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GET TO KNOW  YOUR PROFILE

  According to Dr John Holland's theory, realistic people are  "doers", investigative persons are  "thinkers", artistic people are  "creators", social people are "helpers", enterprising ones  are "persuaders", while conventional people are "organisers". Which profile , or combination of all these profiles, best matches your own personality ?

HIGH OR LOW PROFILE ?

 If you have too many interests in too many areas, you have a "low" profile. If you have a clearly differentiated area of interests, you have a "high" profile.

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

"It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction."  - Pablo Picasso

MORE VOCABULARY ABOUT JOB SEEKING

*CV : curriculum vitae , written account of  one's past history (education, employment), used when applying for a job

*covering letter : a letter you send with your CV.

*letter of application :  a letter you write when you apply for a job

*Job interview : meeting between an  employer and an applicant for a formal consultation or examination about a  post.

FOLLOW UP WORK

Feel free of doing any or all of the following tasks :

1.Read the lesson again and decide about your profile (high or low) and the kind of person you are (realistic, enterprising, artistic, conventional...etc.).

2. Which profile- low or high,  is  more likely to interest employers?Why?  If you think you can answer this question, e-mail your answer. It will be posted on the Trainee Forum. Click here to send your answer.

3.Read the definitions in the paragraph about vocabulary and put the words  into your native language. Check in your dictionary if necessary.

4. Comment upon Picasso's quote above. E-mail your composition if you want your work to be corrected.

5. "God gives every bird its worm, but he does not throw it into the nest." (Sweedish proverb)

 How far does this Swedish proverb apply to the whole business of job seeking?