Agrupamento de Escolas de Tabuaço – E.B.

2,3/S Abel Botelho

School year 2005/2006
Class 9º A Date: Tuesday, 29th November 2005 Teacher: Vera Mónica Bernardo

This is a real story…the story of a well-known cat whose hard task is hunting
a job to pay for his food…

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Devised by MP

There comes a time when every cat has to do something with his
life, and so, I decided to look for a job.
I tried to find a newspaper to look for job vacancy ads. Since I
couldn’t find one, I decided to try the Web but computers are
complicated animals! I heard that there are Professional Journals and
Magazines which are used by employers to find better professionals.
There’s no use on buying one, reading is such a hard task!!! I then
decided to leave home and begin the hunt!
As a young cat, almost a kitty, I decided to visit a Career Centre;
I was told that if you are under 21, they will find you a traineeship.
The bad part is that they won’t pay you a salary. I thought “if I have
no money, how will I pay for my pizzas, hamburgers and
lasagnes? Therefore, I decided to keep hunting.
Employment and Recruitment Centre was my next stop. They’re
usually helpful, they cover all types of work but… there’s a problem:
they interview you, put you in a list and send your data to the
employers, they are the ones who decide to accept you or not. I don’t
like the idea of having my personal life going around to be analysed.
The third stop was at a Jobcentre. They showed me all types of
work, recently available vacancies and spent 3 hours explaining what I
could do to be a good employee. I got so bored; I got up and left;
besides I don’t like people telling me what to do.
It’s so hard to find a job nowadays! After such an exhausting
day, I think I need a vacation.

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 Garfield’s Job Hunting

A. Are thes
these sentences true or false?
True False
1. The web is a good place to start searching for a job.

2. Professional Journals and Magazines are used by employers to

find better professionals

3. If you visit a Career Centre and you are under 21 they will find you
a job.

4. Career Centres pay a salary.

5. Employment and Recruitment centres cover only a specific type

of jobs.

6. If you visit a Career Centre you will be interviewed.

7. At a Jobcentre they give us several job possibilities.

B. Fill in the table with information taken from the text.

Where to find help?

help? How they can help

C. When you look for a job, one of the things you have to decide is what kind of job you want to
get. Link the type of job with its definition.

a) Working all day for the whole week; 1) part-time a

b) Working for only part of the day or week; 2) short or long term contract b
c) Working for a short period of time; 3) temporary c
d) Working for a long time in the future; 4) full-time d

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