Unit Job Hunting

Unit 8 Job HuntingObjective1. read a story about job hunting in a big city;2. learn some names of occupations;3. learn about the object clause in English;4. Get some tips about having a job interview;5. learn how to write your resume;Focuses1. Vocabulary in words and expressions of Text A and Text B.2. Comprehension of Text A and Text B.3. Grammar (The subject and object clause)4. Practical Writings :How to write a letter of applicationOutline:Period 1: Background Information; study of words and expressions in Text A;Period 2: Discussion of Text APeriod 3: Comprehensive ExercisesPeriod 4: Grammar tips; Active Words and V ocabulary Check; Grammar TipsPeriod 5: Discussion of Text B and the follow-up ComprehensionPeriod 6: Practical WritingPeriod 7: Starting Out & In-class Activities (Practical Listening and Speaking Course)Period 8: Cultural Notes & After-class Activities (Practical Listening and Speaking Course)Methods:(1)Practice speaking and listening(2)Discussion(3)Presentation and role play(4)ExercisesTeaching Procedures:Period 1Step 1. Warm-up Discussion (5 minutes)Question:What kinds of difficulties can you imagine you might encounter in a future job search? Hint:Possible difficulties incude (1) sexual discriminaiton; (2) severe competition; (3) tough interviews; (4) lack of good jobs.Step 2. Background Information (10 minutes)Traditionally, Americans believe that hard work naturally brings huge material wealth. However, in recent years, there has been a sharp decrease in the number of high-paying jobs and ordinary Americans find themselves working longer hours for much less pay. A college diploma is critically important if one desires to have a decent job with a handsome salary. Many jobs incorporate America require that both men and women put their job first and their family second. Some businesses provide flexible working hours and day-care centers in the building, but most do not. A number of women are choosing to drop out of the workforce and stay at home with their children, or to find work they can do at home. In spite of the ideal of equality of opportunity, women generally earn less money than men for doing the same work. Minorities often face similar discrimination in the workplace, earning less money than white workers with similar jobs. However, the recent arrival of millions of new immigrants is changing the makeup of the American workforce.Step 3. Vocabulary in Text A(20 minutes)Ask Ss to read new words and expressions by themselves and then read the new words together. Explain the important points.1. purpose n.意图，目的e.g. The sole purpose of conducing a business is to make money. 做生意的唯一目的是赚钱。

《Job Hunting Reading and Writing》作业设计方案（第一课时）一、作业目标1. 提高学生的阅读理解能力，理解招聘广告中的信息。

2. 培养学生的写作能力，能够撰写求职信和简历。

3. 增强学生的英语运用能力，提高职业素养。

二、作业内容1. 阅读理解：学生需完成5篇招聘广告的阅读理解练习，每篇广告约500字。

要求学生对广告中的职位描述、要求、薪资待遇、工作地点等信息进行理解，并回答相关问题。

2. 写作练习：学生需撰写一封求职信和一份个人简历。

（1）求职信要求内容简明扼要，突出个人优势和职业目标，字数在100字左右。

（2）个人简历要求真实客观地反映个人经历和技能，包括教育背景、工作经历、语言能力、特长和荣誉等，字数在100字左右。

三、作业要求1. 作业需独立完成，不得抄袭。

2. 作业完成后需提交电子版文档，文档中需注明每篇招聘广告的标题和内容概要。

3. 求职信和简历需按照规定的格式排版，字迹工整，图文并茂。

4. 作业应体现学生的独立思考和表达能力，不得出现不文明用语或侮辱他人的行为。

四、作业评价1. 评价标准：作业完成质量、正确率、语言表达、格式规范等。

2. 评价方式：教师评价与学生互评相结合，教师对每位学生的作业进行总体评价，同时鼓励学生之间互相学习和交流。

五、作业反馈部分1. 学生提交作业后，教师需在第一时间进行批改，对每位学生的作业进行详细点评，指出优点和不足，提出改进建议。

2. 学生需认真听取教师的点评和建议，及时修改和完善自己的作业，并在下次作业前提交修改后的文档。

3. 对于普遍存在的问题，教师需在下次上课时进行集中讲解和指导，帮助学生共同提高英语运用能力和职业素养。

通过本次作业，学生能够更好地理解和掌握招聘广告中的信息，提高自己的写作能力，为未来的求职做好充分的准备。

同时，通过互评和教师点评的方式，学生可以相互学习、共同进步，提高自己的英语运用能力和职业素养。

作业设计方案（第二课时）一、作业目标：1. 巩固和提升学生对Job Hunting Reading and Writing课程中涉及的求职英语词汇和表达的理解和运用；2. 培养学生独立撰写求职信和简历的能力，提高他们的英语写作水平；3. 通过作业反馈，了解学生的学习情况，进一步优化教学策略。

Job HuntingTask One: Graduates Feel Market SqueezeAccording to the job fairs we’ve just seen and also recent surveys show the hiring prospects are bleak for this year’s college graduates. In China’s financial hub—Shanghai, and the country’s export base—Guangdong province, most students are still waiting for job offers. As Wang Xiqing reports.Seven out of ten here still haven’t found a job, and most of them are desperate.On average, these students in Shanghai have sent out thirty to fifty applications each. And in extreme cases, some have posted copies of their resumes six hundred times.Surveys show students’ minimum salary expectations are between two to three thousand yuan a month. Foreign or multi-national companies top the list in applications, while small private companies are the least favored, because of fears they could go bust the next day.Many students say they’re willing to work as interns in the hope that excellent performance during their probation period（实习期，试用期）might win them a contract. However, only a very small proportion of companies are actuallywilling to take on interns. And even if they do, that often means low-value positions like answering phone calls at reception.The situation is even worse in Guangdong, where only 8.4% of final year students have signed labor contracts.Over 330,000 local college students will graduate in July, 14% more than last year. And adding the number of graduating students from other provinces coming to Guangdong in search for jobs, the army of young job seekers in the province will top 500,000 this year.To rub salt into the wound the demand for graduates has dipped by 20%, as companies are trying to limit their labor costs in the wake of the economic slowdown.The unfortunate figures mean that all their efforts to hunt down a job could prove to be fruitless.(A graduate student in Guangdong)―Whether you’re from an urban or rural area, if you’re unemployed, then you should expect some kind of minimum subsidy from the government. But we graduates are not officially considered to be unemployed. We’re called people awaiting jobs. I’m very disturbed by this definition.‖The employment situation was a top concern during thegovernment’s political sessions earlier this month. Officials acknowledged that hiring prospects in China are grave, and a slew of measures have been announced in the hope of relieving the situation.A total of 7.1 million college graduates will chase jobs this year, including 1 million who failed to secure employment last year.Task Two: New Year, New Job(Tracy) If you look at any list of New Year’s resolutions, you wouldn’t be surprised to see―Find a better job‖ right at the top. Vera Gibbons of Kiplinger’s personal finance magazines is here to have some tips to help you get a better job or maybe take on a career change.(Vera Gibbons) That’s right. Good morning, Tracy! Nice to see you.(Tracy) Nice to see you, too. Happy new year.(Vera Gibbons) The same to you.(Tracy) Start the new year, start looking for a new job, it’s amazing. How many people are actually doing that? (Vera Gibbons) Yes, one survey finds that 75% of American workers plan to look for a new job this year.They’re unhappy with the pay, they’re unhappy with the situationalthey work, they want new challenges since there’s no room for advancement with their current employer, so a lot of people are going to be out there looking for work. This is a time of the year where we’re more inclined to take the bull by the horns, take the initiative to go out there and find a good job…(Tracy) Resolution thing.(Vera Gibbons) Yes.(Tracy) Is there a good time to go about doing this?(Vera Gibbons) Well, opportunities pop up all the year along, but, yes, the heaviest of hiring does take place in the beginning of the year: they fire at the end of the year and they hire in the new.(Tracy) They fire for Christmas. So if you think about doing, you really should get out there now.(Vera Gibbons) Get out there now, and get the ball rolling, yes.(Tracy) What about the job market in 2007? What does it look like?(Vera Gibbons) It is softening a little bit, job growth is alittle slowing down some because of the contraction in housing and auto-sell sector, b ut that’s been offset a bit bythe service sector. These companies are high in the service industry. We’re actually expecting 1.3 million jobs be created this year, and once a writer by Career Role Builder actually found that 40% of employers will be hiring full-time employees this year, so it’s not a bad time, it’s not great, it’s, it’s OK.(Tracy) OK, so if you’re ready take the plunge, if you want to get out there, you have some tips, No. 1 is ―Do some soul searching‖.(Vera Gibbons) Yes, I just think in order to get out a job that isn’t going anywhere career, that’s gonna drift, you really need to sit down and be proactive here. You can’t be reactive, you have to be proactive. Motivation is really the key to make any changes in your personal life. People may sit back and say: well, getting a paycheck and benefits are good, why rock the boat? Here’s the thing: we’re spending half of our life in workplace. If you’re unhappy, do some soul searching, figure out where you are, where you would like to go.(Tracy) And part of that, as you say, is ―Prioritize youro ptions‖, what do you mean?(Vera Gibbons) Yeah, I mean write down five to ten thingsthat are important to you in your job and career, maybe you want a better work-life bounce, a more flexible schedule, whatever that happens to be, take a look at what makes you happy, what makes you unhappy, take a look at your goals, your dreams, your aspirations and then put together a plan to actually reach those goals because you are more inclined to get there if you have a plan in place.(Tracy) Good idea, you can actually write this all out. Also when you go out there for the job search, you gotta have the resume, so you say ―Make the resume stand out‖.(Vera Gibbons) Yeah, you know, with the employees only spend about 10 seconds looking at your resume…(Tracy) Ten seconds?(Vera Gibbons) Yeah, and get this on average, for every 245 resumes, they get the interview. One person per 245 resume, so it’s very competitive. You need to have your resume stand out, Keep it thin, keep it short, keep it to the point, focus on your measurable accomplishments. And because you’ll be looking for different jobs, you should be highlighting different skills different experiences that may be relevant for one position and may not be relevant for another, so you wanna highlight different ones, have several differentversions of resumes all ready to go, then get out there, do the networking.(Tracy) Ok, just briefly, you say do not look online, you need to hand this out, hand out to your friends, do lots of networking.(Vera Gibbons) A lot of networking , that’s the key. (Tracy) Vera Gibbons, thanks.(Vera Gibbons) Thanks.Task Three: Laid-off Workers in ChinaIn over two decades of opening up, China has gradually reformed into a market economy.One major move was to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs ). Some practices were successful and benefited many. But on the other side of the coin, several companies lost their competitiveness, and had to lay off workers in order to survive. In today’s Working Asia, Zou Yue brings us a story about laid-off workers.Everyday they walk into the factory to work, but now they have to worry about their jobs. For the 4 thousand workers at the state-owned Wuhan Boiler Factory, the country’s reform drive has meant new challenges.35-year-old Ma Ling worked in this factory for 15 years. Butin 2002, she lost her job, something she found hard to accept. (Ma Ling)―It was such a blow. I never imagined that I would get the sack ( 被解雇). It was such a big factory and I was so young. How could that happen? My confidence was totally destroyed at the time.‖Ma Ling’s life depended on the factory. Her parents, her brother and her own husband have worked there all their lives. The change has led to worries about the future. In the days of a planned economy, SOEs offered life-long benefits for workers, from housing and medical care to pensions and insurance. But since 1998, about 30 million employees in China have lost their jobs and also the benefits that went with them, due to either downsizing or bankruptcy.(Zou Yue)―For workers laid off by China’s SOEs, it has not been easy adapting to the industrial reshuffle But decades of market reform have made Chinese workers realize the importance of finding a way out on their own. For many, it has become a part of their life.‖Like her colleagues, Ma Ling struggled to find other work. Six months after Ma Ling got the axe (get the sack), shefound a position she found embarrassing for an experienced electrician--workshop garbage cleaner.(Ma Ling)―Although the job was dirty and tiring, I had to take it. After all the losses, I was glad for the chance. It means everything to me.‖But between 2000 and 2002, the factory continued to lose money, and had to lay off half its staff. Those who stayed faced tougher competition to stay in their positions. After losing their iron rice bowl ( 铁饭碗), they are now walking an economic tight rope. To make matters worse, the enterprise was having a hard time feeding its 3 thousand retirees. The managers found it was no easy job trying to make ends meet.(Chen Helin, deputy general manager of Wuhan Boiler Group)―We have to make the laid off employees understand that they have to change their mind set. Survival of the fittest ( 适者生存) is our rule. While we have tried our best to accommodate the employees, the workers have to find their own way of life if possible.‖The factory tried to make things easier by restructuring ( 调整，改组) its remaining workforce on the one hand, while leasing some of its street front houses for the jobless to run small businesses, like this shopping façade ( 正面). But there simply is not enough for everyone.(Xu Liangjun, deputy director of Wuhan Reemployment Work Office)―As an old industrial city, there i s a large gap between job opportunities and demand. Since 1998, over 500 thousand workers have become jobless in this city of 7 million people. We can only hope the local economy picks up to provide more jobs for them.‖Ma Ling was lucky to later get promoted again, but at the same time two of her colleagues got laid off. The reform has changed the lives of many, who have had to adapt to the reality of a new economic environment.Not only laid-off workers need to find jobs, tens of thousands of Chinese graduates also want to find them as well. About ten years ago, the Chinese government stopped the practice of assigning jobs to college graduates. Now, they have to face their first employment challenges on their own. Further Development20%of Graduates Are JoblessUrban unemployment might be low, but recent college graduates are having a tough time getting a job. A recent blue paper issued by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences says that one out of every five graduates is unable to find work.All these college students and recent graduates crowding into the Beijing Expo Center have just one goal: to find themselves a job. One that pays well, has a good reputation, and matches their major if that exists.Water Zhu graduated last June with a degree in computer technology. He moved to Beijing from Inner Mongolia to improve his prospects. This is his eighth job fair.(Water Zhu)―Competition is so high, so it’s very hard. They want to hire the best, and not everyone is the best—o of course it’s quite difficult.‖The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences reports that in 2006, 4.13 million students graduated in China. Last year, it was 4.95 million. This year, 5.5 million additional graduates will be looking for work. About 20% of the graduates last year failed to find a job. Those they did may have to settle for salaries lower than they expected, in jobs they didn’t trainfor.Graduates can’t find work—but companies say they can’t find people to hire. Even here at this crowded fair, these recruiters say very few people actually spoke to them to ask about jobs—and that’s not what they’re looking for. (Robert Norrie, Volk Uniontech)―We’re looking for somebody who is really confident, who has an out-going personality‖(Wu Hai, L.A.D. Industries)―Building confidence is im portant. Universities should focus more on this – many students have very little opportunity to present themselves.‖Experts say the Chinese university system churns out graduates who have a lot of theoretical knowledge, but not very much practical knowled ge for today’s workplace.But universities are struggling too, as enrollment numbers keep surging. This year, almost 6 million students will enter university—a five percent increase from last year.(Zeng Xiangquan, Dean of School of Labor & Human Resources of Renmin University)―Higher enrollment means universities sometimes cannot keep up—they can’t meet the demands and providesufficient resources for all of the students.‖The government is trying to ease pressures too—at the beginning of this year the China Employment Promotion Law went into effect to ban hiring discrimination and help graduates who take jobs outside of the big cities. But that still doesn’t address what some see as the biggest challenge: teaching students to function in a workplace.Toda y’s graduates need what are called soft skills: communication, teamwork, and theability to work on projects. And a survey by job search website found that the majority of recruiters want graduates who have work experience.Its human resources consultant has this advice: Don’t hold out for an impossible ideal. Take any offer you can get, and just start working.(Jim Hao, Consultant of )―Get a job. Whatever, first. And to know yourself and your environment step by step until you gradually get a clearer picture of yourself—your interest, your ability, and your environment.Which industry is the most suitable for you?‖That’s exactly what graduate Water Zhu is doing. He’sfound temporary work at a stock brokerage, while he keeps searching for jobs in the computer industry. He says despite the competition, what’s important isn’t landing the dream job—it’s figuring out how to get there.(Water Zhu)―It’s only during the job search that I began to realize what I’m capable of. That has actually been the most useful thing—to understand myself better and set goals for my future.‖练习答案Unit Two Job HuntingTask One: Graduates feel market squeeze1. Choose the best answer: 1) A 2) C 3) D 4) C 5). B2. Spot Dictation: 1) applications 2) in extreme cases 3) resumes 4) top the list,5) small private 6) favored 7) interns 8) probation period 9) contract 10) low-value positionsTask Two: New year, new job.1. Choose the best answer: 1) B 2) D 3) A 4) A 5) D Task Three: Bring you finger into the store1. True or false: 1) T 2)T 3) F 4) F 5) T2. Spot Dictation: 1) opening up 2) market economy 3)state-owned enterprises (SOEs).4) competitiveness 5) lay off 6) planned economy7) medical care 8) pensions 9) downsizing 10) bankruptcy。

Unit 9 Reading: Job HuntingTeaching Aims:1. Get Ss. to learn the important expressions of the reading.2. Let Ss. know something about Interview Experience.3. Develop Ss. reading ability and let them learn different reading skills. Teaching Important Point:Get Ss. to read the passage to know about Interview Experience. Teaching Difficult Point:Develop Ss. reading ability.Teaching Procedures:Step1. Greeting and Revision.Check the useful words and expressions of Unit 9.1. accountant 5.refuse9.recommend2.salary6. fluently10.traffic jam3.quit7.promote4.translator8.promotion(设计说明：通过考查本单元重点词汇，督促学生及时识记单词，扎实学生的基础知识。

)Step2.Warming up. (free talk)1. Do you have a dream? If you do, then what is it?2. what kind of person would you want to be?T: Well done! You have many good dreams. But society develops very quickly. It is not easy to find a good job. After graduation from University,you must interview to find a job. Today ,Let us learn the reading about author’s interview experience.(设计说明：从学生熟知的话开始，有助于学生展开话题，营造轻松愉悦的课堂氛围，自然过渡到本节课的阅读学习。

An English Teaching PlanUnit 7 Job hunting ( Period 1 )一.Teaching material analysis：本课时系教材《英语》（职业模块服务类）第七单元的第一课时，本单元主要是关于求职的话题，是人们实行沟通和交际的必要活动。

该话题与本班学生的实际生活联系也很紧密。

因为绝大部分同学在明年春季就会面临求职这个问题，所以能引起学生的共鸣。

第一课时的内容包括Lead-in & Listening and speaking中的Listening 1,Dialogue 1，Role Play三部分，主要内容是关于各种职业的词汇以及谈论将来想从事什么职业的对话。

这些内容为整个单元的学习活动作了必要的语言准备，为整个单元的学习奠定了基础。

二.Teaching aims：1. Knowledge objectives：1）To revise the words：flight attendant,kindergarten teacher, waitress,cook…and learn the new words about profession, such as secretary, guide, hairdresser ....2）To master the important sentences "What are you going to do after graduation?" and "How come?"2. Ability objectives：To improve listening skill and communicative skill.3. Moral objectives：Learn how to express one’s own dreams三.Teaching important points：1.Students can understand the words and phrase about profession2.Students can talk about what they are going to do after graduation and How come inEnglish.四.Teaching difficult points：Students can use the different prefession to practise the dialogue and role play五.Teaching methods：communicative approach,Task Based Language Teaching,The Situational Approach六.Teaching medium：Pictures、radio、tape...七.Teaching procedures：Step One：warming up1.Daily greetings and learn to sing a song about profession2.Revise the sentenses “What do you do”. “What does he/she do”Step Two ：PresentationFirst teacher ask the students “What do I do”Help Ss answer “You are a teacher”Then teacher show some pictures ,have Ss look at the pictures and ask them “What does he /she do”? Help them answer：Picture 1：hairdresser. Picture 2：secretary.Picture 3：tour guide Picture 4：waitress Picture 5：flight attendent Picture 6：kindergarten teacher Picture 7：cook Picture 8：nursePicture 9：Picture 10：Picture 11：Then have Ss look at the pictures of the book(Lead-in) and ask them：What does he/she want to be?Help them answer：He/She wants to be… Then fill in the blanksStep Three ：Listening 1First have Ss look at the book and read the words toghterThen have them listen to the tape and tick in the boxes the jobs they hearStep Four：Dialogue 11.Present the sentencesT：We have learned a lot of professions just now,What are you going to do after graduation?Ss：I want to be a…./I would like to be a…T：How come?/Why?Ss：Because I can….2.Drill the sentences ：Ask Ss ：What are you going to do after graduation? one by one3.Listen and repeatHave Ss listen to the tape and repeat the dialogue4.Practise the dialogueHave Ss practise the dialugue ,then act out the dialogueStep Five：Role PlayHave Ss look at the pictures in the book and pair work,then Role PlayStep Six ：Game：Role PlayHave one student do some actions ,ask other Ss to guess the profession ,then use this profession to make a dialogueStep Seven：Sum up。

Unit Unit 3 Job-hunting 三习题答案Section One: Before Reading1. Oral practice :Lead-in questions:Omission.3．Language Points1. On my first day, we happened upon a pride of lions resting by a lake.(1) happen upon / on: 偶然遇见某人或某物e.g. I happened upon / on a rare book in a secondhand bookshop.【近义词组】meet up with, come across, hit on / upon(2) a pride of lions: 一群狮子a herd of cattle (deer, elephants): 一群牛（鹿、象）a flock of sheep (goats, geese, birds): 一群绵羊（山羊、鹅、鸟）a swarm of bees (ants, mosquitoes): 一群蜜蜂（蚂蚁、蚊子）a school of fish: 一群鱼2. be fascinated by: 被吸引e.g. I’ve always been fascinated by his ideas.3. Although the buffalo was massive, it was easily dwarfed when all the hungry lions crowded over it for a bite.(1) massive: a. 巨大的；大量的【辨析】massive 指大的体积、数量和重量，庞大而笨重。

vast 多指空间、面积、范围的巨大，不涉及重量。

immense侧重空间的广阔，强调体积、数量或程度等，不强调重量。