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Task 2: You are the HR manager. Write an email to the Board of Directors to recommend the ONE best person for the job, based on the job advertisement and the information you get from the four shortlisted candidates.
Job Advertisement:
General Manager Required for our chain of Health and Leisure Clubs • Salary negotiable • Excellent benefits package The job • Leading, coordinating, and motivating staff • Increasing the revenue and profits of the six clubs in São Paulo • Exploiting new business opportunities • Liaising with and motivating our team of managers and their staff • Contributing to marketing plans and strategies The person • Dynamic, enthusiastic, flexible • A strong interest in health and fitness • A good track record in previous jobs • The ability to work with people from different cultural backgrounds • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills • A flair for new ideas and organizational skills Fast Fitness, 80 Front St, New York NY 10003–1324 |
Candidate No.1
Name: Martha Gómez Age: 34 Nationality: Brazilian Marital Status: Divorced, two children
Education: Finished secondary school; two years’ training at a School of Dance and Theater. Experience: Several years as professional dancer in theaters and on television. Joined a small fitness center as instructor. Outstanding achievement: Introduced fitness programs in the center for people suffering from Parkinson’s Disease and multiple sclerosis. Received an award for this work. Skills: Qualified in first aid. Fluent Spanish and Portuguese. Personality/appearance: Warm, friendly, dynamic. Appearance: rather a “hippy” look. Comments: “I hope to build new schemes and initiatives to help people in the community to achieve a healthier lifestyle. If we promote that idea, people will flock to Fast Fitness clubs.” Believes her main asset is her creativity. Interests: pop music, running a weekly aerobics class |
Candidate No.2
Name: Silvia Cominelli Age: 38 Nationality: American Marital status: Married, no children
Education: Trained as a dietician (Berkeley University, U.S.); Masters in Sports Psychology. Experience: Worked for several years as adviser to the national football team. Currently sports organizer in a women’s college. Outstanding achievement: “Helping the national football team to win the World Cup.” Skills: Fluent English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Personality/appearance: Ambitious, assertive, outspoken. “Nothing will stop me from achieving my goals in life.” Wore casual clothes to the interview. Comments: “I love being able to motivate people to exercise and then seeing their faces.” Believes Fast Fitness must spend a lot of money on multimedia advertising to improve profits, and offer big discounts to new members. Is taking an evening course in Business Studies to upgrade her academic qualifications.” Interests: hiking, photography. |
Candidate No.3
Name: Sean Wilder Age: 52 Nationality: American Marital status: Married to Brazilian, four children
Education: B.Sc. Physics, Yale University; M.A. Sports Management, University of Southern California. Experience: Taught English and Spanish at high schools for 10 years. Ran sports programs for the schools. Currently teaches English in a private language school in São Paulo. Outstanding achievement: “Achieving happiness by marrying the right person.” Skills: Fluent English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Personality/appearance: Very good-looking, relaxed, self-confident. Dressed very casually for the interview. Comments: He believes that his greatest quality is to be calm under pressure. “The secret of being a good manager is to delegate tasks and not get too friendly with staff,” he said. Did not have many ideas for improving the clubs’ profits. Thinks Fast Fitness is spending too much on advertising. It should focus on existing members and persuade them to sign up new members. Interests: jogging, cinema, his wife and family.
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Candidate No.4
Name: Paulo Goncalves Age: 36 Nationality: Brazilian Marital Status: Single
Education: Left school at 16. Three years’ training at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts), London. Experience: Did two trips around the world in his early twenties. Taught English in Japan for two years. Played a variety of roles in Brazilian movies, then specialized in action movies. Has spent the last two years in Florida, U.S., working as a gym instructor. Outstanding achievement: “Playing a role in a successful Hong Kong movie with Jackie Chan.” Skills: Has a black belt in karate; extensive knowledge of martial arts; fluent Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese. Personality/appearance: Looked very fit and muscular. Dressed formally in an Armani suit. Strong personality, confident, articulate. Comments: Some interesting ideas for improving First Fitness profits. Thinks many people will join the clubs when they know he is the manager. Wants to use his name and photograph in all publicity for the clubs. Interests: Politics, cooking, socializing. |
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-2 Language Study
-3 Brand brief: brand management
-4 Meeting skills
-5. Case study
-Unit 1 quiz
-1 Introduction
-2. Language study
-3.Travel Topic: business travellers' needs
-4 Telephoning skills
-5. Case study
-Unit 2 quiz
-1.Introduction
-2.Language study
-3.Business Topic: Adaptation during uncertain times
-4.Meeting managing language and skills
-5. Case study
-Unit 3 quiz
-1. Introduction
-2.Language study
--Organization: language study
-3. Business Topic: Different Organizations
--Organization: business topic
-4. Socializing skills
-5. Case study
-Unit 4 quiz
-1. Introduction
-2.Language study
-3. Business Topic: Creating an Ad
-4. Presentation skills
-5. Case study
-Unit 5 quiz
-1.Introduction
-2.Language study
-3. Business Topic: investment
-4. Skills:
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-unit 6 quiz
-1. Introduction
-2. Language study
-3. Business Topic: Culture Shock
-4. Skills:social interaction
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-1. Introduction
-2. Language study
-3. Business Topic:HR functions
-4. Skills:getting information on the telephone
-5. Case study
-unit 8 quiz
-1. Introduction
--International Market: introduction
-2. Language study
--International Markets: language study
-3. Business Topic:Trade Internationally
--International Markets: business topic
-4. Skills:
--International Markets: skills
-5. Case study
-unit 9 quiz
-2. Language study
-3. Business Topic:
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-unit 10 quiz
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-2. Language study
-3. Business Topic:
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-2. Languge study
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