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Work: Finding Employment and Applying for a JobDiscuss your answers to the following questions with your classmates and instructor:
- Did you work in your country? How did you find your last job you had there?
- Have you worked in the United States or are you working now? If so, how did you find your job?
- What are the main ways people find jobs these days?
In this learning unit, you will practice listening and taking notes, read about rules for filling out job applications and internet security issues and practice related vocabulary, use the Internet to find job openings, and fill out a job application.
Learning objectives. By the end of this learning unit, you will be able to do the following:
- Identify key information in a lecture.
- Interpret key information from an authentic text using a variety of reading strategies (for example, comprehend vocabulary words and phrases using context clues, make inferences, skim, scan).
- Complete an authentic form with accuracy and neatness.
In order to achieve the learning goals above, complete the following assignments by following the steps below. If you have questions about any of the materials or if there is anything you do not understand at any point in the learning unit, please contact your instructor.
Finding Employment
1. Listening and Note-taking: Finding a Job.
Practice your listening skills and take notes on main ideas and supporting details.
Listen to the lecture “Steps in Finding a Job” and take notes on page 33 in Unit 4, “Effective Job Applications” in the Ventures Transitions textbook. Use the CD that comes with the book or listen online Track 5, Page 33, Lesson A, Exercise 2. Check with your notes and discuss part C with your classmates.
CURRENT MINIMUM WAGE
Current Federal minimum wage: $7.25 / hour
Current California minimum wage: $9.00 ($10.00 on January 1, 2016)
- Oakland $12.25 effective 3/2/15
- Richmond: $9.60 (increase to $11.52 in 2016, $12.30 in 2017, and $13 in 2018, with exceptions based on employer)
- San Diego: $9.75 (increase to $10.50, January 1, 2016, $11.50 January 1, 2017)
- San Francisco: $11.05 ($12.25 effective May 2015, $13.00 effective July 2016, $14.00 effective July 2017, $15.00 effective July 2018)
- San Jose: $10.30
Source: About Careers– Minimum Wage Rates for 2015
2. Reading: Using the Internet to Find Job Openings.
Practice using online classified advertisements to find job openings.
Many classified advertisements, including those for employment, use abbreviations -- shortened versions of words, such as "hr" for hour. Do you know the common abbreviations used in classified job advertisements? View this Classified Employment Ads Abbreviations slideshow to test yourself – and perhaps learn some abbreviations you do not already know. Take notes, as needed.
Practice reading employment ads and answer questions with this 10-question 10-point Employment Ads Quiz, based on these classified job ads:
Job Table. Now it is time to apply what you have learned and use the Internet to employment ads for job openings. You are going to use the Internet to find three job openings and details about the jobs. Download this file. You may enter your information, save, and submit it to your instructor by email -- or print it out and fill it in by hand.
Use the suggested Web sites to find ads for three jobs you could do. For each job opening, type in the job title, the job skills needed (hard and soft skills listed in the ad), how much experience is required (if the ad says, if not, enter "doesn't say"), and how to apply (online with the URL, email to send resume, fax number to send resume, phone number to call to request an application, or address for in-person visit).
- Indeed (all jobs everywhere)
- Career Builder (all jobs everywhere)
- San Diego Union Tribune Classified Ads (All San Diego County jobs)
- Craig's List (San Diego area jobs)
This rubric shows how your job table will be graded.
This learning unit modified from MiraCosta College EL Civics Employment Advanced Unit.
Continue to the next section of the Work Learning Unit, Applying for Jobs.
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