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Are You Hiring?

Date: Sep 28 2007

Themes: Work

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

There’s nothing worse than pounding the pavement looking for “help wanted” signs. Each rejection feels like a personal blow and before you know it, you don’t have enough confidence left to get a job digging holes.

Devan is having a hard time finding work. Listen to Amanda give her a pep talk.

3. Watch - Watch the video without reading the dialog.

Dialog

1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.

2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Amanda

Devan

Amanda: So how’s job hunting going?

Devan: Terrible. I can’t find a job anywhere.

Amanda: What routes are going? Are you doing Internet, or hard copy...résumés in the mail?

Devan: I’ve been emailing my résumés to all kinds of places. I applied at a bakery. I applied at a pizza place. I applied at an office. Nobody wants to hire me!

Amanda: Have you connected with a recruiter or a job staffing service?

Devan: No. Do you know one?

Amanda: It’s free and they have all the staffing services. They interview you hardcore. They get your whole profile, and then they do the work.

Devan: I would like the idea of somebody else doing the work.

Amanda: Yeah. It’s pretty cool. You have one interview with them only and they’re the gatekeeper, and they sell you to any job opportunities that are out there in your city.

Devan: That’s awesome because I don’t even know where to begin looking. I don’t know who’s hiring. I don’t know anything.

Amanda: It’s probably one of the most frustrating processes a person can go through, really.

Devan: It is. I see why people get stuck at crumby jobs for as long as they do.

Amanda: I completely agree. So they don’t have to job hunt. And it’s worse if you are unemployed at the time because then you’re desperate and you’ll take anything. So do you have something right now?

Devan: Yeah, I have a job, but my work’s going out of business so I’m trying to find a new job.

Amanda: So time’s running out.

Devan: Time is running out. I’ve got till the end of the month.

Amanda: Can you afford a little bit of time between this job and the next one? A little cushion there?

Devan: Yeah. Maybe I’ll get some unemployment soon.

Amanda: That’s true too.

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Discussion

Devan has applied a lot of places, but is having a hard time finding a job. Amanda asks her if she’s been using a recruiter. She hasn’t.

A recruiter, Amanda explains, interviews you and then shops you around to local employers, saving you the trouble. Devan thinks that sounds like a great idea.

She also says that she sees why people stay at crumby jobs for so long. Working sucks, but looking for work is worse. And, as Amanda points out, looking for work when you’re already unemployed is the absolute worst because you’re desperate.

Luckily, that isn’t the case for Devan. She has a little bit of time to find a job.

How did you find your job?

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ccarol

Taiwan

Job hunting is everyone's problem, especially when you even don't know what you want to do or want to be. Trust yourself, will find good job soon.

HUBERHT NOVOA

Colombia

NO RIGHT NOW WHY DO YOU ASK ME THAT…... BUE SEE YOU

shanie

China

easy to find a job to survive , but difficult to find a job u like …

herry poter

Egypt

Tanucha

Russian Federation

Actually I'm hiring for a new job. It's a bit difficult for me because I'm a student. My schedule isn't fixed very convenient. En plus, I'm a foreign student. Evry country has unemployment. If I want the job according my background, it's hard even if I'm already graduate in my native country. But God with me.

seema2312

India

its a very terrible thing because u never get what u want very easily unless & untill u work hard for it. So keep on searching u will get it.

armess

Turkey

i think job hunting is really one of the most stressful things.

but you should not be worried about it because there is always a job suitable for you

keep searching and you will get it!

艾菲

China

I think the answer to 'get help' is that 'be familiar with something or know the situation of something'.

tear_drop

Poland

It’s very big problem when you don’t have job and have to job hunt.If you have difficulties with finding job it can make you so depressed. I hope one day I’ll find job of my dreams ;)

zeus2006

Turkey

I hope God help to all unemployed people to find a job!!!!!

zeus2006

Turkey

If you graduated from Universty, if you have some experience about your job,if you are hard worker,if you want to get a good carrier you can find a job easly.But if you don't have any God help you to find a job!!!!!