Essential English for Job Hunting and Communication

Job Hunting and Communication Essentials

Job Search

Job hunting is a synonym for job search. When you pick up the phone and the speaker wants to talk to you, you say: "Speaking". In your cover letter, you explain why you are keen on that particular job and why you think you are a good candidate for it. The European model of CV is known as Europass.

Email Etiquette

Electronic mail, or email, is a quick way of sending messages to people using the internet. How do we read the symbol @ when we write an email address? At. Give a synonym for junk mail. Spam. The files, documents, photos, and attachments that you send in your email are called attachments. The subject line is where we give an idea of what the email is about. To forward is to send the email to somebody else. The blind carbon copy (bcc) function is used when you want to hide somebody's email address. What's the synonym for the bold expression? "Send the order as requested." FW is short for forward.

Phone Etiquette

When you connect somebody with someone on the phone, you put that person through. How do we call the list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers? Directory. We say "Hold on!" when we want to end a phone conversation. False. To put someone through means to transfer the call to another person. Hold on, please means Wait a moment, please. If you want to end a phone conversation, you hang up.

Grammar and Vocabulary

• Peter told me that he didn't understand the exercise.
• I really like languages.
• Sheila lives in a beautiful seaside village, but she was born very far from the sea. She spent her childhood in a small town in the Pyrenees, where she had lots of friends. When Sheila grew up, her parents sent her abroad, to Dublin, to learn about the Irish culture. There, while Sheila was studying, she decided to stay a long period of time in Ireland. And in an Irish village is where Sheila is now.
• What did you do yesterday morning?
• Look at those black clouds! It's going to rain very soon.
• If you work 40 hours a week, you work full-time.
• Don't phone Tim! He's grading the final exams.
• A cover letter is quite a formal letter that usually accompanies your CV.
• If you have a temporary contract, you work for a company only for a period of time.
• Strengths and weaknesses refer to a person's good points and bad points.
• Before a job interview, it is a good idea to do some research on the company you are interviewing for.
• Tom is looking for his key; he can't find it. Tom has lost his key.
• How do we call the place where we get new emails? Inbox.
• James is on holiday. He has gone to Italy.
• The subject line of the message is not important. False.
• If you need a telephone number you don't know, where do you search? In the directory.
• While I was checking the electrical installation, my colleague was inspecting the plan of the installation.
• As requested means as soon as possible. False.
• I have worked here for ten months now.
• Make your CV as long as you can. False.
• When did you start working in PC Elgoibar?
• A cover letter is quite a formal letter that usually accompanies your CV.
• Electronic mail, or email, is a quick way of sending messages to people using the internet.
• The Head of the Computing Department talked on behalf of her colleagues, that is, her colleagues didn't say a word.
• How long have you lived here?
• We were having dinner when Sally called. She told us that Beth, her daughter, had passed her driving test. Sally was really happy because she had spent a lot of money on driving lessons for Beth.