Who’s who ? Who does what ? What’s going on in the company ? Do you know the difference between hiring, firing and retiring ? Can you ace an interview ? Have you got what it takes to handle your HR ? …Si vous souhaitez éprouver votre HR English, nous vous convions à répondre à quelques tests concoctés par Vocable.
The hiring process
Put these steps in the hiring process in chronological order.
(a) Check references
(b) Conduct interviews
(c) Identify department’s requirements
(d) Advertise the post
(e) Screen applicants CVs
(f) Select best candidate
(g) Offer employment
(h) Check budget
(i) New employee’s first day
The recruitment interview
Prepare your questions. Unscramble the words in the box below to help you (be careful, they are not in the correct order !).
(1) First of all, tell me a little about your educational ……………………….
(2) Which internships do you feel was the most ……………experience for you ?
(3) What do you consider to be your greatest non-academic ……………………?
(4) You’ve told me about your main strengths, now what about your ……………………?
(5) What position do you ……………….. to hold in 10 year’s time ?
(6) Well, I think that’s all I need to ask you. Thank you for coming. We’ll be in ……………..
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Check your grammar !
Complete the sentences with the correct preposition (down/over/to/by/under/for/of/about).
(1) What is Mr Drayton responsible……..?
(2) What is Jennifer in charge……..?
(3) Who does Ms Wang report……..?
(4) Who was David hired……..?
(5) When will Dan Shuman hand…….. the business ?
(6) Why has he decided to step……..?
(7) What were the discussions……..?
(8) Which legislation does this issue come……..?
Put the verbs in the right tenses
(1) We…………… (to hold) departmental meetings every Monday.
(2) Several people said they……… not……………… (to receive) the minutes of the last meeting.
(3) Mary can’t attend the meeting this week. She……………… (to replace) Sarah at Reception.
(4) Have they nearly finished ? The meeting……………….. (to start) over four hours ago !
(5) They……. already………… (to vote) the first 4 items on the agenda.
(6) So now they are on item 5 and they………………….. (to discuss) that for 15 minutes already !
(7) Do you think they…………………… (to finish) by lunchtime ?
(8) I think they……………….. (to continue) discussions tomorrow.
Terminating a contract
Match each French expression with the corresponding English translation.
French
(1) Motif de licenciement
(2) Rupture de contrat
(3) Démission
(4) Faute lourde
(5) Licenciement abusif
(6) Licenciement collectif
(7) Licenciement économique
(8) Licenciement irrégulier
(9) Retraite
(10) Licencier (familier)
English
(a) Breach of contract
(b) Wrongful dismissal
(c) Unfair dismissal
(d) Mass redundancy
(e) Retirement
(f) Gross misconduct
(g) Grounds for dismissal
(h) To fire
(i) Redundancy
(j) Resignation
Increase your vocabulary !
Choose words from the following lists to make compound words in the boxes below.
path satisfaction law opening evolution costs application dispute guidance relations description security shortage goals hunting objectives
Check your proof-reading skills !
Spot the mistakes ! Can you find the 10 errors in this letter ?
3th November, 2011
To who it may concern
I hereby certified that Maria FRANCESCA were employed by our company from 3 July 2009 – 31 August 2010.
During the 18 months she spend in our agency in Poitiers she benefitted by two in-house training sessions :
– a one-week seminar on “Effective Communication in the Workplace” (20 hours)
– a two-days workshop on “Note-taking and Report writing” (12 hours).
In addition to theses formal training sessions, she also had numerous opportunities to inprove her English by attending international meetings held in English, contacting clients by phone and corresponding by e-mail.
Yours faithfully,
Hubert Boscot
Human Resources
Check your pronunciation !
Read the words in brackets [] and you will discover yourself saying English words ! Stress the syllable printed in bold.
Example : [vee ik ul] — > vehicle
(The symbol “ə” is pronounced like the end of “teacher”.)
(1) [ee fish unts see]
(2) [ uk nol idj munt]
(3) [an ny ə lye zay shun]
(4) [ in dust tree ul/haz ud]
(5) [ lun tchun/vow tchuz]
(6) [vo kay shun ul/tray ning]
(7) [your ə pee un/stan dudz]
(8) [ok kyou pay shun ul/helth]
Find the “odd man out” !
Find the word or expression that is different from the others.
(1) Assessment/appraisal/estimate/evaluation.
(2) Internship/sponsorship/training period/placement.
(3) Objectives/aims/forecasts/goals/targets.
(4) Commodities/goods/wares/markets.
(5) Fringe benefits/benefits in kind/perks/profits.
Have fun !
Use the clues to complete the crossword. Numbers in brackets indicate the number of letters in each word.
If you find it difficult, the scrambled letters may help you.
CLUES
Across
1. Skills (11).
6. A salary increase (U.S.) (5).
7. Higher than your net salary (5).
8. Confidence (5).
9.… &…, research and development (1,1).
10. Good to eat ! Useful chart to present results (3).
12. Interactive CD (3).
13. Verb for permission (3).
14. Not applicable (1/1).
15. Indicates a time in the past (4).
17. A question about place (5).
19. French acronym for a takeover bid (3).
21. Suitability (8).
23. Everything you have sold or a place to find a bargain (5).
Down
1. Companies (U.S.) (12).
2. Jobs (9).
3. Preposition indicating direction (2).
4. You may have to do this with the unions, your staff,
your clients (9).
5. Keep, maintain (7).
11. Your employees will be happy if they… a good salary (4).
12. Either “to remember” or “to ask clients to return a product” but not “to phone again” (6) !
16. Exchange (4).
18. Economic and Monetary Union (3).
21. Used to make comparisons (2).
22. A grammar problem for French people : “to…” or “to make” (2) ?
SCRAMBLED LETTERS
Across 1. MOPTCEENSE – 6. SERIA – 7. SORGS – 8. STRTU – 9. DR – 10. EPI – 12. MRO – 13. NCA – 14. AN – 15. TNHE – 17. HEREW – 19. AOP – 21. DUPETTIA – 23. LESSA.
Down 1. SROTIONPORCA – 2. SPINOTIOS – 3. OT – 4. TAIETGEON – 5. NASTIUS – 11. NEAR – 12. LERCLA – 18. UME – 16. PAWS – 21. SA – 22. OD.
Exercise 1
1 (c) – 2 (h) – 3 (d) – 4 (e) – 5 (b) – 6 (f) – 7 (a) – 8 (g) – 9(i).
Exercise 2
(1) background (2) valuable (3) achievement (4) weaknesses (5) expect (6) touch
Exercise 3
1. for – 2. of – 3. to – 4. by – 5. over – 6. down – 7. about – 8. under.
Exercise 4
1. hold – 2. had received – 3. is replacing – 4. started – 5. have voted – 6. have been discussing – 7. will have finished – 8. will continue.
Exercise 5
1(g) – 2(a) – 3(j) – 4(f) – 5(c) – 6(d)– 7(i) – 8(b)– 9(e) – 10(h).
Exercise 6
Job satisfaction, job opening, job application, job description, job security, job hunting.
Labor law, labor costs, labor dispute, labor relations, labor shortage.
Career path, career evolution, career guidance, career goals, career objectives.
Exercise 7
1. 3rd – 2. To whom it may concern – 3. I hereby certify
4. Maria FRANCESCA was employed – 5. she spent
6. she benefited – 7. from 2 in-house training sessions
8. a two-day workshop – 9. these formal training sessions
10. to improve
Exercise 8
1. efficiency – 2. acknowledgement – 3. annualization
4. industrial hazard – 5. luncheon vouchers – 6. vocational training – 7. European standards – 8. occupational health.
Exercise 9
1. estimate – 2. sponsorship – 3. forecasts – 4. markets – 5. profits.
Exercise 10
Across: 1. competences – 6. raise 7. gross – 8. trust – 9. RD – 10. pie – 12. ROM – 13. can – 14. N/A – 15. then – 17. where – 19. OPA – 21. aptitude – 23. sales.
Down: 1. corporations – 2. positions – 3. to – 4. negotiate – 5. sustain 11. earn – 12. recall – 18. EMU – 16. swap – 21. as – 22. do
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