MCO 1 – Lesson 3 (Recruiting Talent)
LESSON 3
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RECRUITING TALENT
🤝 INTRODUCTION
THE BAD INTERVIEW
🟢WATCH this interview (🖱click here)
Spot all the mistakes made by the candidate before and during the interview: body language, attitude, answers, etc.
He is still looking at his phone when he enters the employer’s office and during the interview.
He doesn’t close the door.
He doesn’t say hello to the employer/ recruiter / HR manager. He doesn’t shake hands with him.
He touches everything on the desk.
He makes inappropriate comments/ remarks.
He didn’t switch off his phone. He answers a phone call during the interview.
His clothes are too casual.
He says he doesn’t have any weaknesses. He is overconfident.
He mentions his salary expectations right at the beginning of the interview.
✅LET’S RECAP (trace écrite)
GIVING SOME ADVICE TO THE CANDIDATE / APPLICANT / JOB SEEKER
→ He should wear Professional clothes / impératif Wear professional clothes
→ He should switch off his phone // impératif Switch off your phone
→ He should say hello (and goodbye) to the HR manager / impératif Say hello …
→ He shouldn’t touch everything on the desk / impératif Don’t touch ….
→ He should close the door / / impératif Close the door.
→ He shouldn’t make sexist remarks / impératif Don’t make sexist remarks
Voca=
to land to job
a job seeker
a skill
a position/ post
a cover letter
a CV/ a résumé
to apply to
(to be) proficient in
(to be) fluent in
an application
a candidate/ applicant
to reach/ achieve (my) goal
a company / a business
to search/ to look for / seek
strength
weakness
EXPRESSION ECRITE
How do I expose my strengths and weaknesses in a resumé/cover letter/job interview?
🟢 Learn the vocabulary and select the words you want to use.
🟢 Write sentences starting with:
| 👍strengths (qualities) | 👎weaknesses (defects/flaws) |
| I’m … (+ quality) I’m calm / I’m funny / I am determined I am sociable / I am hard working I’m rather cautious / I’m rather sociable I’m quite smart I’m quite ressourceful I’m very responsible | I am … (+ weakness) I’m not patient I am shy/ reserved I am clumsy I am a little / a (little) bit reserved/ shy / disorganised I’m very shy I am quite bossy |
| I’m a good … I’m a good seller/ shop assistant I’m a good adviser I’m a good manager | I lack … I lack patience I lack ambition I lack motivation |
| I can … I can inform customers I can speak several languages I can be cautious/ sociable I can use MSOffice | I cannot/ I can’t …. I can’t speak English I can’t manage a team I can’t be bossy |
| I’m good at …. I’m good at advising customers I’m good at communicating with customers I’m good at managing a team I’m the best at selling | I should …. I should be more adventurous I should be more attentive/ concentrated I should be more patient I should listent to toher people’s ideas |
| I am proficient in …. I’m proficient in using computer programmes I’m proficient in customer relations I’m proficient in team management | I am not ……. enough/ at all I’m not patient enough I’m not ambitious enough I am not patient AT ALL |
ORAL (entraînement):
🤝SOFT SKILLS
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Do the activities on the worksheet
🌐use the interactive app below and 📝copy every answer on your worksheet and/ or copybook!
EXPRESSION ECRITE:
GIVE YOUR OPINION
Choose 3 soft skills that you possess and 2 soft skills which you need to work on.
WRITE full sentences using the structures you learnt previously (cf. tableau).
Give examples/ situations to illustrate your point.
🤝A.I. RECRUITMENT
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EXPRESSION ORALE:
Prepare for a job interview.
Step 1: Create a JOB AD on the job/post of your choosing.
Step 2: Use your JOB AD to create a set of 4-6 questions (to ask applicants)
- Do you have work experience?
- Do you think you are a good seller? and Why?
- What are your strengths and weaknesses? What are your assets?
- Do you have a driver’s licence and a car? / Can you drive?
- Do you have abilities in using computer programmes?
- Are you sociable/ curious / adventurous / flexible / ressourceful ?
- Are you interested in being a (shop assistant)?
- Can you speak English / foreign languages (Spanish, German, Chinese, etc.) ?
- Do you like speaking with clients?
- What degrees do you have?
- Do you have a degree in .(commerce)?
- Are you good at communication/ customer relationship / team management ?
- Are you proficient in (commerce)?
- Are you efficient in your work?
Step 3: Look at the different job offers and prepare for your job interview (for each ad)JOB AD par MB
→ enhance your qualities: personality traits/ abilities and skills (soft skills + hard skills)
🦉Use the grid on “strengths and weaknesses”
Step 4: SPEEDJOBING
🤝SOCIAL MEDIA RECRUITMENT
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