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Discussion

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  In order to get the discussion going, ask students to make 

their own decisions and note down any reasons for choosing 

a particular candidate. Then, put students into small groups in 

order to compare and discuss their choices. 

SuGGeSTeD AnSWeRS:

Sales Advisor – Dubai

Tomas Visser has worked on mobile phones and had 

experience with customers, so is arguably the strongest 

candidate.

Web Analyst – Brazil

Miroslav has worked with the appropriate client base 

– boutiques, and designs websites; Francesca has experience 

of managing people, but her experience is as a computer 

programmer, so is arguably not so relevant.

Listening for detail

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1:23

 

Get students to predict the kind of problems 

that recruitment officers see on application forms, e.g. 

‘candidate has no experience’, ‘no relevant experience’, 

‘there are gaps (missing years) on the CV’, ‘the referee says 

something negative’.

When you play the recording, ask students to note down if any 

of their predictions were correct, and if any new weaknesses 

or problems are mentioned. 

AnSWeRS: