AFTER SPENDING HOURS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, THE YOUNG STUDEN...

Câu 42.

After spending hours working on this project, the young student is

running out of

steam

and wants to take a break.

A.

in danger

B.

hanging out

C.

feeling thirsty

D.

losing enthusiasm

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

A lot of advice is available for college leavers heading for their first job. In this article we

consider the move to a second job. We are not concerned with those looking for a second

temporary position while hunting for a permanent job. Nor are we concerned with those

leaving an unsatisfactory job within the first few weeks. Instead, we will be dealing with

those of you taking a real step on the career ladder, choosing a job to fit in with your

ambitions now that you have learnt your way around, acquired some skills and have some

idea of where you want to go.

What sort of job should you look for? Much depends on your long-term aim. You need to ask

yourself whether you want to specialize in a particular field, work your way up to higher

levels of responsibility or out of your current employment into a broader field.

Whatever you decide, you should choose your second job very carefully. You should be

aiming to stay in it for two or three years. This job will be studied very carefully when you

send your letter of application for your next job. It should show evidence of serious career

planning. Most important,

it

should extend you, develop you and give you increasing

responsibility. Incidentally, if you are interested in traveling, now is the time to pack up and

go. You can do temporary work for a while when you return, pick up where you left off and

get the second job then. Future potential employers will be relieved to see that

you have got

it out of your system, and are not likely to go off again.

Juliette Davidson spend her first year after leaving St. Aldate's College working for three

lawyers. It was the perfect first job in that " OK ... they were very supportive people. I was

gently introduced to the work, learnt my way around an office and improve my word

processing skills. However, there was no scope for

advancement. One day, I gave my notice,

bought an air ticket and traveled for a year."

Juliette now works as a Personal Assistant to Brenda Cleverdon, the Chief Executive of

business in the Community. "In two and a half years I have become more able and my job has

really grown", she says. " Right from the beginning my boss was very keen to develop me. My

job title is the same as it was when I started but the duties have changed. From mainly typing

and telephone work, I have progressed to doing most of the correspondence and budgets. I also

have to deal with a variety of queries, coming from chairmen of large companies to people

wanting to know how to start their own business. Brenda involves me in all her work but also

gives me specific projects to do and events to organize."