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wordunit 6 EmploymentPreviewIn life, we may experience difficulties and troubles. Losing a job may be the worst thing that could ever happen to us. But persevere, and never give up. We will prove that we can find ways back to successful careers. So dont be afraid to move on and try your wings. Rally your support system. Persevere! Firing doesnt mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happens to you.PartI.Text ReadingWarm-upI. Looking for a career advisor.Step oneAre you recently unemployed? Considering a new career? Or a new grad entering the job petition, and looking for your first job? Or are you an experienced professional, seeking a part-time job? No matter where you are in the cycle of work, career advisors can provide valuable guidance and resources to help you make productive and appropriate career decisions.Direction: Work in pairs or groups to guess what a career advisor can help you? You can choose the words and expressions in the following ellipse:career development/ job market/ career coach/ career assessment/ career exploration/ job searching/ resume writing/ interviewing/ salary negotiating/ salary information/ career resources/ personal criteria/ qualification/ polishing ones skill/ industry trend/ establishing goals/ productive/ efficient/ targeted/ constructive/ on-line/ professional/ valuable/ appropriateStep TwoTry to be a career advisor, and help others to seek a job in todays challenging job market. You are supposed to give advice on the following aspects:Career assessment and career explorationCareer transition informationJob finding techniquesPersonal marketing plansII.Attitude toward a job.A mon reason given to dismiss people is that they dont have the right attitude. What does this mean? What would be looked at by the boss in determining a persons attitude? What attitudes do you have which could have an effect on the type of job you should do?CIRCLE those words that apply to you now.UNDERLINE those words that you would like to apply to you.My attitude to WORK usually is:slackdedicateddisorganizedefficienteffectiveambitiousindustriousinnovativehard workingsincerepersistenthyperactiveacademicresponsiblepracticallazybusinesslikematureboredpositiveorganizedpunctualreliableimmaturenegativeadaptablepositiveunreliablekeenMy attitude to my WORKMATES usually is:cooperativecheesed offaloofindependentsuperiorinferiorequalsympatheticracistcaringthoughtfulinspiringboredpetitiveirritableprotectivehelpfulshyquarrelsometolerantfriendlytrustingpolitemoodypushyaggressivesupportivesexistMy attitude to AUTHORITY usually is:dependablerebelliousangrysubservientscaredeager to please stubbornloyalcautioussuspicioushappyargumentativesneakyopenassertivepassiveaggressivetolerantproudcynicalIf you were fired, what would you do?Being painful and dejected, feel like having a cryFeel humiliated, and give up ever since.Analyze reasons that lead to dismissal.Find a career advisor for landing another job.Begin another career exploration by yourself.TextI Was Fired! (fire开火cease fire停火)Joan Hamburg11 Fresh out of (Having just graduated from) Barnard College and the Speedwriting (速记) Institute, I was hired (employed) as a secretary to the editor of Coupon优待券Magazine. Tiny (small) circulation (发行量), but a real job. So now I had an ine and an apartment (=flat公寓/ 住宅) in Manhattan: heaven (Paradise/ Eden) for a young woman from a small town on Long Island.2 Like (prep.象) so many women of my generation (一代人), I went straight (directly) from college to secretarial (文秘) school to learn shorthand (速记), or speedwriting, despite (=in spite of) the fact that I had already co-written a book called New York on $5 a Day在纽约生活一天只花5元钱.3 As a former (the former前者, the latter后者;the former husband/ wife/ president) lefty (left-hander左撇子, 左翼分子) turned righty, thanks to an overzealous (过分热情的) teacher, I had distinctly (obviously显然) illegible (难识别的, 字迹模糊的) handwriting (笔迹- calligraphy书法)-so bad (poor learner差生=bad student坏学生) that after taking dictation (口授/ 听写to dictate a letter), I couldnt translate (make out看不清) it. The magazine was (The magazine was advertise-The magazine was advertisement-) advertising dependent (靠/ 依赖的), so in letters to the heads of major corporations (公司, 企业), I was told to offer (give) them the opportunity to place (put) their ads (advertisements) in four colors in our magazine for the mere (only) price of $10,000. Inadvertently (Carelessly不注意地), the d in ads became an s, and the president of one of those big panies was invited to have his ass (屁股) in four colors in our publication (出版物).4 Guess what (what might/ would happen)? I was f
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