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Recruitment
Complete the text with the right form of the missing words. If necessary, consult the GLOSSARY
RECRUITING This is the classical way of nding a job, so as an employer you should be aware that this type of 1. _______________ a vacancy will attract most candidates. 2. _____________ a job description carefully and 3. _____________ the job advertisement (also: advert or ad) in all business related media and further. Once you receive all the CVs (curriculum vitae, also: rsums) with enclosed 4. _______________ letters, 5. ______________ the candidates and 6. ______________ preliminary interviews which will disclose the best candidates. The next step is to invite the best candidates to an 7. _______________ interview along with 8. ___ ___________ tests to assess their mental ability and reasoning skills. When you nally appoint the most successful 9. _____________ for the 10. ____ ________ it is time for a new adventure - employee training. HEADHUNTING If you feel that the classical way of recruiting is more of a 'lottery', maybe you should 11. ______ for headhunting. A headhunter is actually a professional or executive recruiter. They receive a request, usually from a client company which 12. ___________ the job requirements. At that point, they will either search their database of candidates and/or they will recruit or headhunt at other companies. It is usually the client company that pays the headhunter so if you are planning to use their services, it is very important to check their 13.____________ record and other client companies. BLOGGING When blogging your vacancies, you are entering the world of mass media. As soon as you set up a free account on a blog service, you will notice the dramatic 14. ______________ in advertising costs. However, successful blog advertising has its rules, and here are the most important ones: 1) train your bloggers 2) link up with related blogs to increase the number of 15. _________ 3) do not 16.____________ classic advertising 4) be simple and original 5) control site activity JOB AGGREGATOR SITES These are specialized 17. ___________ engines such as Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com. Jobs are all they have in their database and they offer links to employers web sites. However, job aggregators are yet to come to the Croatian market. If you type in a job search of e.g. 'a teacher in Croatia', you will most likely get the following reply: 'Hmm. Weve never been there before. Whats the weather like?' WORD-OF-MOUTH If none of the previously mentioned methods seem to ensure you just the right candidate for the opening, maybe you should 18. ___________ the word in your surroundings. Connections in the business world have always been the 19. ___ _________ to success, and your future employee might just be 20. ____________ in your neighborhood.

GLOSSARY
to advertise a vacancy to draw up (a job description) to place / put an advertisement (in a newspaper / on the internet) to enclose a covering letter to shortlist candidates to conduct interviews in-depth aptitude test assess appoint an applicant a post to opt for sth. to specify job requirements track record a reduction in costs search engines hits to neglect to spread the word a key to success word-of-mouth lurk oglasiti slobodno radno mjesto sastaviti, izraditi (opis posla) objaviti oglas (u novinama / na internetu) priloiti pismo molbe (molbu) odabrati kandidate koji ulaze u ui krug voditi intervjue temeljit, dubinski test sposobnosti procijeniti, ocijeniti imenovati kandidat sluba; radno mjesto odluiti se za neto, odabrati posebno navesti zahtjeve posla dosadanji uspjeh, dostignua smanjenje trokova trailice rezultati (pretraivanja na internetu) zanemariti proiriti glas klju uspjeha usmena predaja vrebati; pritajiti se

PRACTICE

Exercise 1 Fill in the gaps with the words given below to get some standard job interview questions. achieve long-range resolve accomplishments short-term productive 1. What are your __________________ goals? 2. What is your __________________objective? 3. What __________________ have given you the most satisfaction in your life? 4. Have you ever had a conict with a boss or a colleague? How did you __________________ it? 5. How much training do you think you'll need to become a __________________ employee? 6. How do you plan to __________________ your goals? Exercise 2 Write down the nouns of the following verbs: a. b. c. d. to apply to satisfy to require to appoint _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

KEY Text: 1.advertising; 2. draw d aw up; 3. 3 place; 4. covering; 5. shortlist; 6. conduct; 7. in-depth; 8. aptitude; 9. applicant; 10. post; 11.opt; 12. species; 13. track; 14. reduction; 15. hits; 16. neglect; 17.search; 18. spread; 19. key; 20.lurking Exercise 1 1. short-term; 2. long-range; 3. accomplishments; 4. resolve; 5. productive; 6. achieve Exercise 2 a. application; b. satisfaction; c. requirement; d. appointmentbased on the union agreement are usually higher than minimum wages determined by the government.