Tips to Find a Job

Start with the lead-in questions and give students a minute or two to think before sharing. Questions like “how did you find your previous job” tend to open up personal stories fast, and that’s a good thing. Let the conversation run a little longer than you might expect. The good idea / bad idea activity on the second slide works well in pairs. It gets students thinking about job search tactics before they hear the audio, and it often sparks some friendly disagreement.

Move into the vocabulary section and ask students to check off the words they already know. The ones they don’t know go on the board for quick review. You don’t need to spend too long here. The practice exercise is fill-in-the-gap style, so students get a chance to use the words right away in context. This is better than just giving definitions and moving on.

The listening task is the core of the lesson. Before playing the video, use the three keywords on the slide to get students predicting. What do they think the speaker will say about LinkedIn? Why might someone create a new email address? After listening, they answer the questions and then listen again to rate each tip from one to five. This second listen is worth doing because students often catch details they missed the first time. The rating activity leads naturally into discussion, and that’s where B1 students usually get more confident.

The reading section adds three more tips on job searching, and it works well as a short group task. Give each group one tip to discuss first, then report back. The writing task is short, just three to four sentences, so it fits nicely at the end of class or as a wrap-up. The three debate topics can run for as long as you have time. The LinkedIn debate is usually the most energetic because students have real opinions about it.