Functional Skills: World of Work
World of Work
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rates of pay seen
below to complete
the advertisements.
Rates of pay:
Starting salary: £11,588 (plus bonuses)
Good rates of pay (negotiable)
Rate of pay dependent on experience.
Rate of pay: £5.73 per hour.
Pay: £4.77 per hour (food included)
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Six brief job
advertisements are
shown here on the
left.
£6.00 per walk.
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Categorise
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Part-time
Advertisement 1
A full-time trainee chef to join a busy,
energetic kitchen in an exceptional
four-star country hotel.
We pride ourselves on using local
produce of the highest standard for
our award-winning restaurant.
Pay: £4.77 per hour (food included).
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WANTED
For further details, please write to
The Manager, Brown’s Hotel,
Whitley, WH6 8HY
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Shop assistant required for
Carol’s Crafts in the town
centre.
We are a friendly, family-run business
and are looking for someone to work
Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Experience of dealing with the public
required.
Rate of pay dependent on experience.
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Advertisement 2
Please write to Carol Jones, 24 High
Street, Newtown to request an
application form.
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Fantastic opportunity for an
ambitious, career-minded
individual!
APEX is a new insurance company and
we are looking for dynamic schoolleavers/graduates to provide full-time
administration support to our senior
managers in our state-of-the art offices
in the centre of town.
Starting salary: £11,588 (plus bonuses)
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Advertisement 3
If you are interested in this opportunity,
please contact our Human Resources
team via email – hr@apex.org.uk or call
010 3778 2990
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Part-time bar staff wanted
for the White Hart,
Greendowns.
The White Hart is a busy rural pub
and extra staff are needed to help the
husband-and-wife team of Warren
and Leila keep the customers happy.
Rate of pay: £5.73 per hour.
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Advertisement 4
Flexible hours available.
Phone Warren or Leila Morris on
01362 839412 for details.
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Dog walker needed for two
loveable Jack Russells,
Peaches and Junior.
Elderly owner unable to walk these
energetic dogs but happy to pay a
suitable applicant £6.00 per walk.
Please telephone Mrs. Ahmed, in the
daytime, to discuss. 0174 874307
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Advertisement 5
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Experienced electrician
needed for an immediate
start with a large
construction firm with
offices across the country.
Good rates of pay (negotiable) and
flexible hours of work for the right
candidate.
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Advertisement 6
For further details, write to:
Al Crossly, Build-Right, PO Box 47,
Bristol
Or email: acrossly@b-r.com
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Least
desirable
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Desirability
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Most
desirable
WANTED
A full-time trainee chef to join a busy,
energetic kitchen in an exceptional
four-star country hotel.
We pride ourselves on using local
produce of the highest standard for
our award-winning restaurant.
Pay: £4.77 per hour (food included).
Activity 3
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Advertisement 1
For further details, please write to
The Manager, Brown’s Hotel,
Whitley, WH6 8HY
Back
Shop assistant required for
Carol’s Crafts in the town
centre.
We are a friendly, family-run business
and are looking for someone to work
Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Experience of dealing with the public
required.
Rate of pay dependent on experience.
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Advertisement 2
Please write to Carol Jones, 24 High
Street, Newtown to request an
application form.
Back
Fantastic opportunity for an
ambitious, career-minded
individual!
APEX is a new insurance company and
we are looking for dynamic schoolleavers/graduates to provide full-time
administration support to our senior
managers in our state-of-the art offices
in the centre of town.
Starting salary: £11,588 (plus bonuses)
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Advertisement 3
If you are interested in this opportunity,
please contact our Human Resources
team via email – hr@apex.org.uk or call
010 3778 2990
Back
Part-time bar staff wanted
for the White Hart,
Greendowns.
The White Hart is a busy rural pub
and extra staff are needed to help the
husband-and-wife team of Warren
and Leila keep the customers happy.
Rate of pay: £5.73 per hour.
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Advertisement 4
Flexible hours available.
Phone Warren or Leila Morris on
01362 839412 for details.
Back
Dog walker needed for two
loveable Jack Russells,
Peaches and Junior.
Elderly owner unable to walk these
energetic dogs but happy to pay a
suitable applicant £6.00 per walk.
Please telephone Mrs. Ahmed, in the
daytime, to discuss. 0174 874307
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Advertisement 5
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Experienced electrician
needed for an immediate
start with a large
construction firm with
offices across the country.
Good rates of pay (negotiable) and
flexible hours of work for the right
candidate.
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Advertisement 6
For further details, write to:
Al Crossly, Build-Right, PO Box 47,
Bristol
Or email: acrossly@b-r.com
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Identify Language
Advertisement 2
Advertisement 3
Advertisement 4
Advertisement 5
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Advertisement 1
Advertisement 6
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WANTED
A full-time trainee chef to join a
busy, energetic kitchen in an
exceptional four-star country hotel.
We pride ourselves on using local
produce of the highest standard for
our award-winning restaurant.
Pay: £4.77 per hour (food included).
For further details, please write to
The Manager, Brown’s Hotel,
Whitley, WH6 8HY
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Advertisement 1
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We are a friendly, family-run business
and are looking for someone to work
Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Experience of dealing with the public
required.
Rate of pay dependent on experience.
Please write to Carol Jones, 24 High
Street, Newtown to request an
application form.
Word
Effect
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Advertisement 2
Shop assistant required for Carol’s
Crafts in the town centre.
Back
APEX is a new insurance company and
we are looking for dynamic schoolleavers/graduates to provide full-time
administration support to our senior
managers in our state-of-the art offices
in the centre of town.
Starting salary: £11,588 (plus bonuses)
Word
Effect
If you are interested in this opportunity,
please contact our Human Resources
team via email – hr@apex.org.uk or call
010 3778 2990
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Advertisement 3
Fantastic opportunity for an
ambitious, career-minded
individual!
Back
The White Hart is a busy rural
pub and extra staff are needed to
help the husband-and-wife team
of Warren and Leila keep the
customers happy.
Rate of pay: £5.73 per hour.
Flexible hours available.
Phone Warren or Leila Morris on
01362 839412 for details.
Word
Effect
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Advertisement 4
Part-time bar staff wanted for
the White Hart, Greendowns.
Back
Elderly owner unable to walk
these energetic dogs but happy
to pay a suitable applicant £6.00
per walk.
Please telephone Mrs. Ahmed, in
the daytime, to discuss. 0174
874307
Word
Effect
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Advertisement 5
Dog walker needed for
two loveable Jack
Russells, Peaches and
Junior.
Back
Good rates of pay (negotiable)
and flexible hours of work for the
right candidate.
For further details, write to:
Al Crossly, Build-Right, PO Box
47, Bristol
Or email: acrossly@b-r.com
Word
Effect
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Advertisement 6
Experienced electrician
needed for an immediate start
with a large construction firm
with offices across the
country.
Back
Read the four examples of written responses to the job advertisements
(click the each of the above).
Find which requests are appropriate and which are not, and why.
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Responses to the job advertisements
Focus on tone and vocabulary.
Re-write inappropriate responses.
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hr@apex.org.uk
Administration Support
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Responses to the job advertisements
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am contacting you to request further details
and an application form for the position of
administration support as advertised in the
Coventry Herald this week. Please send
relevant information to
jaslam@hotmail.co.uk.
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Hello Manager,
I saw the job ad in the paper and
would like to apply.
My address is 29, hawthorn
drive, Coventry.
Cheers,
Neela
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Responses to the job advertisements
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HR@APEX.ORG.UK
Job Advert
To Human Resources,
I’d like the job that was in the paper. Could
you send details 2 me?
Thanks,
dale
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Responses to the job advertisements
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The Manager,
Brown’s Hotel,
Whitley
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing in response to your
advertisement in the Whitley
Express for a trainee chef.
I would be interested in this
position and would be grateful if
you could send me details of how to
apply.
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Responses to the job advertisements
Yours faithfully,
Chloe Price
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Preparing for Interview
Dear ….,
Thank you for your application for the position of
trainee chef at Brown’s Hotel. We would like to invite
you to attend an interview on 8th July at 10.15am in
the hotel.
Highlight the
relevant information
that you will need
for the interview.
The interview will consist of a five-minute presentation
on why you want to join the kitchen at Brown’s,
followed by a fifteen minute panel interview with the
Manager, Head Chef and Restaurant Manager.
Enclosed is a map to the hotel.
We look forward to seeing you on the day of the
interview.
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Brown’s Hotel
Yours sincerely,
Leigh Morris
Manager, Brown’s Hotel
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Important Information and Tips for Interview
Not in letter
Click the
icon to see
the letter
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In letter
Make a list of the important points for the interview from the letter,
and others not in the letter (e.g. how to dress), in a table.
You are what you wear
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How to get to the interview
M67
Brown Street
Sunny Bank
Underground Morning Timetable (Monday – Saturday)
Station Way
Western Ring
Road
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Park view
Avenue
Princess Street
7:00
7:15
7:25
8:05
8:20
8:30
9:10
9:25
9:35
10:15
10:30
10:40
11:20
11:45
11:55
You arrive by
train here
Underground Station
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Hazel Grove
Show
Click to show timetable
Hide
Click to hide timetable
Write a list of questions that the interviewers could ask.
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Punctuated correctly using capital letters and question marks?
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The Interview
Bad points
Good interview tips:
Click here for good interview tips.
Interview questions:
Click here to see interview questions.
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Good points
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Open/Closed Questions
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Open questions
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Closed questions
Why are you applying
for this post?
Have you come by
bus to the interview?
Why was that a
problem for you?
Do you have 5 or
more GCSEs?
When do you get
bored?
Are you free to start
next week?
What are your main
qualities?
What experience do
you have in retail?
Do you have good
health?
The new job
Brown’s Hotel
Following your interview on 8th July, we are
delighted to offer you the position of full-time
trainee chef at Brown’s Hotel starting on 21st July.
Richard, the Head Chef, will meet you in the
morning in Reception and start your training with a
Health and Safety presentation. If you have any
Health and Safety training or certificates, please
inform us of these before you start work.
We ask that you confirm your acceptance in writing
by 14th July.
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Dear …
Yours sincerely,
Leigh Morris
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Manager, Brown’s Hotel
Read the letter you
have received of the
job offer.
Identify each of the
Manager’s points by
highlighting the
relevant text.
Formal letter layout
2
3
4
Insert name
Dear
Topic sentence
5
‘Yours sincerely’
6
Main body of letter
Address
7
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1
8
Signature
Name of person you are writing to
Your address
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Job title
Date