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The manager called Fenglin to have an interview thisFriday, but she has to make full preparation for it. How can she prepare forthe interview? Would you like to share with her, in the preparation of the followingrules?

      Why You Can't Find a Job

You'vegot the flawless resume, impeccable credentials and the perfect look -- you arean employer's dream candidate. So why is it you've been on the job hunt foralmost a year and there are no prospects in sight?

Youalso need to have the right attitude. Here are some reasons why you might behaving trouble with your job search.

1.You're not making finding a job a job itself: Many people don't adopt acommitted, passionate, failure-is-not-an-option attitude and don't recognizethat finding a job is a numbers game. When it comes to interviews, it's allnumbers: the more interviews you get, the better your chances of getting calledback; the more times you're called back, the better your chances of landing agood job.

2.You haven't developed a system of finding a job: The system should entaileverything from goals and intentions that dictate planned activity torole-playing of interviews.

3.You have an unrealistic idea about the market for your skills: There is atendency for people to over inflate the ease of their ability to find a job,based on a distorted view of the marketability of their skills. This can leadto frustration and disappointment when the job search takes longer thanexpected.

4.You aren't acknowledging the psychological and emotional stress that changingjobs entails: By denying this reality, people operate out of fear of rejection.They confuse activity with productivity and focus on minor things that appearto be job-finding activities, but aren't the most fruitful activities.

Task 1  

Multiple  chioce

1.     This article is about:

a.      Never finding a job

b.     Toolsto find a job

c.      Reasons to give up boyfriend/girlfriend

d.     Howto become a doctor

2.     Whatis a suggested way to succeed?

a.      Createa flawless resume

b.     Haveimpec cable credentials

c.      Developa system for finding a job

d.     Havethe perfect look

3.     “but aren’t the most fruitful activities.” Fruitful here means:

a.      Full of fruit

b.     High Reward

c.      Banana and Apple

d.     Least Helpful

4.     Findinga job is:

a.      Easy

b.     Hard

c.      Long

d.     A numbers game

5.     Is it best to focus on:

a.      Activity

b.     Productivity

c.      Minorthings

d.     Theblue sky

Task 2

A  Matchthe following synonyms from the article:

B Match the following phrases from the article(sometimes more than one combination is possible):