Transcript Aplying_for_a_job_

Applying for a job, CV, covering letter
Centrum pro virtuální a moderní metody a formy vzdělávání na
Obchodní akademii T.G. Masaryka, Kostelec nad Orlicí
Applying for a job
Job advertisement (often shortened to ad):
Wanted, personal assistant for full-time employment
in small manufacturing company. Good salary, five
days a week, hours of work 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.,
usual benefits in terms of conditions and holidays.
The above ad in an abbreviated form:
Wntd PA. f. t. sml mnfg co. Gd.slry. 5-day wk, hrs 9-5, usl bnfts.
Job advertisements
Advertisements for employment appear in all media, including radio
TV, and the Internet.
Newspapers and magazines are a very common source of vacancies.
The Olympic Committee is looking for dedicated, enthusiastic, and energetic people
to work in different areas for the forthcoming Olympic Games. These are vacancies
in the following areas:
 Administration
 Hospitality and catering
 Translation and language services
 Medical support
All applicants must be appropriately qualified and a good level of English
is essential. Send your CV and a covering letter (in English) to:
Job applications : The Olympic Committee, PO Box 2456
Choose the best words from the options in
brackets to complete the job advertisement.
Personal Assistant to the Managing Director
We are looking for someone with _____ (current, fluent, spoken) English and
Italian. The _____ (secretary, interviewee, applicant) should have at least five
year´s _____ (work, experience, employment), preferably in an international
environment.
The work _____ (consist s, contains, includes) the usual secretarial _____
(work, duties, employment) and _____ (doing, making, acting) as an
interpreter for the Managing Director, both here and elsewhere in Europe. For
a(n) _____ (application form, CV, interview), phone Paula Prentiss, the
Personal Manager, on (01223) 6814, Ext. 412.
International Publishing Ltd
60 Giron Street, Cambridge CB2 3EU
Choose the best words from the options in
brackets to complete the job advertisement.
Personal Assistant to the Managing Director
We are looking for someone with fluent English and
Italian. The applicant should have at least five year´s experience,
preferably in an international environment.
The work includes the usual secretarial duties and acting as an
interpreter for the Managing Director, both here and elsewhere in
Europe. For a(n) application form, phone Paula Prentiss, the
Personal Manager, on (01223) 6814, Ext. 412.
International Publishing Ltd
60 Giron Street, Cambridge CB2 3EU
Write this abbreviated ad in the full form.
Advertising Agency requires a PA/Sec,
c. £ 9,000 pa/, WP exp. esst., LVs.
Advertising Agency requires a Personal
Assistant/Secretary, salary circa (approximate) £ 9,000
per annum, word processing experience essential,
luncheon vouchers.
Letters of application
Opening
The terms:
a vacancy
a post
an appointment
are used instead of
the word
a job
Letters of application
Opening
Phrases – translate:
 I would like to apply for the post of Programmer
advertised in this month´s edition of Computers.
 I am writing concerning your advertisement in the
Guardian of 12 May for a bilingual secretary.
 I am answering your advertisement for the post of
bank trainee, which appeared in yesterday´s Times.
Letters of application
Opening
 I would like to apply for the post of Programmer
advertised in this month´s edition of Computers.
Rád bych požádal o místo programátora
inzerované v časopise Computers tento měsíc.
 I am writing concerning your advertisement in the
Guardian of 12 May for a bilingual secretary.
Píšu ohledně Vašeho inzerátu v Guardian z
12.května na místo bilinguální sekretářky.
 I am answering your advertisement for the post of
bank trainee, which appeared in yesterday´s Times.
Odpovídám na Váš inzerát na místo začínajícího
bankovního uředníka, který se objevil ve včerejších
Times.
Letters of application
Opening
Translate:
1. Rád bych požádal o místo…
I would like to apply for the post…
2. Píšu ohledně Vašeho inzerátu…
I am writing concerning your advertisement…
3. Odpovídám na Váš inzerát…
I am answering your advertisement…
Letters of application
Closing
Phrases – translate:
 Please could you send me an application form and any
other relevant details?
Mohli byste mi, prosím, poslat formulář žádosti a
jakékoliv jiné důležité detaily.
 I would be grateful if you could send me an application
form. If you need any further details, please contact me
at the above address/email address.
Byl bych vděčný, kdybyste mi mohli poslat formulář
žádosti. pokud potřebujete-li jakékoliv další detaily,
prosím, kontaktujte mě na výše uvedené
adrese/emailu.
Apply for the job below.
(Ask for an application form.)
At Human Resource Management
Buyer for Mid West multinational company.
Person with 2 – 5 years experience.
Salary between £ 14 – 16,000.
(from The Independent, 21 March)
Použité prameny
Ashley, A.: Oxford handbook of commercial correspondence,
Oxford 2003
Anglická obchodní korespondence
Milena Bočánková, Iva Hedvábná, Miroslav Kalina, Ekopress,
2004
Write It Right! Anglická obchodní korespondence, David Clarke,
Dieter Wessels, Fraus 2009