AM ESOL Online 5-22-24 Agenda Unit: Careers -News -Preparing for a Job Interview (ellii) -AM ESOL Reading a Schedule - Prepositions of Time ====================== Preparing for a Job Interview (ellii) Int Intermediate Teens (Teenagers) Retail Stores retail = the sale of goods goods (physical items) clothes food furniture goods is the opposite of services customer service phone calls ---------------------- Watched video 3x ---------------------- What is retail? Vocabulary cashier sales clerk stocker ====================== BREAK 10:00 - 10:20 rejoin Zoom at 10:20 ====================== Strengths Video: What one word would you use to describe yourself? Strengths hardworking get the job done on time GOOD ones quality trait characteristics trustworthy worthy of your trust good with numbers calculators cash register accounting balancing the accounts for the day Detail-oriented is an adjective that means paying close attention to details when working on a task or project. It involves being accurate and thorough, catching and avoiding mistakes, and producing high-quality results. ---------------------- Weaknesses weakness = something you are not good at BUT I am trying to improve (area that needs for development, time, experience.) Do NOT tell the interviewer anything bad about you. No one is perfect human being.... find / identify one area you need to work on. weakness sensitive - I am working on this too chatty - I am working people pleaser - I am learning to say no and not yes to people all the time ---------------------- Experience Video: Do you have an xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx experience? Do you have any retail restaurant customer service technical ... experience? Question Topic: Experience What to talk about: Work you did in the past (talk about the amount and type of work) 1. the amount of work 2. the type of work I have six months' experience working as a clerk. I have four years' experience working in a pharmacy. ---------------------- Availability Video: What's your availability? I can work days and nights. I can work nights and weekends. I am flexible, I can work days and nights. ++++++++++++++++++++++ Full-time = 40 hours per week Part-time = <30 hours per week Why? Because the government says if an employee works 30 + hours a week consistently then they should receive benefits (health insurance, 401K, childcare/parental leave, training/professional development, etc.) Every company's version of part-time looks different: 24 hours 28 30 15 10 ++++++++++++++++++++++ Skills What experience do you have? Do you have any past jobs doing this work? Do you have any training or education for this type work Tip: Refer to the job description to look for the skills needed to do the job. Skills can translate across different industry ex: waiter or waitress and learn customer service skills which could help you get a retail job. ====================== Reading Schedules 1. Looking at how information is organized one example Even when the words change we can guess at the new meaning because of how the information is organized. 2. prepositions of time at - specific times on - specific dates to from 3. build sentences Completed an example, one whole class, and a couple individual responses. End Class ======================