HolmsGlen EAL Business Professional Week Activities

Week 1 Activities

WEEK 1:

PROFESSIONAL PROFILES

http://www.myresume.com.au/pdf/Personal_%20Profile_Summaries.pdf

http://careers.theguardian.com/careers-blog/how-to-write-outstanding-cv-profile

http://www.seekinusa.com/jobs/professional-profile-examples.asp

Activity:

Fill in the How to create a Professional Profile document to help kick start your profile.

SMART GOALS

http://topachievement.com/smart.html

http://www.hr.virginia.edu/uploads/documents/media/Writing_SMART_Goals.pdf

Activity:

Follow the link to do a self-assessment on setting career goals. http://careerguidancesystem.cpaaustralia.com.au/professional.html

http://online.tafevc.com.au/holmesglen/pluginfile.php/36134/mod_resource/content/1/start_here.htm

SORTING OUT YOUR SKILL SET

Interactive activity to identify skills at Careers New Zealand.

Refer to: http://lindsaythurber.rdpsd.ab.ca/docs/library/BreakdownofSkillsSummary.pdf

CV TEMPLATE FOR PP

This is available on Week 1 Moodle page.

ACTION VERBS

http://www.okstate.edu/education/career_services/documents/actionverb.pdf

ONLINE GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES

Definite and indefinite articles.

http://www.advanced-english-grammar.com/learning-english-grammar.html

http://www.englishpage.com/articles/index.htm 

http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/grammar/index.xml 

FORMING QUESTIONS CORRECTLY IN ENGLISH

http://www.espressoenglish.net/an-easy-way-to-form-almost-any-question-in-english/

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/question-forms

Week 2 Activities

WEEK 2:

 WRITNG YOUR CV

Activity

Listen to advice from Kate Southam, Editor of careerone.com.au, on writing your CV.

Read the article as well for excellent advice.

http://career-advice.careerone.com.au/resume-cover-letter/resume-writing/resume-writing-the-basics/article.aspx

ACTION VERBS

http://www.okstate.edu/education/career_services/documents/actionverb.pdf

 SORTING OUT YOUR SKILL SET

http://lindsaythurber.rdpsd.ab.ca/docs/library/BreakdownofSkillsSummary.pdf

CULTURAL ISSUES

There are a number of presentations for you to listen to on Australian workplace culture in the following presentations.

Do the following quiz to test your knowledge of cultural diversity issues in Australia.

http://www.racismnoway.com.au/teaching-resources/anti-racism-activities/puzzles/quizzes/28.html

Do the following quiz to test your knowledge about culture in Australia.

http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/quiz/Australia/

There are many quizzes on this site for you to choose.

http://diversityandrespect.coonarahouse.org.au/Quizzes

PHRASAL VERBS FOR BUSINESS  

http://www.businessenglishsite.com/phrasal-verbs-business-english3.html

http://www.fiestaesl.com/Business_KeyPhrasalVerbs.html

http://www.businessenglishresources.com/31-2/student-section/business-vocabulary/common-phrasal-verbs-for-business-english/

http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-phrasal-verbs-business

Week 3 Activities

WEEK 3:

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

Answer the questions on the following site to help you write achievements.

http://susanireland.com/resume/how-to-write/achievement/

See some examples of achievements on the same site.

http://susanireland.com/job-lounge/sample-resume-achievement-statements-that-quantify-results/

http://ecs.ihu.edu.gr/co/employment-cvcletter/how-write-achievements-your-cv

http://www.job-interview-site.com/22-top-resume-achievements-examples-of-achievements-in-resumes.html

http://resumegenius.com/resume/achievement-oriented-resume-writing/

A useful pdf file for you.

http://www.advance-yourself.com.au/downloadfiles/explaining-resume-accountabilities-achievements.pdf

DOING BUSINESS IN AUSTRALIA

Further to DVD on corporate culture in Australia.

file:///C:/Users/HIT_HouseDVP.SS1211-E38691/Downloads/Spectrum%20MRC%20-%20Understanding%20Australian%20Workplace%20Culture%20(1).pdf

http://www.ediplomat.com/np/cultural_etiquette/ce_au.htm

Click on the dot points for information about different aspects of doing business in Australia.

http://www.worldbusinessculture.com/Business-in-Australia.html

Week 4 Activities

PRESENTATIONS

http://michaelhyatt.com/5-rules-for-more-effective-presentations.html

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

Answer the questions on the following site to help you write achievements.

http://susanireland.com/resume/how-to-write/achievement/

See some examples of achievements on the same site.

http://susanireland.com/job-lounge/sample-resume-achievement-statements-that-quantify-results/

http://ecs.ihu.edu.gr/co/employment-cvcletter/how-write-achievements-your-cv

http://www.job-interview-site.com/22-top-resume-achievements-examples-of-achievements-in-resumes.html

http://resumegenius.com/resume/achievement-oriented-resume-writing/

A useful reading for you.

http://www.advance-yourself.com.au/downloadfiles/explaining-resume-accountabilities-achievements.pdf

HOW TO MASTER THE JOB INTERVIEW

Listen to advice from Jim Bright - the man who writes so many of the articles on Career One.

Week 5 Activities

GRAMMAR

Follow the links below to practise this week's grammar.

Present Perfect and Past Simple

Present Perfect V Past Simple

English Page 

Perfect English Grammar

British Council Learn English

Transition Signals

English Vocabulary Exercises

Transition Words

 Multiple Choice

Lots of Transition downloads in pdf and Word form.

Week 6 Activities

Melbourne is the best place to live.

Read the article.

Working with Diversity

Do this online course.

Business Idioms

Business Idioms Quizz 1

Business Idioms Quizz 2

Behavioural Interviews

Read the following articles after watching the video.

Behavoural Interviews and database of questions.

Advantages of behavioural interviews.

Week 7 Activities

Fully Blocked Letters

Fully blocked letters 1 

Fully blocked letters 2  

Write a Letter online

Different scenarios.

Negotiation

How to Negotiate

Negotiations in English

Communicate effectively  

Negotiate successfully 

Persuade successfully  

Negotiations Body Language 

Negotiations - Language Activities online

Writing an Essay

TCC Writing Centre  Lots of excellent and easy tips for planning and writing your essay.

Transitions

Sample 5 paragraph essay.

Week 8 Activities

Unpaid Internships

Fair Work launches crackdown on unpaid work. Listen to ABC radio segment on unpaid work.

Unpaid internships disadvantage poorer jobseekers. Article.

What does the Fair Work Ombudsman say about unpaid work?  Fact sheet.

The ABC of jobhunting

Interesting article.

Week 9 Activities

Vaccinations

Read the articles on vaccinations in our community.

5 Dangerous Vaccination Myths

Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children may lose their family benefits payments or child care rebates

South Yarra records Victoria's lowest rate of child immunisation

Online grammar activities

Learn English today  for a variety of preposition and other exercises.

Practise article, verb tense, preposition and phrasal verbs online.

Invitations and Directions - using prepositions of time and place.

Open this document to do this activity with a partner.

Diversity

The following site offers a listening about Diversity in the workplace. There are activities at the bottom of the page.