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Recruitment

Grammar

1 The text below contains a number of first conditional sentences. Put one of the if clauses from the box below in each gap.

DISABLED STAFF

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1    ..<?... , most people will think you mean avoiding racial or sexual discrimination. : However, there are other types of discrimination too. True diversity means making | surę that no group of people is prevented from being a member of your Staff because I of prejudice.¹

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Disabled workers are one such group. When we think of a disabled person, we often | think of someone with mobility problems who needs to use a wheelchair, but there f are other types of disability too, like sight or hearing problems.

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Disabled staff have skills and experience which can benefit your business. 1

2 ......., this will increase the rangę of candidates for recruiting staff. On the other I

hand, 3--------- you may discourage the right person for the job. Not only that, but §

reports suggest that disabled staff are often very good at creative thinking. This is I not surprising, as most of them have to come up with creative Solutions to help them |

in their day-to-day lives. 4....... , for example, you are likely to be an excellent I

problem-solver.

The changes needed in the workplace for disabled people are often quite smali. You f may need to make minor changes to the building and possibly some other changes, |

depending on the type of disability. For example, 5......., company documents may |

be needed in a different format, like a recording or in large print.

Finally, it is worth remembering that 6 ........you will probably attract a morę i

diverse rangę of customers. After all, most disabled people could be your customers as well.

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curriculum vitae graduate graduated human resources lay off

newspaper ads redundancy redundant turned down unempleyod

Compiete the following conversation by writing either will or would in each gap.

I think we’ll have to take on another administrative assistant.

Do we really need an extra person? Just ask Leila if she wants to do one or two extra hours.

I’m surę she doesn’t. She does too much already.

Do you think she 1 ..v/Qul.d. say ‘no’ even if it was only one or two hours?

It’s morę than that.

But the problem is that sometimes there’s a lot of extra paperwork, but

sometimes there’s very little. I think if I were you, I 2.............just get sonie

temporary staff in for those times. If you contacted the agency, I’m surę they 3 .............find someone.

I haven’t always been very happy with the ąuality of people that the agency

. have sent us. At least if we interview the person ourselves, we 4.............

have a better idea about how suitable they are.

And do you think you can persuade the human resources department to take on a permanent new member of staff?

Weil, I’m going to try. If I produce a report and a proposed job description, I think they 5.............accept the idea.

Vocabulary

Compiete the following story of how someone lost their job, using the correct word from the box. You will need one word morę than once.

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an unfair or unreasonable feeling against a group of people

a if you are a wheelchair-user who has to travel on the railway b if you employ someone with sight problems c if- you mention diyorsity d if disabled people feel they cannot apply e if you are willing to consider employing a disabled person f if you have a diverse workforce

Last week, I was an engineer in a telecommunications company. This week I am 1    !

I heard about the job just after I 2.................from university.

I sent in my 3.................and, after a short interview, they

offered me the position. Ironically, 1 4.................two other

job offers later that week.

After just one month, the 5.................manager called me

into her office and told me that the company’s sales were

much lower than forecast and they had to 6.................staff.

It was ‘last in, first out’, so I was madę 7.................-

I received just one month’s 8.................pay.

I    still feel shocked of course, but they say this is a good time for a

9.................to seek employment, so I’m fairly surę I’ll find something else

soon. I’ve updated my 10.................and have started looking through the

II    .................again.