Version A: advertisements

Job Hunt
Using the email from an employment agent and the advertisements about the six jobs you are interested to apply. Complete the table below.

No.	Occupation	Skills/ Qualifications	Salary	Working Time
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Describe the pros and/or cons for every job in a full sentence with subjects and verbs. You need to use at least two conjunctions in each sentence.

No.	Job	Description
E.g.	Bricklayer	If I work as a bricklayer, I will earn less than a welder but I have more flexible working time.
	Flight attendant	I would like to work as a flight attendant because I enjoy travelling and meeting people.
	Nurse	I do not want to be a nurse even though the salary is good because I am afraid of blood
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Get Hired!


Scenario: You are planning to apply for one of these jobs but you need to take into consideration of your capabilities. You are a college student and you have full daytime classes on Monday and Tuesday and you are quite free for the rest of the week. You need this job to pay your college fee which is RM 10,000 per year and you are trying to save about RM 15, 000 per year so you can afford to have a car. You are excellent in using computer and you enjoy travelling, cooking and designing graphics. You also possess incredible communication skills especially when you are very proficient in English. Write an essay by answering these following questions:

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   Decide which job that you should apply and provide three reasons for your choice.
   
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   Determine which three of the jobs are the most difficult ones and which three are the easiest. Provide reasons for your answers.
   
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   Suggest three initiatives you can do to improve your performance in your job.
   

You may need to use your personal opinions in writing the essay.

Adverbial clause (subordinating conjunctions)	Function	Example
Contrast clause	Although; though; even though; while	Even though you are 13, you can’t go to that movie. Although you gave it your best, you did not win the match.
Reason clause	Because; since; as	She passed the course because she worked hard. Since he has long hair, he wears a ponytail.
Place clause	Where; wherever; everywhere	Wherever there is music, people will often dance. Let’s go to the room where they asked us to wait.
Purpose clause	So that; so; in order to	So that he would not ruin the carpet, he took off his shoes. He ate vegetables in order to stay healthy.
Time clause	When; before; after; since; while; as; as soon as; by the time; until	After the chores are done, we will eat ice cream. When the clock strikes midnight, she has to leave.
Conditional clause	If; unless; as long as	If you save some money, you can buy a new game. Unless you hurry, you will be late for school.
Coordinating conjunctions	Function	Examples
Connecting ideas	And	John shouted and everybody waved
Contrast of ideas	But	We looked everywhere but we could not find him
Possibility of ideas	Or	You can study hard for the exams or you can fail