Episode 8
Preparation
Before you watch
We suggest you do the vocabulary activity below before you watch. Then watch the video and do the task to check your understanding. You can read the transcript at any stage if you want. Finally, have a look at Task 2, which contains some business notes.
Task
Comprehension task
Read the following statements and decide if they are true or false.
Task 2
Business notes
Telling someone that they didn’t get the job is not an easy thing to do. Philip helps Marcia to word the rejection letter in a suitable way. Here are a few things you should do in a rejection letter.
• Address the candidate by name.
• Thank the candidate for the time, effort and interest in the company.
• Write a supportive sentence about the candidate's qualifications, experience or, at very least, enthusiasm or motivation.
• Make it clear that the reason you didn't hire the candidate was because you found someone else with better qualifications and experience.
• Offer some feedback on how they could improve their interview performance.
• Wish the candidate good luck in his or her career development.
• Close the letter formally with "sincerely" or "best wishes."
• Sign your name, including your title.
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Comments
Great! but After watching this video, i know that my listening skill is bad. Can I show me the good way to improve listen skill? Thank a lot!
team
Hello Doankien,
Well, the more you listen here on LearnEnglish, the better your listening will become! If you find this series too difficult, you can try some of our other videos, like Word on the Street or our popular Elementary Podcasts.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
Thank Adam a lot! I'll try do the same you said. I hope that success for me.
Good luck!
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This video didn't work. It said " Video not found or access denied." Please help, thanks in advance!
team
Hello Kaofeng!
Sorry to hear you're having problems watching our videos. Unfortunately, users in China do sometimes have trouble. Have you tried the video under 'Can't see video? Click here!' just under the main video? Please tell me if you can see that video; if you can't, I will try to give you some more help.
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Jeremy Bee
The Learn English Team
Hi Jeremy Bee,
Thank you for your feedback. It's okay now and the video is fine at the moment.
It's weird, it didn't work last time when I tried the video under 'Can't see video? Click here!' But now, I am enjoying the video.
Thank you all the same!
Regards,
Kaofeng
I didn't get my scores after I completed the task in Episode 8. I tried it twice. Please help me.
team
Hello,
You need to click 'Finish' to check your scores.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
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