• You will hear five different people talking about a special training programme for their company. • For each extract there are

Man: This is a great opportunity and just what this region needs. The unemployment here’s been very bad and we’ve been very lucky to be chosen for this new factory. And this position would be a step-up for me ... a real advancement, so to speak. It could lead to me having my own department one day and a senior position. Especially if I pass the certificate in Human Resources which I’ve almost finished. If I’m appointed, I’d have to draw up a list of everyone who’s applied to the company and then help with the selection process. It helps knowing the area and I’ve already got quite a few contacts and I told them that all of my experience has been working with people.
Woman: I didn’t apply for this job. They wrote and asked me to come for an informal interview. It must have been because I’ve had considerable experience with the accounting system they use and I’ve done a lot of work on pricing and costing of new lines, at quite a high level. They’d like me to start very soon. It’s important to be in at the beginning when you deal with the money side, to make sure everyone stays within the budget constraints which you decide. But I’m not really sure about it at all. I’ve got a good job now and I’m happy where I am and not really looking for a change. It needs a lot of thought as they are a good company and ... well I’ve got the weekend ahead to think about everything.
Man: Yes I know a lot about this company. They are very good and I’ve had contact with them before, at various trade shows and advertising conferences in this country. It would be good to work for them. I would be doing the same sort of thing, except on a bigger scale. It’s not a promotion or anything. The same grade and money but ... more presentations and a lot of consumer research. Although I like my present job, this would give me a chance to get around a bit more, to visit their overseas offices. In fact they are launching a big campaign soon in ten different countries and they’d like me to co- ordinate some of it. It would be a great chance and I’d certainly accept it.
Woman: It’s going to be a successful venture. I can feel it and I’d really like to be involved. But I expect there were a lot of very well qualified applicants, what with all the word processing courses around and the number of computers in people’s homes. But I’ve got all the keyboard skills, I’m fast and accurate and I can spell well. I’ve been doing the job for over ten years, since the days of typewriters. This is the same job but I think it would be interesting ... and I like the area. I’d really enjoy living here. Welt, you can only hope. You never can tell with interviews.
Man: Yes, indeed. 1 was very impressed and I must say that ... well perhaps it’s best not to say anything. But I do feel confident about it. There were some interesting questions, but my line of work is very technical so you know it or you don’t. It’s not as simple as people think. It’s not just a question of checking the product at the end of a conveyor belt but setting up a continuous system which monitors every aspect of the production process. This is the only way to get an end product without fault. I hope I get the job.