TYPE: Thank-you letter
A. Mrs. Clowater is sending a letter to her son's teacher explaining why he was absent from school two days.
B. Brian is writing to the Ottawa School of Computer Technicians to ask for a course calendar.
C. Mr. Hicks is writing to his business associates to invite them to the grand opening of his new business.
D. Barb cannot attend a good friend's wedding. She includes a letter with the reply card, sending her regrets.
E. I read in the paper today that Cheryl's mother died this week. I wrote a letter to Cheryl to tell her how sorry I am.
F. Shirley wrote to Playkind Co. to complain about the toy she gave her daughter on her birthday. The toy lasted two days and then stopped working.
G. George is sending a letter to the Moncton Herald to complain about dogs in his neighbourhood running loose.
H. Pat saw an employment notice in the newspaper yesterday. She is writing to the company about the job.
3. What are the three main letter formats? Make a diagram to illustrate your answers.
4. Imagine you have just moved into an apartment. In your new apartment, there are several repairs you wish to have done. The superintendent promised these same repairs would be done before you moved in. Write a business letter in to the superintendent, telling him or her what needs to be done.
5. Name the letter format.
6. A. What are the main parts of a business letter?
B. What are the main differences between business letters and the other style of letter?
7. Write a business letter of any type. Use at least four of the optional parts of a letter in it.
Job interview
| As we all know, no one can get a job without crossing the most important hurdle the job interview. The job interview is actually a dialogue carried out between the interviewerand the intervieweewherein the interviewer is the leader of the conversation.The interviewer usually sees the resume before he sees the applicant. The resume gives the first impression of the applicant to the employer. It should be neat and well organized. Job interviews have always been the most widely accepted method for selecting candidate for a specific job role. It does not last for more than an hour or so, wherein the interviewer asks the questions to get a better understanding of the interviewee. Be it through pre-screening phone interview, regular phone interview, one-on-one, face to face interview, or a panel interview. The employerinteract with the prospectiveemployeein order to learn/observe his/her qualities. Needless to say, it is arguably one way that enables an employer to dig deep into an applicants psyche, match his observations with the job requirement and compare it with the pre-employment screening tests observations to finally make a sound decision. Most of the times, the first round is a screening process. Employers conduct screening interviews to filter out the unwanted or ineligible candidates. Screening interviews are conducted over the phone, so it is very important to make a good impression in order to be selected for the next step: the in-person interview. In addition, if you are applying for administrative jobs, sales jobs, or customer service jobs, this is an excellent way for an employer to determine the level of your telephone effectiveness. The third step is one-on-one, face to face interview.A face to face interview is a dialogue: do not let the conversation shape into a one way street talk. During the interview look directly at the interviewer and answer all of her questions as specifically as you can. Ask any questions that you have about the job, such as hours, salary, or job benefits. Before you leave, there should be a clear understanding about all aspects of the job. At the close of the interview, express your thanks and be sure that the interviewer knows how to contact you if she wants to hire you. In the panel interview (also called a group interview, the candidate generally meets with an interviewing panel the supervisors and some other team members. In most cases a group of candidates are interviewed together by the panel. The panel interview is a discussion about a situation, the most often a dilemma, which is presented to a team of candidates. The team is required to solve this situation. In an interview in which a single candidate is interviewed in front of a panel, the questions asked may be very similar to those in a one-on-one interview. The questions are selected to check the candidates performance in front of people. The job interview is a turning point in our life and it always plays a key factor in the hiring process. The job interview is quite an important part of a persons professional as well as personal life. | interview [´ɪntǝvju:] interviewer [´ɪntǝvju:ǝ] ' interviewee [´ɪntǝvju:´i:]' conversation[ˏkɒnvǝ´seɪʃ(ǝ)n] , resume [´rezju(:)meɪ] , applicant [´æplɪkǝnt] , pre-screening phone interview ' face to face interview -- panel interview[´pænl´ɪntǝvju:] ' employer[ɪm´plͻɪǝ] to interact [ˏɪntǝ´rækt] employee[ˏemplͻɪ´i:] observation[ˏɒbzǝ´veɪʃ(ǝ)n] job requirement [rɪ´kwaɪǝmǝnt] , ' screening process [´skri:nɪŋ ´prǝυses] to filter out , ineligible[ɪn´elɪdʒǝb(ǝ)l] ( ) in-person interview a a salary [´sælǝrɪ] benefit [´benɪfɪt] , supervisor [´s(j)u:pǝvaɪzǝ] () to solve [sɒlv] turning point [´tɜ:nɪŋpͻɪnt] hiring process |
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