If you come across it, please let me know

Getting up in your career

How do we get ahead in our careers? How can we go up the career ladder? How long will that take? Can we shorten the times? What do you suggest doing? Watch the video and select the tips you agree with. Write down your comments after watching.

Careers & Employment

• Revision activities for students working with New Market Leader Intermediate, Unit 8, Employment.

• Introductory activities for students working with Success with BEC Vantage, Unit 1, Ways of Working.

The BBC site offers is an excellent source of reference to practice your English.  The following links will let you learn, revise and/or update your vocabulary on careers.

Click on the links and do the exercises.  You'll get immediate feedback.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/getthatjob/unit1jobsearch/page1.shtml  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/getthatjob/unit1jobsearch/page2.shtml 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/getthatjob/unit1jobsearch/page3.shtml 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/getthatjob/unit1jobsearch/page4.shtml 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/getthatjob/unit1jobsearch/page5.shtml 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/getthatjob/unit1jobsearch/page6.shtml 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/getthatjob/unit1jobsearch/page7.shtml

Were some words new for you? Let's make some examples of your own. Write down a few sentences with the new vocabulary in comments.

Volcanic ashes

Chile's Puyehue Volcano Erupts

Jun 6, 2011 | 47

On Saturday, a volcano in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain of south-central Chile erupted after lying dormant for more than 50 years. The government evacuated several thousand residents as Puyehue threw ash more than 6 miles (10 km) into the sky, pushing the plume toward neighboring Argentina. Authorities had already put the area around the volcano on alert after a flurry of earthquakes earlier on Saturday -- at one point, the tremors reached an average of 230 per hour. Collected here are a handful of spectacular photographs of the eruption this weekend and its effects in Chile and Argentina. [21 photos]