Situation 2 Talking about Email Etiquette for a Job Search

Task 3

Listen to a passage and judge whether the following statements are true(T) or false(F).

1．The speaker advises the job applicants to have a professional email account.(T)(F)

2．When emailing companies for a job,it is better for the job applicants to send their email to the company email address.(T)(F)

3．The job applicant should write a subject line of the email.(T)(F)

4．Conclude your email with an email signature.(T)(F)

5．The job applicants needn't to proofread their email at last.(T)(F)

Task 4

Listen to the passage with some blanks for you to fill in.

Hi,my name is Brian Smith and today we'll be going over email etiquette for a job search.Applying for jobs through email has become a standard practice for anyone looking for a job.

The first step to email etiquette is to have a professional email account.No one will take you seriously if you have an email account such as:pinkgirl555@aol.com.Your email address should be 1.You can create a free email account on servers such as 2.Make the name of your account business appropriate.For example,a good email address would be:brian.smith@gmail.com or bsmith@gmail.com.

When 3 companies for a job,you should always strive to send your email to a specific person rather than the company email address itself.You'll get a lot more responses this way.

Your subject line is your next task.Never leave a subject line 4 because it could end up sending your email straight to a spam folder.A good example of a subject line is to put down the 5followed by your name.

Let's move down to the bulk of the email—the content.Always try to address your emails very professionally with a"Dear Mr./Mrs.Last Name",if possible.If you don't have a specific name,try to address it to"Dear Hiring Manager".Your email body should essentially be 6 explaining who you are and why you would be good for the position.

Conclude your email with an email signature.Your email signature should 7 your contact information so any interested parties will be able to reach out to you.A good layout for an email signature includes:first name,last name,home phone number,cellphone number and 8.

Once you have that all squared away,proofread your email for any grammatical errors or 9.A misspelling can really hurt your chances of getting a job.Finally,you may want to send the email to yourself to check the formatting and make sure 10.