1. Fill in the gaps.

1. You ______ carry dangerous items on planes.

2. Harley Davidson is ______ most popular motorbike.

3. Where does he work? Could you tell me______________________________________?

4. You __________ make personal phone calls during working hours.

5. Why did you leave your last job? Could I ask you ______________________________________?

2. Fill in the gaps.

1. What's _______ the agenda today?

2. If the interview panel is satisfied, the employer will ________ a job offer.

3. Tony _________ his apologies. He won't be able to come.

4. If you are interested in working for us, ____________ your application form until 4^th March.

5. Could you just hang ____ a moment, please? Barbara is not here yet.

3. Fill in the missing letters.

1. _ l _ x _ _ i _ _ ty means that people should be ready to change jobs more often.

2. I will _ i _ c _ _ a _ e the minutes when I have time to type them up.

3. We're having difficulties with r _ c_ _ i _ m _ _ t in that department.

4. The interview panel will draw up a s _ _ r _ l _ s t of only five candidates.

5. A large sign used for advertising is called a h_ a _ d _ _ g.

4. Complete each sentence with a word formed from the word given in capitals.

a) Consulting ______________ sources is one of the ways of looking for a good candidate. (AUTHORITY)

b) Some ads ________ us to buy things we really don't need. (PERSUASION)

c) John's _____________ was a surprise to everybody. (APPOINT)

d) It is said that high performers get things done quickly and _______________________ . (EFFECT)

e) Some companies use ________________ slogans to attract consumers. (HUMOUR)

5. Match the words with their definitions.

1. contractor 1) make a proposal

2. to support 2) to second

3. objective 3) to fire

4. to dismiss 4) supplier

5. suggest formally 5) aim

6. Put the words in order.

1. like / what's / food / here / the ? ________________________________________

2. so / what / you / far / seen / of / you / have /do / think / what?_______________________________

3. discussed / could / you / what / tell / you / yesterday / me?_________________________________

4. strategy / what / your / was ? ________________________

5. key / what's / the / message / campaign's ? ______________________________

7. Put the sentences (a-f) into a logical order to introduce a presentation.

a) This morning I'm going to outline the company's performance over the last year.

b) If you have any questions please do not hesitate to interrupt me.

c) I'll start with the predicted turnover and profits.

d) I've divided my talk into two parts.

e) Then I'll move to look at what the actual figures were.

f) On behalf of FonBell I'd like to welcome you here today. My name's Sally James.

8. A. Match the headings (1-5) to one of the newspaper articles (a-e).

1 Congratulations to local company! __________________

2 Creativity comes at a price __________________

3 New branches opening soon __________________

4 What a waste of time! __________________

5 Growth in IT __________________

B. Now decide if the statements are true or false.

6 2IT is going to employ a senior executive.

7 Scoopy's only won one prize.

8 Mercury plans to develop its business in France.

9 The majority of companies offer staff opportunities to be creative.

10 Most managers interviewed spend over two thirds of their time in meetings.

a)

2IT, based in Coleford, provides computer support to companies across the country and has achieved a record turnover this year of over £3 million. Now, founder and CEO Anne Smith has decided it is time to take on a new managing director. She said: `We have grown into a very successful operation, and I have decided the best way to continue to develop and change is to take on someone else with new ideas.'

b)

A Midlands company is top of the advertising world after winning this year's award `Advertisers of the Year'. Advertising agency Scoopy's, based in Solihull, won every category it entered, beating a number of well-known national companies. Scoopy's won first prize for the UK's best brochure, and best agency overall. Scoopy's director said the award had surprised everyone at the company, but they were thrilled.

c)

Mercury, the UK-wide furniture retailer, has recently appointed John Drake, the former managing director of French company LTR, as operations director. He will report to the chief executive, Dennis Strong. Drake will be responsible for overseeing the launch of ten new stores in the first quarter of next year. The out-of-town retail outlets will sell furniture direct to customers.

d)

A recent survey by the Belton Group has revealed that, although two thirds of companies claim to welcome innovation, only one third actually have strategies in place to enable staff to share their ideas, develop them, market them and ultimately increase the business. Companies may say they want innovation, but, to be truly innovative, companies need to encourage staff to work in teams, take risks and make mistakes.

e)

Meetings, meetings, meetings. Do you sometimes feel you spend your life sitting in one meeting or another? Well, if you do, you're not the only one. One report, just published by Siliton Consultancy, claims that the majority of senior managers they questioned spent over seventy percent of their working life in meetings. Of these managers only six percent considered the meetings of any real value, feeling that too often meetings are badly-planned, badly-chaired and over-length.

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