‘Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life’

1. ‘Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life’

2. Overview • Starting up: Discuss ideas about careers • Language work: • Vocabulary: Words that go with “career” • Language review: Modals 1: ability, requests and offers • Texts: • Listening: An interview with the head of a public relations company • Reading: Response to an advertisement for women tube drivers • Skills: Telephoning: making contact • Case study: • Fast-Track Inc.: Choose the best candidate for the job of sales manager • Writing: memo ***The underlined sections will be dealt with in class! Unit 1 - Careers

3. Warmer: what is a career? Iron Rice Bowl • Traditional view • associated with paid employment • referred to a single occupation • Today’s view • paid and unpaid work • living styles one undertakes • seen as a continuous process of learning and development Unit 1 - Careers

4. Warmer: what is a career plan? • A career plan outlines the steps you need to take to reach your career goal. • Steps to developing a career plan • Determine your interests and skills • Evaluate those skills and interests you have listed • Find out about the types of careers available to you • Assess what you need to do to prepare for that career Unit 1 - Careers

5. Warmer: suggest different stages in a typical career go to school go to university get qualifications in… CAREER get a job in a company move to another company Unit 1 - Careers

6. Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life. Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese philosopher • 知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。 《论语·雍也》——孔子 Unit 1 - Careers

7. Start up: Discuss ideas about careers (P.6) Format: Group discussion Time allowed: 5 min Topic: Outline your career ambitions and objectives (career plan) Procedure: 1. Group discussion 2. Then a spokesperson from each group gives their views to the class. Unit 1 - Careers

8. KPMG • Outline your career ambitions and objectives. • My career ambition is to be a professional auditor, and my short-term career objective is as follows: • In the first year, through engagement and learning, and with the help of mentoring, get a solid foundation in the field of auditing. • In the second to fifth year, get familiar and experienced with operation and practice of auditing and obtain all kinds of skills and expertise required for auditing. • In the following years, I will try to enlarge responsibilities in my function. Unit 1 - Careers

9. KPMG • What factors have influenced your career choice? • I’ve chosen the function of auditor in KPMG for three reasons. • Firstly, KPMG is the company attracting the best people in this competitive society and it is the best place providing challenges and meeting the aspirations of the youth. KPMG attracts me as well as thousands of ambitious people. • Secondly, auditing is independent and professional, and it is precise and codified with precise procedures. The professionalism and standardizing guild regulations make the work attractive the persons like me who is full the sense of responsibilities. • Thirdly, I’m a person who is task-basked and project-oriented, so I like the process of accomplishing tasks in auditing. Also I’m a person who enjoys and does pretty well in communicating with people from various backgrounds, which benefits me a lot in getting on well with different clients. Unit 1 - Careers

10. Standard Chartered • What are your career plans or aspirations? • My career goal is to be a professional HR manager, and my three-year career objective is as follows. • In the first year, through engagement and learning, and with the help of mentoring, get a solid foundation in a generalist HR role. • In the second year, get familiar with reward, talent and performance management and all kinds of skills and expertise required of the HR role. • In the third year, enlarge responsibilities in the HR function. Unit 1 - Careers

11. Starting Up: Which of the following areas have you, or would you like to work in? 1. Sales and Marketing 2. Management 3. Administration and personnel 4. Finances 5. Research and Development (R&D) 6. Production 7. Other (Education, Advertisement, Design, etc...) In which fields do you feel it is most important to know English Language? In which fields do you feel it is most important to know Western Culture? Unit 1 - Careers

12. Starting Up: What should you do get ahead in your career? Change companies often Use charm and sex appeal with your superiours Attend all meetings Got to you company’s social functions Be energetic and enthusiastic at all times Be the last to leave work everyday Find an experienced person to give you help and advice Study for extra qualifications in your free time. Unit 1 - Careers

13. Vocabulary: Words that go with “career” (P.7) • Key to section A 1. c 2. a 3. b 4. e 5. d • Key to section B 1. make 2. take 3. make 4. climb 5. offer 6. decide • Key to section C 1. a training course 2. progress 3. a part-time job 4. a mistake 5. a pension 6. an office Unit 1 - Careers

14. Listening: Human resources and recruitment (P.8) • Colette Hill runs a public relations company advising clients on human resources and recruitment. • She talks about: • qualities or skills that people need to succeed in their careers • how to behave at job interviews Unit 1 - Careers

15. Listening: Human resources and recruitment (P.8) • Note down the 3 key points Colette makes in answering the questions: • need to be able to get on with people • need to be adaptable (adaptability) • need a sense of humour Unit 1 - Careers

16. Listening: Human resources and recruitment (P.8) • Listen to the second part of the interview and tick what you hear: turnover: (Br.E) money from sales 营业额，成交量 managing director: 常务董事 • a, b, d • a, b, c, f Unit 1 - Careers

17. Reading: Female train drivers (P.8-9) • Discussion: Are certain careers more suitable for women than for men? Give examples. • the time at which London Underground drivers have to get up • the annual salary of London Underground drivers • the number of week’s holiday they get • one of the reasons London Underground is keen to recruit more women • the number of female drivers on the London Underground now • the percentage of drivers who are women now Unit 1 - Careers

18. Reading: Female train drivers (P.8-9) • Key to Section D • 1. one (its single advert) • 2. advantages: salary of 27,650, eight weeks’ holiday disadvantages: getting up very early • 3. that the train is on time • 4. because they think women can break bad news (such as delays) more sympathetically to passengers Unit 1 - Careers

19. Language review: Modals 1: ability, requests and offers (P.10) • Fill the gaps in the Language review box: • making a request: Can you help me? • making an offer: Can I help you? • describing ability: I can speak French. • Key to Section A: • 1. offer 2. request 3. ability • 4. ability 5. request 6. request • 7. request 8. ability 9. offer Unit 1 - Careers

20. Language review: Modals 1: ability, requests and offers (P.10) • Key to Section B: Match the questions and answers a 6 b 3 c 7 d 1 e 2 f 9 g 5 h 4 i 8 • Section C: role play a job interview in pairs after class and perform before the class next week. Unit 1 - Careers

21. Skills: Telephoning • Have you ever had to make a telephone call in English? What kind of experience was it ? • Do you know any useful English phrases or expressions to use on the telephone? Useful phrases for: • Finding someone to help you • Getting important information • Asking for someone • Getting a customer to answer survey questions • Making a complaint • Selling a product over the phone Unit 1 - Careers

22. Skills: Telephoning • Listen to the calls and see if you can recognize the purpose of the call and whether or not the people on the phone know each other. To ask for an application form to work No To say that the caller will not be at a training course No To get the fax number Yes Unit 1 - Careers

23. Skills: Telephoning • Listen to the calls again and see if you can complete the expressions on the right in Skill section C • Can I talk to… • Just a moment... • I’ll connect you. • Am I speaking to • Carmen Diaz? • Yes, it’s me. • The reason I’m calling is... • Can I have your name • and address? • I’d like to speak to… • Thank you. Hold on. • I’ll put you through. • Hello, is that Carmen Diaz? • Speaking. • Yes, I’m phoning about your advert… • Could you give me your name and address? Unit 1 - Careers

24. Skills: Telephoning • Listen to the calls again and see if you can complete the phrase in the text in Skill section D A Hello. ....... ....... ....... To Andrea, please? B ....... ....... She’s not hereat the moment. Can I....... a ....... ? A Yes, please....... ....... Jacques from Intec ....... You ....... Her I won’t be able to ....... The training course on Saturday. She can ....... me....... If there’s a problem. I’m ....... 0191 498 0001. B OK. Thank you. Bye • Could I speak to… • I’m afraid… • Take • Message • This is… • Could • Tell • Make • Call • Back • on Unit 1 - Careers

25. Skills: Telephoning • Listen to the calls again and choose the phrase the speaker uses in Skill section E Dave Hi, John, Dave here. John Oh, hello, Dave, Dave Fine, thanks. Listen, just a John Yeah, go ahead. Dave Do you think you could the fax number for Workplace Solutions? I can’t get through to them. Their phone’s always John I’ve got it . It’s 020 7756 4237. Dave Sorry, I didn’t the last part. Did you say 4227? John No, it’s 4237. Dave OK. Thanks. Bye. John . Bye. How are you? quick word. let me have engaged. here catch No problem Unit 1 - Careers

26. Skills: Telephoning • In pairs, practice using the telephone phrases on the bottom of page 11 in your text books. Underline any you find especially useful. • Then role play telephone conversations using the files on pages 136 and 138. Each student will play both roles on each page, but DO NOT READ EACH OTHERS FILES before playing your part. Unit 1 - Careers

27. CASE STUDY Can you choose the right candidate for the job? Read the sections ‘Background,’‘A new appointment’ and the job description of desired qualities on pg 12 What do you know about the company and the open position? Fill in the chart in the following slides Unit 1 - Careers

28. Group work: • Analyze the profiles of all the candidates on page 13. • Listen to the interview extracts to get to know more about the candidates. • Now discuss the relative strengths of each candidate for the job and decide on the best candidate. Unit 1 - Careers

29. Case Study: Stage 1 Fast-Track Inc. Training videos and management training courses Boston, US, with a subsidiary in Warsaw, Poland • Poor (30 percent below target) because: • Sales reps not motivated • High staff turnover • Previous manager – no clear strategy • Only a few contracts with senior managers at client • companies Unit 1 - Careers

30. Case Study: Stage 1 • Developing sales and increasing numbers of customers • Managing sales team – more motivated, dynamic, effective • 3 • Natural leader • Energetic, enthusiastic and determined • Confident, outgoing • Strong sales ability • Organizational and interpersonal skills • Good academic background and experience • Numeracy and admin skills • Languages • Must like traveling on business Unit 1 - Careers

31. Writing (P.13) Follow-up: • Suppose you were the head of the Interviewing team, write up the decision of the meeting in memo form to the Sales Director of Fast- Track Inc. Refer to page 131 for a Sample. Unit 1 - Careers

32. Business brief • Reports of the death of the traditional career have been greatly exaggerated. Despite the growth of outsourcing (buying in services that were previously performed by a company’s employees from outside the organization) and teleworking by freelancers working from home communicating via the Internet, most professional people still go to what is recognizably a job in a building that is recognizably an office. The average tenure, the length of time that people spend in a particular job, has remained unchanged (at about seven years) for two decades. Unit 1 - Careers

33. From the point of view of the human resources department (HRD) of a large company, managing people’s careers can still be seen in the traditional activities of selection procedures and recruitment, managing remuneration (how much people are paid) and working with department managers on performance reviews: annual or more frequent meetings with employees to tell them how well they are doing and how they may progress further on the career ladder. The HRD will also be involved with training and professional development of the company’s staff. Unit 1 - Careers

34. A company’s HRD may also be involved in making people redundant. Redundancies may be the result of an economic downturn with reduced demand for the company’s goods or services, but they may follow a decision by a company to delayer (to reduce the number of management levels) and downsize. It may offer outplacement services, advice to people on how they can find another job, perhaps after some retraining. Unit 1 - Careers

35. A manager made redundant in this way may become what Charles Handy calls a portfolio worker, offering their services to a number of clients. But there are also reports that many such managers describe themselves as consultants when in fact they would prefer to be working in a salaried job in an organization like the one they have been forced to leave. Unit 1 - Careers

36. Others may enjoy their new-found freedom and embrace the flexibility that it offers. (Companies too may talk about flexibility when they use the services of freelancers in this way, rather than relying on salaried employees.) Freelancers have to maintain their degree of employability by keeping up with the latest trends and skills in their profession or industry, for example by attending short courses. They may complain that working outside an organization gives them few opportunities to learn these new skills. For many salaried employees, on the other hand, developing one’s career in an (enlightened) organization is a process of give-and-take – the environment they work in allows them to keep their skills up to speed. Unit 1 - Careers

37. Homework for Week 2 • Preview Unit 2 • Complete the Vocabulary and Listening Exercises in your textbook. • Read the article ‘The arrival of virtual pocket money’and answer the questions in sections C – F. Be prepared to discuss the article in class Unit 1 - Careers

38. Homework • Individual work • Browse through the Map of the book to get a quick picture of how materials are arranged • Preview Unit 1,and finish all the assignments intended for after class • Group work • Work together on “Case study” on page 12-13 and email your report to me. • Write a Memo and email to your group leader; then forward to me (jessieyili@yahoo.com.cn). Unit 1 - Careers