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Unit 1 Nine to five Outside view Part 1 Samantha Graduation. What a day! Your life is about to begin! And then your parents say… Mother Get a job. Samantha I tell you! Looking for your first job out of college can be pretty hard. Reading all the job listings is so annoying. Even trying to figure out what the actual job is can be difficult. Searching through the want ads can be so boring. And writing your resume is really hard work. Samantha I don’t have that day open. Samantha Getting a job interview, and than going on it– the whole process is pretty tough . Interviewer Sorry to keep you waiting. Uh, have a seat. I have your resume here, and you’re interested in the assistant’s position. Samantha Yeah. Yeah, I am. Interviewer Well, the right candidate for this job has to be very outgoing and sociable. After all, it is a sales position. Samantha Well, I’m a real extrovert. Definitely. Interviewer And the right candidate has to have great self-confidence. Customers need to fell that you know what you’re talking about. Samantha Well, I’m really self-confident. Um, I know what I’m talking about and I think I can project that. Interviewer So, what skills would you bring to this job? Samantha Well, I realize that I’m completely overqualified for the position. I mean, um, in my last job, I was running the whole place. Interviewer Oh, so you’ve supervised people? Samantha Yep. Five of them. So, obviously I could do this job, no problem. I also have really good computer skills. Um, what else do you want to know about me? Interviewer Uh … Samantha Even though I was trying really hard, even though I had sent out about 300 resumes, even though I asked all my friends and relatives if they knew of anything, I wasn’t getting anywhere! Despite all my best efforts, I was still unemployed. Part 2 Mother Please, why don’t you see a career counselor? I’ll pay for it. Anything to help you get a job! Phyllis Samantha, I’m Phyllis S