Open F2F Class Notes March 14th (Joseph)

Vocabulary

To trip/set off an alarm – to make an alarm start ringing (e.g. Today I had some trouble at home because someone set off my house alarm.)

Safe house/room – a room to protect yourself if you have home intruders. (e.g. I want to build a safe room in my house to protect myself from home intruders.)

Mixing business with pleasure – mixing private life with work. (e.g. Some people believe that mixing working with pleasure is a bad idea.)

Authorised (or-thor-ised)

Edited:

Last Friday I had a job interview for a Spanish company, the one my husband works for. The former Chief of Human Resources is going back to Spain and the new one has already started working in Shanghai. She wanted to meet me because she knew that I was looking for a job in fashion. We were talking for around one hour and discussed my work experience, education and other skills. She told me that it may be very difficult to find a position for me because of my lack of experience and also because I don’t speak Mandarin. She explained to me that all decisions have to be authorized in the headquarters and to do this is complicated. Also, even when the position has been authorized, the heads of departments look for people with experience. She told me that my two options are to get an internship or to work in one of their stores as a part time shop assistant. I said that I’m willing to do anything to start working in the company’s offices and she told me that she will try to find a position for me.

Last Friday I did a job interview for a Spanish company, the one where my husband works. The former Chief of Human Resources is going back to Spain and the new one is already working in Shanghai. She wanted to meet me because she knew that I was looking for a job in fashion. We were talking around one hour about my work experience, my education and my skills. She told me that is very difficult to find a position for me in the offices because of my lack of experience and also because I don’t speak Mandarin. She explained to me that the job positions have to be authorized in the headquarters and to get this is so difficult. Also, even when the position is authorized, chiefs of departments look for people with experience. She told me that the two options that I have are to get an internship or to work in the net of stores as a part time shop assistant. I said that I’m willing to do anything to start working in the company and she told me that she will try to find a position for me.