Answer the following questions.
1. Do you agree that accountants “are born boring”?
2. What do you think the term “emotional intelligence” mean?
3. Does the outdated image of accountancy match the reality of business and practice life?
4. Can you name the accountants who broke the outdated image?
5. What opportunities does accountancy qualification give to a person?
6. Can you suggest your ideas on financial journalism? (Who is a financial journalist? What are his duties? What education is demanded to become a financial journalist? etc.)
5. Work in small groups. Do you agree with the researches on the following? Give your arguments.
1. People choose the career because of their personality.
2. Accountants are emotionally unintelligent.
3. Accountants tend to be less interesting than the rest of the population.
4. Accountants are at the forefront when it comes to entrepreneurial flair.
5. Accountancy qualification opens doors into a variety of livelihoods.
6. Some time ago, The CPA Journal asked its readers: If you could go back in time and do it all over again, would you still become an accountant? The vast majority of respondents have said “yes!”. Do you think you will work as an accountant for all your life? If not, where else can you use your knowledge and skills?
7. For a long time accountants were viewed as the people that wear the green eye shades that are chained to their desks all day crunching numbers to balance the accounting books. Now the accountant's green eye shade image is becoming history. Work in small groups and discuss the reasons of changing the accountant’s image. Try to describe the modern accountant. What is the stereotype today?
With unemployment at record lows, employers are finding it increasingly difficult to attract and retain qualified workers. Companies have to use special systems and processes to find a suitable person. Arrange the events in order of their occurrence.
- shortlisting the candidates;
- making the selection;
- interviewing the candidates;
- sorting the applicants;
- discarding unsuitable applications;
- posting the ads in the local or national press.
Describe the whole process using the words first, next, then, before, finally, etc.
You want to interview someone for a job in your accounts department. Work in pairs. Make questions you could ask at the interview. Choose from the prompts and practise the interview.
1. Why are you leaving your job? Why were you fired? 2. Do you prefer to work independently or on a team? 3. What applicable attributes/experience do you have? 4.Why are you the best person for the job? 5. What do you know about this company? 6. Why do you want to work for this organization? 7. What are you looking for in your next job? 8. What are your salary requirements - both short-term and long-term?
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