How to Find a New Job
Michael Berman, UK
Michael Berman’s published work includes The Power of Metaphor for Crown House, The Nature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story for Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Shamanic Journeys through the Caucasus and Shamanic Journeys, Shamanic Stories for O-Books, Journeys outside Time for Pendraig Publishing, and Tales of Power for Lear Books. A Bridge to the Other Side: Death in the Folk Tradition and Georgia through Earth, Fire, Air and Water are both due to be published by Moon Books in 2012. ELT publications include A Multiple Intelligences Road to an ELT Classroom, In a Faraway Land (a resource book for teachers on storytelling), On Business and for Pleasure (a self-study workbook), and English Language Teaching Matters, written with Mojca Belak and Wayne Rimmer. For more information please visit www.Thestoryteller.org.uk, E-mail: berman.michael@rocketmail.com
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Fit the following combinations with dependent prepositions into the gaps. Use each combination once only: be alert to / be an improvement on / be averse to / be aware of / be gifted with / be glued to / be proficient in / get out of the habit of / get used to / give some thought to / have a negative impact on / have a tendency to / have difficulty in / have pre-conceptions about / have the strength of character to / make a conscious effort to / make a start on / put an end to / resign yourself to / show enthusiasm for
Often when faced with something pretty traumatic like losing your job, people 1 _______________ bury their heads in the sand. Don't. Doing so is bad for you, and it could also 2 _______________ any potential employers.
If you know you are going to lose your job then be proactive and 3 _______________ planning for it before it even happens. And if it has just happened, then get moving now.
Your CV needs more than just a brush-up. It needs to be completely re-worked and then carefully tailored for each and every job that you go for. If you send the same CV out for 10 different jobs, nine times out of 10 you will be sending the wrong CV.
Employers in the private sector often 4 _______________ people from the public sector - that they are likely to 5 _______________ change, that they want long holidays and short hours – and you need to be able to dispel all of those pre-conceptions.
6 _______________ the fact that you are in a new environment now and make sure that your CV works for that new environment. Don't just dwell on what you have done, but really think "how do I fit that job?" then tinker with your CV to show that you do.
7 _______________ thinking in terms of what you do and fixating on the job that you have had. Start thinking instead about the transferable skills it takes to 8 _______________ the job you’re applying for, and which of those you have.
9 _______________ the idea that the first step you take into the private sector may not be perfect. You may not 10 _______________ your ideal job straight away, it may be the second job or even the third that fits best, but you have to take that first step and start the process. Better to get out there and be working, even if it is not in the best job in the world, than to 11 _______________ sitting at home doing nothing. You certainly don’t want to 12 ________________ the TV all day.
Even if what you are doing isn't the perfect job it can still 13 _______________ the alternative scenario. Because not working for a long period can be dangerous. It is very, very easy to 14 _______________ working, and if you have long breaks between jobs on your CV it sends a bad message to prospective employers.
Talk to people. Lots of jobs and business opportunities come out of conversation. People in this country 15 _______________ saying "I'm good at that", but so long as you don't say it with arrogance, and 16 _______________ also admit when you aren't so good at something there is nothing wrong with it.
So 17 _______________ what you are good at and 18 _______________ talk to people, network as much as possible, keep your radar switched on and bring out ideas and plans through conversation.
If you've been working in the same job for a long time it could suggest to a private sector employer that you have chosen to stay in a safe environment and are perhaps starting to wind your career down. You need to 19 _______________ that possibility and to ensure that instead of fuelling that notion, you eradicate it. 20 _______________ the new challenges that lie ahead and be passionate. It is not about age, it is all about attitude.
Often the best things can come out of really difficult times. That idea you've been considering, that change of direction you've been thinking about - now is the time for it.
Check through your answers, and then make sentences of your own using the twenty different combinations:
1 have a tendency to 2 have a negative impact on 3 make a start on 4 have pre-conceptions about 5 be averse to 6 Be aware of 7 Put an end to 8 be proficient in 9 Get used to 10 be gifted with 11 resign yourself to 12 be glued to 13 be an improvement on 14 get out of the habit of 15 have difficulty in 16 have the strength of character to 17 give some thought to 18 make a conscious effort to 19 be alert to 20 Show enthusiasm for
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