STIC - Accounting: Work Search (Module 3)

Job Ads - Recruitment Terminology
(Topic 2)

Delivery

As many copies as necessary should be made of the following handouts :

• Handout 1 Two Job Ads
• Handout 2 Job Ad Analysis Chart
• Handout 3 Job Ads
  • (Handouts 1, 7, 8, 9 and 10 from Module 3, Topic 1 should be available)
• Terminology List (optional)

Materials needed: access to a blackboard, overhead projector, OHT 1 .

Methodology

Introduction

1. (20 minutes)

On an overhead projector, show the CGA Application for Enrolment 2003/04 codes list (see OHT 1) and ask participants to review the list of industries. Instruct groups to negotiate the meaning of words and discuss them with the class by giving examples of industries.

2. (10 minutes)

Explain that participants now have an overview of where accountants can find employment. Have participants share any information from the Orientation and Overview workshop on industry trends, etc., for accounting positions.

Pre-Tasks

1. (20 minutes)

Elicit from class types of information included in job advertisements (i.e., position, name of the company, qualifications-personal attributes and skills, job responsibilities, name of the person to send / fax a résumé to, fax / telephone number, company address). Discuss with class and/or write on the board.

2. (15 minutes)

Pair up participants and distribute Handout 1 to each pair. Ask participants to read handout and complete chart on Handout 2. Review on the board or orally (volunteers read categories and information for each position) and verify on OHP.

3. (25 minutes)

Distribute Handout 3 and have participants work in groups negotiating the meaning of the underlined words / expressions. Take up with class. Instruct participants to categorize words / expressions in terms of headings on Handout 2. Let participants work in pairs and then compare their answers with another pair.

4. (30 minutes)

Distribute several copies of Handouts 1, 7, 8, 9 and 10 (job ads from previous lesson: Module 3, Topic 1). Ask participants to read the job ads and negotiate (in groups of three) the meanings of unknown words / expressions. Have a whole-class discussion to take up the words / expressions discussed by the groups.

Task

(30 minutes)

Ask participants to find two job ads for a position that matches their skills, personal attributes, education, job experience, and other qualifications.

Using job ads from Handouts 1, 7, 8, 9, 10 (from Module 3, Topic 1), instruct participants to do a comparison in the form of the chart below as one kind of self-assessment.

Have participants share their information with a partner.

Out-of-Class Post-Task

1. Ask participants to analyze job ads on their own, locate new words / expressions, and bring them to class next day.

Downloads

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Download a print version of the above lesson plan and related materials.

Work Search: Topic 2 [230 KB, 13 pages]

Download the complete Facilitator's Guide and Participant's Workbook.

• Full Facilitator's Guide - Occupational Terminology [1.3 MB, 271 pages]