understanding job discriptions readinga job advertisement

i there in this article we're going to look at job descriptions we will find out where we can look for them and what are some of the important parts we should look for when reading them when you begin looking for a job you're probably going to search for jobs in job advertisements you will usually find these advertisements in newspapers and on internet job sites so we will take a closer look at an example of this kind of advertisement and decide what you should look for when reading it when you begin your job search you might first look for jobs in a local newspaper where you live in the United States many newspapers are now online and you can find many jobs there there are also websites that focus only on jobs like in the u.s. monster.com also many larger companies have information on their websites about job openings so you can go directly to the website of the company where you'd like to work you would probably start by looking in one some or all of these places for a job it is normal to try and narrow your job search to the field or area where you want to work or where you have training for example school teacher or office receptionist or truck driver or nurse this way you can match yourself with jobs that you are more likely prepared for and therefore you will have a better chance of getting an interview so when searching through job advertisements look for job titles related to your area of training experience or interest so now let's look at some of the parts of a job advertisement say I am interested in helping people and I am an organized person I want to work in an office environment with other people I find this job advertisement for a client services coordinator and I wonder am I qualified to apply for it qualified means having the minimum requirements to do a job for example in one job this might mean you need to have a university degree in another job it might mean you have to have a license or at certification in a particular area like driving a truck or being a nurse how do you know what qualifications are needed well the advertisement should clearly say this it may say qualifications or requirements let's look at this ad and see what qualifications are required can you see where the qualifications are that's right under the title requirements there is a list of six things number one is a qualification number two is work experience numbers three through six are skills things that you are able to do like typing good communication and being organized the next question I should ask is what duties or responsibilities will I have to perform in this job duties and responsibilities are tasks that I do regularly in a job can you see what these are in this job advertisement let's take a look again and see in this job the responsibilities are listed in the opening paragraph they include greeting clients answering telephones performing other clerical functions the word clerical means relating to working in an office if this job still seems like one I can do because I'm qualified and I can perform the duties and responsibilities well then what do I need to do to apply for the job apply means to put yourself forward formally for a job let's take one final look at the job advertisement and look for this information can you find it that's right at the bottom it says fax or email your resume to Pablo cavero and it gives his fax number and email address so if I want to apply for this position I will send him my resume along with a cover letter in units 2 & 3 we'll help you prepare these two important things so in this video we've talked about where you can find a job advertisement what are the most important parts of a job advertisement and how can we apply for a job we are interested and qualified for next we'll play a game to help us practice some of the vocabulary we've looked at in this article