JOB APPLICATION Example Enquiries about part-time job Personal details Name: 【L1】__________ Major: 【L2】__________ Contact number

(Student=S        Assistant=A)
S: Good afternoon. May I come in?
A: Yes. Come in, please.
S: Well, is this the job centre for students?
A: Yes. How can I help?
S: Mm...  I’m looking for a part-time job in the campus. Do you have anything available at the moment?
A: Yes. Of course. Before checking the job position let’s get some personal information from you first. OK?
S: Yes.
A: Well, what’s your full name?
S: My full name is William Traynor.
A: Can you spell your last name?
S: It is T-R-A-Y-N-O-R,Traynor.
A: OK. Are you a registered student in our university?
S: Yes.
A: What’s your major and faculty?
S: I’m studying Educational Studies in the Education faculty.
A: Good choice. Did you bring your student union card or your library card?
S: I have my union card. Do you need it?
A: Yes. I need to copy it now.
S: Oh, here it is.
A: OK. And can you tell me your mobile phone number?
S: Oh, I just lost my mobile phone yesterday.
A: I’m sorry.
S: May I leave my home phone?
A: Yes. Of course.
S: It is 0114 7281.
A: Fine. Let’s talk about the pay. What’re your requirements for the pay?
S: Er. I think it should be about at least 14 pounds per hour.
A: OK I think it is not difficult to look for a position for you.

A: Well, let me check the vacant position on the list...here, a position in Computer Lab is available now.
S: In the Computer Lab?
A: Yes.
S: What’s the position?
A: A cleaner.
S: And what are the working hours?
A: The Computer Lab opens at 8 o’clock and it needs to be cleaned before 7 o’clock.So  you should be there at 6:15 in the morning.
S: At 6:15 in the morning? Oh, I cannot get up so early, sorry.
A: OK, let’s check the afternoon time. There is a job working as a counsellor assistant in the Student Union on three afternoons per week —that’s Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
S: Oh, I have three-afternoon seminars in those three afternoons. I’m so sorry.
A: Well, there is a position as a cashier working from 2 o’clock to 5 o’clock on Thursday afternoons.
S: What is the place?
A: In the campus canteen, is this OK?
S: I’m afraid that I have to attend Yoga class at that time.
A: Well, and there is a position as a teaching assistant at the International Language Centre.
S: That sounds interesting. My major is education.
A: Well, they need a language teaching assistant to supervise student attendance and send out handouts in three evenings a week on Monday, Thursday and Friday.
S: Great. Well, could you arrange an interview for me?
A: How about next Wednesday morning, at 10 o’clock?
S: Is that the sixth of September?
A: Right.
S: That’s fine. 10 o’clock on the 6th September. Thank you very much.
A: You’re welcome. Good-bye.
S: Good-bye.