Email: A job application

1. Read.

Read a job application email and complete the application information form below.

From:   Angeles Dicken <adicken@xpress.ar>
To:   Rowena Menzies <rowena.menzies@medicorp.eu>
Date:   16 November 15:13
Subject:   Job enquiry

Dear Ms Menzies,

I am writing to you on the recommendation of Rex Galbraith, the Marketing Manager in the new ACE office in Brighton, whom I met at a marketing course in Sao Paulo last summer. He suggested that I should contact your company with a view to enquiring about the possibility of a position.

I am twenty-seven years old, Argentinian, and am employed at NUTTEX Solutions, where I work in the marketing division. I have been with this company for the past eighteen months. Prior to that I worked as a laboratory technician for a large pharmaceutical company, having graduated from the University of Los Alamos with a degree in biochemistry in 2008. Before starting my degree, I worked in Ecuador for a medical charity. I am presently completing a part-time distance degree in business administration with the University of Little Hill.

As well as speaking fluent Spanish and English, I have a good working knowledge of Portuguese, having spent a year in Brazil as an exchange student when I was at secondary school.

In my present position as Assistant Marketing Manager, I deal with a wide range of clients throughout Europe and Latin America. My science background has been a great advantage in the marketing of my company's products.

I plan to resign from my present position in order to accompany my husband to England, where he is completing a doctorate. For this reason, I will be available for work in the UK as from next September. My present Director has agreed to provide a reference, should you require.

I believe my experience and languages would prove useful to your organisation. I am also keen to undertake further training, should this be necessary.

If you think you would be able to offer me a position, or if you need any additional information, please contact me at the above email address. In the meantime, I enclose a résumé which gives more details of the skills and experience I have to offer.

I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Yours sincerely,

Angeles Dicken.

 

Drag the information into the correct place.

2. Paragraph starters.

Here are the first sentences of each paragraph of the email in exercise 1. Can you put them in order?

3. Parts of an email.

What is the purpose of each paragraph of the email? Match the expressions with the part of the email they are from.

4. Parts of an email.

Here are some more expressions from the email. In which part of the email are they?

5. Verb forms.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form to complete the email.

6. Write.

1. An email.

Write an email applying for a job.

EITHER write in reply to one of the jobs below (A, B or C). You can invent the details of experience, etc.

OR write a short job ad for a job YOU would like to apply for, and then write YOUR email.

Organise your email according to this model:

introduction
experience
languages
present job responsibilities
plans
what I have to offer
contact me + enclosures
closing

Try to include some of the language you have studied in this unit.

For example:

present perfect
present perfect continuous
past simple

A. REFUGEE HEALTH PROGRAMME OFFICER
East Africa
Responsibilities: Supervise local refugee health programmes; recruit and train local health staff; monitor and evaluate health programmes; co-ordinate relief efforts with local and international NGOs.

Requirements: Medical degree; fluent English; language skills in French and Swahili preferred; experience in refugee welfare essential, preferably in Africa; computer skills preferable; strong management and communication skills, and ability to work in difficult conditions essential; must have driving licence.

B. Web Developer
Philadelphia
Candidate needs two to three years of Web development experience. Candidate must have the ability to interact and share ideas with internal managers and support staff. Other requirements are a solid knowledge of two or more of the following: Java, JavaScript, Flash, XHTML and CSS.

C. English Teacher
China
Teacher needed to teach English language and/or British and American literature in Teachers College in Jilin Province, China. The requirements for teachers: Graduates from universities, with Arts degrees, in good health, friendly, have teaching experience, age from 24 to 60, married couples preferred. Familiarity with China and Mandarin Chinese an advantage.

Check spelling, grammar and organisation carefully.