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Unit 13 Jobs and Careers 13.1 Who should we short-list? Listening note-taking A. Before you listen to the recording, look at this advertisement and decide what kind of person the advertiser is looking for. Highlight the important points in the ad. B. You’ll hear three telephone messages. Each of the speakers has held interviews with applicants for the job. Listen and take notes. You’ll need to pause the recording frequently. Compare your notes with the notes in the Answer Key. Decide which of the job applicants sounds most promising: which of them will you put on the short list for a second interview in London? Which of the three candidates do you rate most highly, judging from what you’ve heard about them? If possible, compare your views with another student who has done this exercise. 13.2 Have a nice day Reading Read this article and then fill each gap below with one word. Many workers in service industries are _________ badly and their work is __________. Service firms with large numbers of low-paid workers often have a high staff _________. Cole National conducted a __________ among its staff, because they wanted to recruit and __________ better workers. Staff replied that they wanted their managers to show that they were __________. Marriot discovered that customers are happier when the staff are __________ and _________ motivated. They found that most of their workers were __________ mainly motivated by pay. For most US shop workers pay is the _________ most important reason for job satisfaction. 13.3 Employment Vocabulary Fill the gaps in these sentences. In American English, you ___________ an application form. She’s going to make engineering her __________. Are we going to __________ a new sales manager? He was the most promising __________ for the job. The past tense of seek is ___________. All our production workers are paid top __________. The applicants will be interviewed by the __________ o