Cours anglais

1/        Interview/ Presentation

Company Presentation

Name

Set Up (crée)

Location

Owner/ Director

Activity

Number of Employees

Turnover (chiffre d’affaire)

Competitors (concurrents)

Company Strengths (points forts)

The Job

Start date

Hours

Salary

Status

Tasks/Responsabilities

Call outs (déplacements)

Overtime (heures supp)

Holidays

Likes /dislikes

2/ You

Strengths and weaknesses (vos points forts et vos faiblesses)

Expectations (vos attentes)

Learned (professional /personal)

Relationship with hierarchy

Motivation

Stress

Team work

Work/life balance

Future plans

General Questions

Age v expérience (vu en classe)

The changing workplace

The importance of training

The importance of rules and regulations (vu en classe)

3/ The Changing Workplace of the future

1. The Workplace Structure is changing

People expect more freedom to operate, less control.  They want minimal supervision or bureaucracy. People are more motivated if they make the decisions instead of having a decision forced on them.

1. Artificial intelligence

Automation in the workplace will increase.  Robots could replace between 40 and 75 million jobs worldwide

Examples are

Data analysis

Medical diagnosis

Order taking in fast food restaurants

Not all jobs are at risk. Work that involves personal interaction will not be affected.

1. The Human Cloud/ Uber Economy

Websites (online platforms) that match employers with freelancers or service providers with customers.

Instant access to cheap labour without long recruitment processes and no holiday or sick pay

1. Workplace Monitoring

Bosses are asking staff to wear trackers.

With new technology, companies can

• See what employees are doing and where they are
• Monitor how they feel (stressed/tired)
• Record progress on deliveries

1. End of Retirement

People are living longer and governments have difficulty to pay pensions for a longer living population

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