Recruitment /r kru tm nt/ɪˈ ː ə

APPLY – APPLICATION – APPLICANT – APPLICATION FORMRECRUIT – RECRUITER – RECRUITMENTAN INTERVIEW – INTERVIEWER – INTERVIEWEE / nt (r)vju i / ˌɪ ə ːˈ ː

… a quick note on recruitment

recruitment & selection – who is the right person for a job

Listening

• recruit• position• apply for• letter of application• covering letter• curriculum vitae/ CV /k r kj l m vi ta /əˌ ɪ ʊ ə ˈ ː ɪ• application form• short list• candidates/ applicants• interview• hire• recruitment agency

• OUTSIDE SPECIALISTS• HEADHUNT PEOPLE FOR

IMPORTANT JOBS, PERSUADING THEM TO LEAVE THEIR PRESENT JOBS

• HEADHUNTING= VRBOVANJE RADNE SNAGE

WHO ARE THEY?THE HEADHUNTERS

Appointments online: (jobs.telegraph.co.uk)

• European Commercial Manager • Location: Nationwide, job type: Permanent, salary: £100000 (around

€118877), date added: 07/03/2012 • Online Marketing Consultant-Immediate-£160-£200 per day • Location: Hampshire, job type: Contract, salary: £160 to £200

(around €190- €238) date added: 12/03/2012 • E-Commerce Business Analyst • Location: London, job type: Permanent, salary: £30000 to £40000

(€35663-€47550) date added: 08/03/2012

Methods of recruiting people

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 (an intern)• employers may:• offer a job to the husband/ wife of a good candidate (what would be

your reaction?)• recruit people from the families of employees• ask candidates to complete a personality test• analyze candidates handwriting (graphology) Taken from: “New Insights into

Business”

New Vocabulary

• anecdotal• intangible• cunning• a brainteaser• to bring around• to slash• a trait

• clever in a bad way = lukav• a problem that is difficult but

fun to solve = mozgalica• difficult to describe, feel,

measure = neopipljivo• to cut very much (srezati)• based on personal

experience• to persuade (cause someone

to adopt an opinion-ubediti nekoga da usvoji misljenje)

• a quality in someone's character

Let's brain tease!

• Example of a brainteaser:

• Q: Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?

• A: Mary.

More vocabulary• skill (as in: computing skills,communication skills)

• behavior (as in: buyingbehavior, market behavior)

• competent (as in: a competent manager)

• rationalize

• the way that someone acts in different situations

• having enough knowledge, ability, skill to do something

• to find reasons to explain why you have done something

• an ability to do something well, especially because you have learned/ practised it

Rationalize in business terms

• spending rationalizations, rationalizing purchases= reasons why to spend money on that particular object, e.g. rationalizations for buying a smartphone

• to make a business better organized = racionalizovati• HOW? - by getting rid of unnecessary staff & equipment (cruel,

but true)

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT• compound nouns:• RISK -• COMPUTER• PROBLEM - • AWARD • WAGE - • WINE • LAW - • TROUBLE

TAKERPROGRAMMER

SOLVERWINNEREARNER

IMPORTERBREAKER

SHOOTER

CURRICULUM VITAE = STORY OF YOUR LIFE…

• PARTS OF A GOOD CV:• LIČNI PODACI (PERSONAL DETAILS)• OBRAZOVANJE (EDUCATION)• PROFESIONALNO ISKUSTVO (PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE)• VEŠTINE (SKILLS): COMPUTER SKILLS, DRIVING LICENCE• AKTIVNOSTI (ACTIVITIES): ROCK CLIMBING, SWIMMING,

PAINTING, WRITING POETRY etc.• PREPORUKE (REFERENCES): UNIVERSITY OF

SOUTHAMPTON, SPORTS EDITOR…

IF WE KNOW A NAME: Dear Ms/ Mr/ Mrs Smith…

WHO DO YOU WRITE TO:

YOUR ADDRESS:

IF WE KNOW A NAME, WE END WITH: YOURS SINCERELY,

RETRIEVED FROM: http://www.writing-lovers.com/Job_application_Letter.html

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