VIP Class Notes (Nick) [W]

Finish the homework correction below.

Try to do writings using vocabulary from a specific category (so that it’s easier to make a coherent story).
Try this site, and see if you can find any other good ones in Chinese:
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/c/

In that writing, try to focus on making “of” phrases into adjectives that go before the noun.
e.g. qualifications of learning and experience of previous job that – education and job experience qualifications
(See the writing below for more)

Check out these English vocabulary lists for the Anki vocabulary app:
https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/english

Vocabulary

Syllable – the parts of a word (around one vowel sound)
e.g. a, la, an, lan

Suffix – something you add to the end of word
Prefix – something you add to beginning of a word

Confusion – a general state of disorder, a situation, the way things are
e.g. At the scene of the crime, there is great confusion as people run away from the danger and the police arrive on the scene to try to understand what happened.
Problem / Question – a specific thing that you are confused about, or which you need to find an answer for
e.g. My friend has a problem and he came to me for some advice.

Resign – to leave a position or refuse to do a job any longer
e.g. If you resign your position, it will create some risk that your new job will not be as good or have as high a salary.

Promotion – to move to a position with more authority, higher pay, or both
e.g. I was promoted from assistant manager to department manager.

Bonus – extra money that you are paid, usually for good performance or a holiday
e.g. Since our sales were really good this month, we all got a nice bonus.

To farm [something] out to [someone] – to give someone else your work, or some part of it; delegate
e.g. Hey, you can’t farm this out to me! Boss assigned this to you!
e.g. It is expensive for lawyers to read stacks and stacks of documents, so they often farm these tasks out to special companies that can do them for cheaper.

Division – to break something into pieces; one of the four basic mathematical operations ( + – / x ); verb is divide
e.g. We must divide and conquer.
e.g. 18 divided by 6 is three.

Do some research / conduct some research – informal/formal; if I’m “conducting” research, then I’m probably an academic, a graduate student, or a paid researcher; everyone else just “does” research
e.g. I am conducting research on the rates of heart disease in the male population of Shanghai based upon their economic situation.
e.g. I need to do some research into the job market in Chengdu (I, personally, need to know something about this market)

Mitigate – to make something less intense, especially for risk
e.g. Your friend should do everything he can to mitigate the risk of his eventual job change.

Fluent – like flowing, very smooth; easy, speech
Influence – to cause some change in a decision, have some effect

Coherent – logical, an argument that makes sense and flows from one point to another
e.g. An argument must be coherent to be persuasive. If the reader can’t understand it, it will be ineffective.

Grammar

–ness – just about anything that ends with “ness” will be a noun, an abstract one like a noun

Some conditions is changed – some conditions have changed

Salary will be less than before – not be worth the same amount

What do I decide to choice? – What should I decide / choose?
— Either “decide” or “choice” is enough by itself
— “Choose” is a verb; “choice” is a noun

Similar with – similar to

Make a lot of preparation – prepare

For everyone it’s not simple or easy – It’s not simple for anyone

Homework of SE

Interviewer interviewee body language candidate gesture posture preparation exaggerate advice differentiate qualification

As a interviewer of company that means must have big responsible for how to find a good and suitable person from many interviewees. Meanwhile, the time costs is very expensive for company, so they prefer use people who can work in the position immediately.

They focus on what different qualification of learning and experience of previous job that they have.
First of all, the HR specialist will set up some key points that use to differentiate the resumes from the applicants and eliminate in the first round.

Second point, they compare the qualification of candidates,such as something they good at, what achievement they got before

After that they choice some candidates and notice them in the next round.

A senior HR told me that face to face and talk about some things what you best focus on is very important, because you can through some details that including body language, gesture, posture to observe or judge the interviewee who is make good preparation or just speak some exaggerate things

Most of the time, when the HR ask your vision plane in the future and some advice for the company develop, it means they have more interesting about you and they want to know what do you do in some specific situations

Moreover,efficiency is fairly important, especially, when the company want to change a leader or key employees in the key time. They will contact the headhunting to find someone who they want to hire. They also outsource some basic work position to human resources company

The HR always face the huge workload, so tired!!!

Interviewer
interviewee
body language
candidate
gesture
posture
preparation
exaggerate
advice
differentiate
qualification

As Being an interviewer of for/at a company that means must have comes with big responsibility for how to finding/hiring a good and suitable person from many interviewees. Meanwhile, the time cost is very expensive for the company, so they prefer to use people who can work start in the position immediately and who have relevant experience.

They focus on what different education and job experience qualifications of learning and experience of previous job that they have.

First of all, the HR specialist will set up some key points that she will use to differentiate the applicant’s resumes from the applicants and to eliminate in the first round.

Second point: they compare the candidate’s qualifications of candidates, such as something what they are good at, or what work-related achievements they got before

After that they choice some candidates and notice them in the next round.

A senior HR told me that face to face and talk about some things what you best focus on is very important, because you can through some details that including body language, gesture, posture to observe or judge the interviewee who is make good preparation or just speak some exaggerate things

Most of the time, when the HR ask your vision plane in the future and some advice for the company develop, it means they have more interesting about you and they want to know what do you do in some specific situations

Moreover,efficiency is fairly important, especially, when the company want to change a leader or key employees in the key time. They will contact the headhunting to find someone who they want to hire. They also outsource some basic work position to human resources company

The HR always face the huge workload, so tired!!!

Pronunciation

How’ve ya been? – How have you been?; How are you? How’s it going?

Division vs. the Vision – be careful to get your tongue between your teeth for a clear “th” sound

Career vs. carrier – kuh – reer (emphasis on the second syllable); care – ree – er (three syllables, emphasis on the first)