Recruitment

9. Choose the correct alternatives to complete the text below.

Employees who leave a company are not always replaced. Sometimes the company examines the (1) ___________ for the post, and decides that it no longer needs to be filled. On other occasions the company will replace the person who resigns with an internal candidate who can be (2) ___________ (or moved sideways) to the job. Or it will advertise the position in newspaper or trade journals, or engage an employment (3) ___________ to do so. For junior management positions, employers occasionally recruit by giving presentations and holding interviews in universities, colleges and business schools. For senior positions, companies sometimes use the services of a firm of (4) ___________, who already have the details of promising managers.

People looking for work or wanting to change their job generally read the (5) ___________ advertised in newspapers. To reply to an advertisement is to (6) ___________ for a job; you become an (7) ___________ candidate. You write a/an (8) ___________, or fill in the company’s application form, and send it, along with your (9) ___________ (GB) or resume (US). You are often asked to give the names of two people who are prepared to write a (10) ___________ for you. If you have the right qualifications and abilities, you might be (11) ___________, i.e. selected to attend a/an (12) ___________.

It is not uncommon for the (13) ___________ department or the managers responsible for a particular post to spend eighty or more working hours on the recruitment of a single member of staff. However, this time is well-spent if the company appoints the right person for the job.

1. a) job description	b) job satisfaction	c) job security
2. a) advanced	b) employed	c) promoted
3. a) agency	b) center	c) company
4. a) headhunters	b) headquarters	c) headshrinkers
5. a) openings	b) opportunities	c) vacancies
6. a) apply	b) applicate	c) candidate
7. a) appliance	b) applicant	c) application
8. a) appliance	b) application	c) demand
9. a) job history	b) curriculum vitae	c) life story
10. a) reference	b) report	c) testimony
11. a) appointed	b) employed	c) short-listed
12. a) examination	b) interview	c) trial
13. a) personal	b) personnel	c) resources

Now translate the highlighted expressions in the text into your own language.