Wednesday's Assignment

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Wednesday's Assignment

Listen to this video once, and then respond to the following tasks:

Task 1:

Take dictation from 3:45 - 4:07, listen to this part once more, and then check it with a partner.

I mean there's a commitment involved. Time spent serving your clients today, time spent billing, time spent doing the work you have to do. That’s today’s revenue. I’m not here to tell you that is not important. It is important. That’s how we get paid. We got to do a great job for the clients we already have. But building a network of professional contacts who can and will refer your business--that’s an investment for tomorrow.

Task 2:

Fill in the transcript below.

I mean there's a commitment involved. Time spent serving your clients today, time spent billing, time spent doing the the work you have to do. That's today's revenue. I'm not here to tell you that is not important. It is important. That's how we get paid. We got to do a great job for the clients we already have.

But building a network of professional contacts who can and will refer your business--that's your investment for tomorrow !

Task 3:

1.        What is the main idea that the speaker is talking about?

There are lots of competitions around your business and various choices for your clients. You need not only try your best to server your current clients completely, but also make a plan for investing for the future and start to do it now included building a network of professional contacts.

2.        Summarize this video in five or six sentences max; share your summary with one or two of your peers and compare yours to theirs.

Today, there are large numbers of choices prepared for every costume. For examples, you can buy one cup of coffee out of several tens types of coffees at Starbucks, choice one type of cookie from large number of  alternative types of coolies, and the choices of the web side about “law firm” available in the internet is huge. The reasons of making different choice depend on every client’s personal favourite, habits, and how familiar they have been. Oppositely, for the seller, how to get the more clients’ attentions in the future is equal and even more important. There are lots of competitions around your business. If you want to find more clients in the internet, you should try your best to build a network of professional contacts. It seems an investment for the future.

3.        Pick up at least ten new vocabulary from this video, and then create a short story with them. Write it down on your blog and ask one of your peers to edit it for youà you can use this story on your Thursday’s presentation J.

law firm, beverage, stand out of, grande, make choices, not going away.

Resume Writing:

In order to be prepared for the workforce, you need to have a well-written resume. 

Here are samples of a chronological resume, a combination resume, and a functional resume. Use these just as guidance to help you frame your masterpiece.

This is another excellent website that will help you understand more and more about resume writing. 

Task 1:

Check the following ‘’Sample Career Summaries’’ from this website, and then write one for yourself.

Dynamic entrepreneur who utilizes creativity, leadership and teamwork to design and execute solutions that create customer value. Effective communicator with ability to create marketing materials that convey value for both clients and end users.

Experienced professional with planning and organizational skills that balance work, team support and ad-hoc responsibilities in a timely and professional manner.

Business development executive with years of experience in technical sales, sales management, team leadership, and business growth and expansion. Proven ability to generate sales and revenue.

Experienced professional with a unique combination of technical expertise, managerial experience, business leadership, and design and production support to lead the delivery and implementation of mission-critical software systems.

Task 2: 

Start creating your resume in light of all that we have learned in class.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

 Not only an Architect

Provided customized building designs for over 660 clients which helped to increase the value of their land by 30%~200% in the last 15 years.

•        15+ years of experience in the architecture

•        11+ years of experience in the management& sales

•        Solid background in building design, project quality control and process management

•        Boosted company sales by 300% within a 10-year period by establishing new projects and clients

•        Proficient in AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, MS Office, internet and email

•        Professional communication skills include fluency in Mandarin and sufficient in English

•         

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Architecture

·         Created about 880 different project designs include residents, offices, schools, hospitals and commercial buildings

·         Researched over 1000 project lands trough over 8 provinces and more than 20 cities in whole country and aboard during the design progress.

·         Implemented 36 creative projects most of them existing and some on progress.

·         Identified and troubleshot process, building and operation-related issues

Management

·         Managed over 20-persons  team in the cooperation

·         Managed  different project teams of 5 various engineers

·         Supervised drafting of structural drawings, construction specifications and project schedules

·         Verified drawings, investment calculations and communication with investor

·         Reported project progress to clients according to their requirements

 Sales

·         Owned the company with other cooperating company who used to be a client

·         Serviced more than 600 various customers not only of commerce but also the government and charity society

·         Effective communicator with ability to create marketing materials that convey value for both clients and end users

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 General Manager& Copartner                                                                                                                                           2004 – 2015 Ningbo Design Architecture Company, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

Project Chief                                                                                                                                                                           2002 – 2004 Ningbo Architecture Design& Research Institute, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

Major Architect                                                                                                                                                                      2000 – 2002 Ningbo Architecture Design& Research Institute, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Assistant Architect                                                                                                                                                                1998 – 2000

Ningbo Architecture Design& Research Institute, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

EDUCATION HISTORY

B.Sc. Degree in Architecture Engineering                                                                                                                                       2000

 Xi’an Jiaotong University, China(Equivalent to a Bachelor’s in Architecture Engineering, as determined by World Education Services, Toronto, ON)

References Available Upon Request

Task 3:

Ask two or more of your peers to edit it for mistakes.

What are Power Statements?

When presenting your skills to others, use concise statements that briefly describe the value you can bring to the organization. Highlight a strength you have, and show how you have used that strength to achieve results. This kind of statement is referred to as a Power Statement.

Task 1:

List 10 or more of your achievements/ accomplishments in your personal life and on your professional level.

1. Graduated from a famous university which is one of top ten universities in China, and got the diploma of architecture bachelor 15 years ago.
2. Helped the best architecture research institution in my hometown to assist the design as a volunteer for 2 years during the university education.
3. Achieved to get the job in this institution as an assistant architect after graduated from the university.
4. Upgrade from assistant architect to major architect after accomplished more than 20 projects in less than 2 years.
5. Owned a company with other cooperating company that used to be my costumer after working in the institution for 4 years.
6. Managed 10~15 persons team in our cooperation for more than 10 years.
7. Created about 880 different project designs include residents, offices, schools, hospitals and commercial buildings with my team during 10 years.
8. Serviced more than 600 various customers not only of commerce but also the government and charity society.
9. Researched over 1000 project lands trough over 8 provinces and more than 20 cities in whole country and aboard during the design progress.
10. Implemented 36 creative projects most of them existing and some on progress.
11. Provided customized building designs for over 660 customers which helped to increase the value of their land by 30%~200% in the last 15 years.

Task 2:

Pick out what is relevant from the above list, and write five to six sentences as your power statement that you will use on your job interviews or res

Not Only An Architect
Provided customized building designs for over 660 customers which helped to increase the value of their land by 30%~200% in the last 15 years.

Graduated from a famous university which is one of top ten universities in China, and got the diploma of architecture bachelor 15 years ago. Upgrade from assistant architect to major architect after accomplished more than 20 projects in less than 2 years in the best architecture research institution of my hometown. Owned a company with other cooperating company that used to be my costumer after working in the institution for 4 years. Managed 10~15 persons team in our cooperation. Serviced more than 600 various customers not only of commerce but also the government and charity society. Researched over 1000 project lands trough over 8 provinces and more than 20 cities in whole country and aboard. Created about 880 different project designs include residents, offices, schools, hospitals and commercial buildings with my team during more than 10 years. 

Task 1:

Which verb completes the phrase? Fill in the table below by ticking the correct column.

do	make	take
	x		1. a lot of noise
x			2. your homework
	x		3. always _________ excuses
	x		4. breakfast
		x	5. lots of family photos
	x		6. friends easily
x			7. nothing all the time
		x	8. sugar in your coffee
	x		9. supper
	x		10. the bed
x			11. the cooking
x			12. the dishes
x			13. the ironing
x			14. the laundry
	x		15. a lot of mistakes
x			16. the housework

Task 2:

Check your answers with your peers and then use at least five of these collocations to put them in sentences of your own.

Yesterday was Sunday. After I made breakfast, I felt so tired of doing the housework, including doing the ironing, doing the laundry, doing the cooking, and doing the dishes, that made a lot of mistakes, especially taking the salt in my coffee.

Wednesday assignment, jumping exercise.

Role play: Getting a Visa to Travel

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