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Содержание You will hear an interview with the head of employment agency, where she talks about expectations in today’s job market. Academic vocabulary in use Tea boy? Do you mind, I’m a mobile lukewarm beverage resource facilitator.

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LISTENING

For each question, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.

You will hear an interview with the head of employment agency, where she talks about expectations in today’s job market.

1. How does Diane Webber view ‘jobs for life’?
   
   1. She regrets the fact that this situation is no longer the norm.
      
   2. She feels that many long-serving employees failed to make a useful contribution.
      
   3. She believes that people should have challenged their employers’ motives more.
      
   4. She wishes the workplace had been more secure in the past.
      

2. According to Diane, younger workers in today’s workplace
   
   1. learn all the skills they need early on.
      
   2. accept lateral moves if they are attractive.
      
   3. expect to receive benefits right from the start.
      
   4. change jobs regularly to achieve a higher level.
      

3. What does Diane say about continuity in companies?
   
   1. It is desirable in both junior and senior management.
      
   2. It is impossible to achieve in today’s more competitive environment.
      
   3. It is unimportant, due to the greater emphasis on teamwork.
      
   4. It is necessary, but only up to a point.
      

4. According to Diane, what is the actual benefit of higher levels of personnel movement?
   
   1. higher levels of output
      
   2. better problem-solving
      
   3. more creativity
      
   4. greater efficiency
      

5. Diane considers that nowadays, companies are at more risk from
   
   1. run-of-the-mill employees who play safe.
      
   2. successful high-fliers who quickly move on.
      
   3. unreliable staff who lack commitment.
      
   4. external advisors who have undue power
      

What do the following expressions mean?

6. cut their teeth
   
7. progress up the rungs
   
8. a mixed blessing
   
9. dog-eat-dog
   
10. a quantum leap
    
11. quick fixes
    
12. keep their heads down
    

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY IN USE

1. Match the colours to the nouns given (one colour is used twice). Use the expressions in the sentences.
   

Blue	goods
Golden	ink
Green	chips
Red	knight
White	hello
	shoots

1. In spite of substantial investment, the company is still bleeding _________________________ and drastic action is likely before the year end.
   
2. Although we cannot report much that is positive, some encouraging_________________________ are starting to appear, particularly in certain export markets.
   
3. Even the ________ ICI and Guinness are beginning to suffer reverses of fortune, as recession bites.
   
4. Sales volumes of _____________________such as dishwashers and freezers are virtually static.
   
5. It is thought that top executive James Eagleton received a _________________ of around $2 million on joining the corporation.
   
6. Rumours that a __________________ was about to step in proved unfounded and the company was taken over within a matter of weeks.
   

2. Read the following text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
   

Title Race Tea boy? Do you mind, I’m a mobile lukewarm beverage resource facilitator. Human nature provides the most divine of comedies. …(1)… a recent study which has informed the nation that job titles are a prime cause of envy and unrest at work. A survey by a leading firm of recruitment consultants found that 90% of employers and 70% of employees admit that titles create …(2)… among colleagues. Most shockingly, the survey found that 70% of office workers would be willing to …(3)… a pay rise in favor of a more ‘motivational’ or ‘professional’ job title. If our vanity is …(4)… such proportions that even basic greed is being overwhelmed, we are indeed in dire straits. The truth is that these brave new days of the early twenty-first century, nobody is content to be …(5)… subordinate. The titles under discussion …(6)… the emphasis on ability (specialist, coordinator) but are, in fact, little more than euphemisms.
	1	A Corroborate	B Testify	C Confirm	D Witness
	2	A compartments	B demarcations	C divisions	D partitions
	3	A forgo	B revoke	C forbear	D resign
	4	A attaining	B reaching	C touching	D finding
	5	A defined	B marked	C labeled	D identified
	6	A place	B set	C fix	D allocate

3. Fill each of the numbered blanks with one suitable word.

Successful ambitious companies …(1)… clear visions need successful ambitious people who can ‘live the vision’ for both business and themselves and who see that the two go hand …(2)… hand. Successful operations result …(3)… from working harder but from working more effectively, which in turn is the result not of individual efforts, but …(4)… the system in which the individuals work. Group success won by raising the performance of the system automatically increases the success of group members.

The analogy …(5)… a sports team is self-evident. Buying an expensive star won’t …(6)… a bad football team good, but a good side, with a shared vision of excellent performance and ways to achieve it, turns mediocre players …(7)… star performers. The importance of group vision doesn’t diminish the individual role but enhances …(8)… . A system in which individuals …(9)…correct defects and suggest improvements, including the vision and its fulfillment, will have higher performance and …(10)… satisfied, better-motivated people, than one in which they are confined …(11)… obeying orders from on high.

The philosophy hinges on releasing the initiative and ability of companies, teams and individuals to perform …(12)…, and to go on raising their game – in short, to make progress, a word conveying the essence of true success …(13)… the power of true vision. Not everyone can come first, but anyone can advance closer to important goals, and …(14)… reached them can pitch their vision higher still. For companies, teams and individuals, success is never total, for progress can always be …(15)… .