Time schedule of "Job - Hunting"-project

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Time-Schedule for the "Job - Hunting" project -
a project for Brighton students and Fulda students
Co-ordinators: Mrs. Lily Wilson, Brighton and Dr. Laurent Borgmann, Fulda
Version: 02 April 1998

Dates	Brighton Action "Writing a CV tailored to the job"	Fulda Action "Recruiting the right person for the job"	Comments
week 1 09-13 March	Studying /writing Curriculum Vitaes (CVs) The students are given examples of different types of CVs and covering letters to study. They are also shown examples of advertisements on the WWW and the daily press. The teacher draws the attention of the students to language, style, format and other important features of letter and CV-writing. The students choose a position from the advertisements in the press and for homework they prepare the first draft of their CV and covering letter of application using the examples they've studied. Bibliographie Ashley, A A Handbook of Commercial Correspondence, Oxford University Press, 1992 Beresford, C Business Communication, Practical written English for the modern business world, BBC English , 1988 Wilson, M. Writing For Business, Nelson, 1987	Studying how to formulate a job advertisment from a job profile
week 2 16-20 March	Studying /writing covering letters The students work in groups looking at each other's CVs and covering letters, editing and making sure the CV is tailored for the position advertised in the newspaper. The teacher will provide feed back on their work and comments. When the CVs and letters are edited each student will take a printed copy with them.	Publishing three student assistant jobs on the WWW: Research assistant Library assistant Kitchen help Advertisements go online on Wednesday 18th	Brighton activity: for the wednesday group only
week 3 23-27 March	Browsing through the three student assistant jobs advertised by Fulda students/ tailoring CVs and covering letters to match the jobs and sending them The students look at the positions advertised on the web by the German students and choose one of them and tailor their CV and letter to suit the position and send them to the "employers". The deadline for all applications for the three student assistant jobs is: 27 March 1998 no applications will be considered after this date!	Students form juries for the three jobs and fix criteria for selection of applicants.
week 4 30March- 3 April	Preparation for job interviews The students receive answers to their applications. Practising and preparation for the interviews. Again formal oral language examples are used for this activity and students are encouraged to role play. The unsuccessful candidates are asked to play the part of the employers. (NB This activity will take 50 - 60 minutes so the students will be engage in vocabulary learning and practice for the rest of the session.)	Considering the CV’s and the covering letters, making a short list and sending appropriate letters to each student in Brighton. Letters will be sent by 8 April: - letters of rejection - invitation to job interviews (which should take place on 24 April) Homework for the Easter Break: Preparation for job interviews. Formulating 5 specific questions per job applicant (on the basis of the CV and covering letter)	This will be a hectic week for the Fulda group.
Easter Break
week 5 20-26 April	The interviews between Fulda and Brighton students in the Video Conferencing room. The unsuccessful students can take part if they wish. or they can work on vocabulary practice. (NB As the time scale of video conferencing depends on the availability of the Fulda students this session may take place at another time and not during the class in which case the class time for Brighton will be used for some other activity.)	24 April: Job Interviews (15:00-17:00 German time) Job interviews as arranged between the short-listed applicants and their potential employers Writing final letters of acceptance or rejection. The rejected applicants receive a full comment on their application
week 7 27-30 April	Successful candidates for each position write letters accepting the position offered EVALUATION	EVALUATION	Student questionnaires

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