

present continuous tense

Articulate and well presented, Paul Sutherland is an excellent candidate for the post of Director of Software Development. He______________ (want) to leave his present employer, a small computer company, because he_________ (feel) that he _______________ (not use) his knowledge of software engineering to the full. He_____________ (look for) a more challenging position where his field of specialisation can be exploited in a more stimulating environment.

He___________ (realise) that our company ________________ (grow) rapidly, and that he would be expected to contribute to that growth. He is familiar with

our existing range of software and regularly ________________ (read) our publications.

Although at present he ____________ (live) in the south, he __________ (say) that he is willing to go wherever we _________________ (decide) to send him. He occasionally _________________ (travel) to various European countries for trade fairs and exhibitions and _________________ (enjoy) meeting people of different nationalities. At the moment he _____________ (attend) a training

course at the Goethe Institute in order to perfect his German.

J HargreavesPersonnel Manager27th January 2000

Interview Assessment

wantsfeel

isn’t usingis looking for

realising grow

read

live saydecide

is travellingenjoy

attend

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1. ______________

Fiona Scott52 Hanover StreetEdinburgh EH2 5LMScotlandPhone: 0131 449 0237E-mail: fiona.scott@caledonia.net

2. ______________

1991-1992 London Chamber of Commerce and IndustryDiploma in public Relations

1988-1991 University of LondonBA (Honours) in Journalism and media Studies (Class

II)1981-1988 Bradfield School, Brighton

A levels in German (A) English (B), History (B) and Geography (C)

Personal detail

Education

3. _______________________

1995-present Public Relations Officer, Scottish Nature Trust Responsible for researching and writing articles on all aspects of the Trust’s

activities and ensuring their distribution to the press Editor of the Trust’s monthly journal In charge of relations with European environmental agencies.

1992-1995 Press Officers, Highlands Tourist Board .Preparation of promotional materials and brochures Co-ordination of media coverage.

Summers of The Glasgow Tribune newspaper 1990 and 1991 Two three-month training periods as assistant to the Sports Editor

Arranging and conducting interviews Preparation of articles covering local community sports events

Professional Experience

4. _________

IT Office 2000 and Windows NT, Excel, Internet, PowerPointLanguages Fluent German and proficient in FrenchAdditional Driving licence (car and motorcycle)

5. _________

Cross-country skilling, rock climbing and swimmingSki Instructor (grade II)Secretary of the local branch of ‘Action’, an association organizing sports

activities for disabled children

6. _________

Geoffrey Williams Brenda DenholmProfessor of Journalism Sports EditorUniversity of London The Glasgow Tribune

Skills

Activities

References

VOCABULARYVOCABULARY

Recruitment (n.)

when you recruit people graduate recruitment.

Curriculum vitae (n.)

all the subject taught in a school, college, etc.

Candidates (n.)

one of the people talking part in an elitism or trying to get a job

a presidential candidate.

Applicants (n.)

someone who asks for something officially.

Managerial (adj.)

relating to a manager or management managerial skills.

Cunning (adj.)

clever at getting what you want.

Accomplishment (n.)

when you succeed in doing something good finishing the

course gave me a great sense of accomplishment.

Intangible (adj.)

An in tangible feeling or quality exists but you cannot describe

or prove it.

Interrogation (n.)

a word or sentence used when asking a question.

Articulate (adj.)

able to express ideas and feeling clearly in words sheds

an intelligent and highly articulate young woman.

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QuestionQuestion

1.How many President's Awards given the bonuses for the job employees of year?- $10,000

2.What is the Cognex’s entertainment for the employees?- Movie tickets for monthly.

3.What position Mr. Paul Sutherland apply?- Director of Software Development.

4.Why he want to leave his present company?- Because he want to use his knowledge of software engineering to the full.

5.Where are Fiona Scott come from?- Scotland.