| Session | Topic | Objectives | Our work, your remit – for the following session |
| 1 | PART A. RECRUITMENT The recruitment process – Writing the appropriate job description | Part A. Recruitment First step of the process: Focus on the job and your needs | Intro: BE ACCURATE! Your professional background will require you to be pretty accurate as you deal with data analysis, measurements and so on. You will have to demonstrate your ability to problem-solve, be precise, thorough, concise, during job interviews. So, let’s work on your accuracy this semester! 1. Let’s start work and dive into the fairy world of recruitment! Introduction: What does it entail to exactly? So let’s start with the job description 2. A bit of grammar: What about using the appropriate tenses? Let’s check present perfect or simple past (preterit) Please translate: a/ Je suis étudiant(e) à l’URCA depuis 2022. b/ J’ai participé à ma première compétition en 2015. c/ Il y a 10 ans, je ne pensais pas que je serais un(e) étudiant(e) si talentueux (se)! (si, si, on y croit!) For next session: 1. Please do some digging: on p.3 of your handbook, depending on your professional aspirations, please write down all the information regarding the job descriptions you will find when looking into : 2. Please complete exercise 3  |
| 2 | Finding and being the right person | Profile of the ideal candidate, write your cv accordingly! | 1. First, a bit of grammar: correction of exercise 3 2. Back to work: we saw what a job specification may be like, in its (sometimes very precise) details. Now let’s focus on the person (specification). What should the ideal applicant be like? Please browse the web, find the job description of a position you may be interested in, and try to establish the profile of the ideal applicant (p.5 & 6). Then write down all relevant information on p.7. Finally, please work on your CV. For next week: Please finish the first draft of your CV: since we will go through it together next week, we need to have a basis to work on! Also, please also on exercise 12 |
| 3 | Job interview (Part A) | Preparing for the interview | 1. First, a bit of grammar: correction of exercise 12 2. Back to work: Let’s recap! So far, we have a job description, and we need to focus on your CV. Next, let’s focus on the job interview, PART A. Let’s see how to conduct the interview, then apply the technique (p.8-9), preparing for your assessment. While you work on this exercise, I can have a look at your individual CV(if you like). For next week: Please work work on exercise 13 |
| 4 | Job interview (Part B) | Preparing for the interview | 1. First, a bit of grammar: correction of exercise 13 2. Back to work: Now let’s focus on the job interview, PART B. Let’s go through typical questions people ask during interviews, and understand their meaning. Then please think about what you would like to talk about during interview – how you will “sell” your skills, experience and abilities (write your ideas on p.10) 3. A bit of grammar: Please translate: 1. On saura quand il arrivera. 2. Si j’avais su, je ne serais pas venu. Lesson: English sequence of tenses For next week: Please work on exercise 1 (sequence) and get ready for your job interviews |
| 5 | Accuracy? | Accuracy is one of your main skills. Let’s look into it! | 1. First, a bit of grammar: correction of exercise 1 (sequence) 2. Back to work: let’s work on your accuracy and presentation skills (thanks to exercise 1) on motion and movement. Please work in pairs, preparing your presentation for next week, while some of you will go through their… …3. job interviews :). 4. For next week: Please work on exercise 2 (sequence) and get ready to present your work on motion and movement! |
| 6 | Exercise 1 on motion and movement | Checking your presentation skills! | 1. First, a bit of grammar: correction exercise 2 (sequence) 2. It is all up to you! Please present your work on the difference between motion and movement. ->While your class mates present their work, please write down your thoughts or questions on a sheet of paper. We will need to give them some feedback so as to make the exercise profitable! After you have presented your own work, please write down the comments and feedback from the class on p.13 3. Work on your personal presentation while some of you go through their job interviews 4. For next week: Please work on exercise 3 (sequence) and work on your presentations |
| 7 | Accuracy! | Consolidate your presentation skills. | 1. A bit of grammar: correction of exercise 3 (sequence) 2. Back to work: let’s consolidate your skills with presentation exercise 2 Please take into account your peers’ feedback from last week whileyou work on your next presentation. 3. Job interviews for those who are concerned 4. For next week: Please get ready to present your work on the topic you have chosen! Remember, you will be marked! |
| 8 | Final! Exercise 2 | Your final presentation and job interviews | Please make your final presentation! Job interviews for those who are concerned |
| 9 | Final! Exercise 2 | Your final presentation and job interviews | Please make your final presentation! Job interviews for those who are concerned |