Recruitment

Recruitment

acquire new vocabulary;

expand reading comprehension;

discuss.

Key vocabulary

When a company needs to recruit (pieņemt darbā) or employ new people, it may decide to advertise the job or position (amats) in the appointments section of a newspaper. People who are interested can then apply for (pieteikties) the job by sending in a letter of application (motivācijas vēstule) or covering letter (US cover letter) and a curriculum vitae or CV (US resume) containing details of their education and experience. A company may also ask candidates to complete a standard application form (pieteikuma veidlapa). The company's Human Resources department will then select the most suitable applications and prepare a shortlist of candidates or applicants, who are invited to attend an interview. Another way for a company to hire is by using the services of a recruitment agency (personāla atlases pakalpojumu aģentūra) (US search firm) who will provide them with a list of suitable candidates.

Derivative forms of key vocabulary

• apply (v)

• application (n)

• applicant (n)

Derivative forms of key vocabulary

• recruit (v)

• recruitment (n)

• recruiter (n)

Derivative forms of key vocabulary

• interview (v)

• interviewer (n)

• interviewee (n)

Employer or emploee? Who is who?

Multiple Choice

Employer is ...

• a person or company that pays people to work for them.

• someone who is paid to work for someone else

Multiple Choice

Employee is ...

• a person or company that pays people to work for them.

• someone who is paid to work for someone else

Match the info 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 likes to recognize and thank employees for their hard work. 

Important

Intern - someone who works for a short time to gain experience

Internship - a period of time during which a student gets practical experience in a job.

Discuss these questions.

1 What are the advantages and disadvantages of working for Cognex?

2 Would you like to work for a company like this? Why/Why not? 

3 What do you think of this type of recruitment advertisement? 

4 What kind of person is Cognex hoping to recruit? 

Different methods may be used to recruit people. Discuss the following. 

Candidates may be asked to: 

• tell a joke 

• take part in a team game with employees from the company 

• make a five-minute speech 

• complete a probation period before being accepted 

Employers may: 

• offer a job to the husband or wife of a good candidate 

• prefer to recruit people from the families of employees 

• ask candidates to complete a personality test 

• have candidates' handwriting analyzed (graphology) 

Which methods do you think arc acceptable/unacceptable? Why? 

Would It toe possible to recruit like this in your country?

Read the text and decide if the following statements are true or false.

1 Traditionally, candidates for executive positions have been evaluated on their technical skills. 

2 The principal aim of testing is to find out how candidates have performed in the past.

3 Today, choosing the wrong person for a position can have more serious consequences than ten years ago.

4 Most interviewers select candidates for their professional abilities.

5 Candidates are now better prepared for interviews than they were in the past. 

Vocabulary

cunning - the ability to deceive people;

intangible - sth that cannot be felt or described;

a hire/recruit - someone who starts to work for a company;

anecdote - a short interesting story about a real person or event;

trait - quality in someone's character.

Poll

Do you know the difference between employer and employee; interviewer and interviewee?

• Yes!

• No!

• Sorry, what are those strange words...?

Open Ended

What is ''recruitment''? Please explain.