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Ciosing datę for.....................^s: Friday, 3 June.

Only.....................⁹ will be contacted for.........

Complete the job advertisement with items from the box.

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-AGRIBANK-

Chief IT Officer (CITO)

Agribank, one of the three leading banks in the country, is

.J.ę.ęKyifinS.f?.?...' an exceptionally.....................² IT specialist to

manage the development of software, deployment of hardware, and support of various computing technologies at its headquarters and its eight regional branches.

Duties and responsibilities:

The CITO is..................../the General Manager for the satisfactory

performance of all technology functions performed within the country:

•    Management of Agribank IT staff

•    Software development activities

•    Software and hardware maintenance activities

•    Long-range technology planning

The.....................* will be.....................⁵ in English and German.

We offer an attractive....................package and long-term career

prospects.

Interested candidates should send their letter of application and .....................' via e-mail to Erna Asselborn at [e-mail]

UNIT8 ►► HUMAŃ RESOURCES

E2 Nancy Oberweis is applying for the post described in Exercise A. Put the sentences (a-h) in the correct order to write her e-mail to Agribank.

From:    ' [e-mail]

To:    [e-mail]

a)    Dear Ms Asselborn,    2

b)    The aim of the project is to equip the Ministry of Finance with up-to-date Computer systems, develop adequate software, and support the local IT Staff responsible for technology planning.

c)    Finally, please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any further details.

d)    With the benefit of all the experience I have gained there, I now look forward to a challenge and a steady career in my home country. If I am short-listed, could you please let me know whether you would be willing to consider a telephone interview.

e)    I look forward to hearing from you.

f)    I am enjoying all these responsibilities tremendously. However, the project will be completed in three months' time and I will therefore leave Bułgaria.

g)    Since September 2007,1 have been working as IT consultant on a UN-sponsored project in Bułgaria.

h)    With reference to your advertisement in the Luxembourg Daily News of May 10, I would like to apply for the post of Chief IT Officer. As you can see from the attached CV, I obtained my MSc in mathematics and Computer science from Imperial College London in July 2007.

Yours sincerely,

Nancy Oberweis

Q Read the passage below about the human consequences of redundancies.

•    In each linę 1-9 there isone wrong word.

•    For each linę, undertine the wrong word in the text, and write the correct word in the

space provided.

Articles about redundancies frequently focus on numbers and statistics and tend to ignorc the psychologieal impact of job losses.

Naturally, reactions on redundancies vary from one individual to another and depend for age and the number of years spent with the company, among other factors. However, most of the eictims initially leci disheliel, than anger and depression. Inctced, such achange in there profcssional circumstances can have a deeastatingly elTect on their home lives and Family relationships Vcry ofien. for example, losingone’s job means having to relocaie, soinetitm lar away from one s relatices and closed Iriends. In addition, redundaiu ie*. ah.o have long-lastingeffect on those who survivc thcm. Survivoi\ olicn leci guilit about bcing luckiesr than those who had to go, betrayed by munagemem, nul frightened of being next in linę.

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