BEP 167 Interviewing for your First Job (Part 1)

This Business English Pod lesson is the first in a three-part series on first job interviews. Job interviews can make anyone nervous. After all, you want to make the best impression you can. But as a new graduate, you have an added challenge: little

BEP 168 Interviewing for your First Job (Part 2)

Interviewing for a job is a lot like a sales meeting. You need to sell yourself to the employer by convincing them that you have the knowledge, skills, and experience they need. But when youre interviewing for your first job, it gets a little trickie

BE360 Tips for your First Job Interview: Research

Welcome back to Business Skills 360 the podcast that looks at the other side of Business English. This is the third part in our 360 series on your first job interview, and were going to be looking at the topic of research. And by that I mean the rese

BEP 169 ADV Interviewing for your First Job (Part 3)

When youre in an interview, everything is focused on you your education, your skills, and the qualities that make you the best candidate for the job. But its also important for you to focus on the company youre interviewing with. After all, youre int

BEP41 Job Interviews: First Round (Part 2)

BEP 41 ADV This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod lesson on first round job interviews. Youll practice responding to common interview questions and learn some useful phrases and vocabulary. As youll remember from the first episode, Mik

BEP40 Job Interviews: First Round Interview (Part 1)

Todays Business English Podcast ESL lesson is the first in a two-part series that follows job applicant William Chow through his first interview at an international bank. In this podcast youll learn how to deal with some typical first round job inter

BE360 Tips for your First Job Interview: Difficult Questions

Welcome back to Business Skills 360 the podcast that looks at the other side of Business English. This is the fourth and final part in our 360 series on your first job interview. Today were going to tackle a few of those really tough questions that i

BE360 Tips for your First Job Interview: Attitude

Welcome back to Business Skills 360 the podcast that looks at the other side of Business English. Todays show is the second in our series about your first job interview. Last week, in BE360 Interviews Part 1, we looked at how to show youre right for

BEP82 Job Interviews: Previous Experience (Part 1)

This is the first in a two-part Business English Podcast series on talking about your previous experience. It is one of a longer sequence of podcasts that will focus on the complete job interview process. When you sit down to start a job interview, m

BE360 Tips for your First Job Interview: Experience

Today, were launching a new podcast: Business Skills 360. Free Resources: Transcript | Game Quiz Business Skills 360 will focus on the soft skills essential to your success in business. The BusinessEnglish360.com website is also a social networking p

BEP 160 INT Talking about your Company

What can you say about your company? How would you describe it? There are a number of things to consider. Theres the company size, its employees, and its branches. But theres also company history, culture, reputation, and future plans. In todays less

BEP 159 INT – Talking about your Job

This is the first in a two-part Business English lesson on talking about your job and company. The way you talk about your job gives clues to what youre like as an employee or colleague. So, its important to consider your audience. For example, if yo

BEP91 Job Interviews: Asking the Interviewer Questions

There is one question that you will definitely be asked in any job interview, a question for which you should always prepare a response. That is: Do you have any questions for me? In this Business English Podcast lesson, we will focus on how to deal

BEP87 Job Interviews: Talking about Accomplishments (Part 2)

Youre listening to the second in a two-part Business English Podcast series on talking about accomplishments. This is one of an ongoing sequence of podcasts on job interviews. The theme for this episode and the last is provide examples. In the first

BEP113 Job Interviews: Second Round Interviews

Congratulations! You were successful in your first job round interview, and you have been called back for a second interview. What should you expect? The key word is more there will be more questions, more pressure and, of course, more likelihood tha

BEP110 Job Interviews: Stress Questions

As weve discussed in other episodes on job interviews, one goal of the person conducting the interview is to get you to let your guard down. Often, after a series of warm-up questions, the interviewer will give you a tough question. This will likely

BEP100 Job Interviews: Salary Negotiation

Youve had your first and second interviews, youve performed well, and youve been selected. Youre one of the lucky few youve succeeded: Youve got a job offer in hand. But now comes one of the hardest parts of the whole process negotiating your salary.

BEP90 Job Interviews: Talking about Your Greatest Weakness

In this advanced Business English Podcast we continue to look at the language and skills of interviewing for jobs in English. So far in this series, weve examined two common question themes that you will likely be asked in almost any interview. They

BEP86 Job Interviews: Talking about Accomplishments Part1

This is the first in a two-part Business English Podcast series on talking about your accomplishments. It is one of an ongoing sequence of podcasts that focus on the job interview process. Along with your previous experience, your greatest accomplish

BEP83 Job Interviews: Previous Experience (Part 2)

This is the second in a two-part Business English Podcast series on discussing previous experience in workplace English job interviews. It is one of an ongoing sequence of ESL podcasts that covers the whole interview process. In the first part of thi