PAOLA GAMARRA - ER 1

EXTENSIVE READING FORM - ADVANCED

 

Student's name and course: JANETT PAOLA GAMARRA MUROYA - Ao 1
Teacher's name: ANTONIO RIOS

Date: SEPTEMBER 12th
Title of Article: HOW VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES CAN HELP JOB SEEKERS

Source (online publication):

URL : http://www.rd.com/advice/work-career/how-volunteer-experience-can-help-job-seekers/

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1.       Write about an event, issue, or idea in the reading that strikes you as important, interesting, or surprising. Tell why it is so.

 

TITLE: How Volunteer Experience Can Help Job Seekers.

 

SUMMARY:

 

The article is about job seekers are always alert to any work they may have, that is where managers or heads of the various companies have a big problem because each interview is presented with many resumes which they must evaluate to elect the right person occupying the position.

 

Managers says that when the resumes are equal in experiences, they evaluated job seekers have volunteer experience, for that appeared different places where you can offer to volunteer and gain experience for future work, and some persons say volunteer work gives more experience than paid work.

2.      Pick out 5 lexical items (verbs, phrasal verbs, expressions, fillers, etc.) and write down examples of at least 2 different meanings of the lexical item.

Stagger / / v. to walk or move in an unsteady way, almost falling over:
I got out of bed and staggered to the window.

Staggering / / adj. very surprising, shocking, and hard to believe:
A staggering $ 3 million was spent in building the US nuclear arsenal.

 

-         SEEKER   /see – ker/ n.

A person or thing that seeks.

 

ü Job seekers should consider a new mantra.

 

-         VALUABLE   /val – yoo – uh buhl/ adj.

Having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high Price.

 

ü We will prevent theft of my valuable ítems.

 

-         CHARITY   /char – i – tee/ n.

Generous actions or donations to oid the poor.

 

ü I give a monthly quantity to that charity home.

 

-         PROFIT   /prof – it/ n.

Advantage, benefit, gain.

 

ü This week, we didn´t make any profit.

 

-         EXPERTISE   /ek – sper- teez/ n.

Expert skill or knowledge, expertness.

 

ü If he would lend his expertise with new mothess to help the ailing animal.