2. ответить на во по тексту. 1) Why is it difficult to make a positive career choice? 2) What should a person do if he or she wants to get a good job? 3) What should you take into consideration choosing your future job? 4) Why is it important to be competent? 5) How many groups of competencies do you know? Say a few words about them. 6) Why is the ability to make the right decision crucial in the world of business? 7) What does the expression ‘to function in a global context’ mean? 8) Why is it important to develop intercultural competence? 9) Are negotiating skills essential in business/in everyday life? Why? 10) What are the secrets of successful negotiating? 11) What does the term ‘relationship-building’ mean? текст вот: Making a positive career choice is a problem which worries many people nowadays. What am I good at? How can I find a well-paid job? What kind of knowledge and what traits of character should I have to succeed? These are the questions that people often ask themselves. Nowadays employers demand perfect knowledge, work experience, a range of transferable skills and such qualities as efficiency, punctuality, practicality, creativity and many others. If you want to get a good job, you must convince your employer that you are the best candidate for it. Choosing your future job you should take into consideration your interests, abilities and opportunities. Besides, you should know your employer’s requirements. If you want to become a good specialist, to keep your job and to get a promotion, you should be competent. Competence is a requirement for a person to properly perform a specific job. In other words, it is a combination of knowledge, skills and behavior, the ability to perform a specific role. Today executives and managers don’t only speak of skills and qualifications of their employees, but of their competencies that measure a person’s appropriateness for a particular job. There are a lot of competencies but as a rule they are divided into two large groups: technical competencies and personal competencies. Technical competencies comprise the skills and knowledge that are essential in order for a person to do a particular job appropriately (for example word processing Personal competencies include characteristics that people use together with their technical competencies in order to do their work well (for example, initiative and sociability). Competence development is a long process that requires training and personal development. Competence grows through experience. The ability to make the right decision is crucial in the world of business. A well considered decision will lead your team to success; a poor decision can result into failure. A good employee should demonstrate problem-solving capability and think about what is to be achieved and how it is to be achieved. Many companies need people who can work effectively in different countries and cultures, in other words, people who can function in a global context. Therefore it is important to develop intercultural competence. This requirement stems from the mass globalization of business and the development of cross-cultural contacts. Intercultural competence is the ability to understand people of other cultures and to work effectively with them. A person must remember that the traditions and customs that he or she is used to may be