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Pay: £4.77 per hour (food included)

Rate of pay dependent on experience.

Starting salary: £11,588 (plus bonuses)

Rate of pay: £5.73 per hour.

£6.00 per walk.

Good rates of pay (negotiable)

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Advertisement 1WANTED

A full-time trainee chef to join a busy, energetic kitchen in an exceptional four-star country hotel.

We pride ourselves on using local produce of the highest standard for our award-winning restaurant. Pay: £4.77 per hour (food included).

For further details, please write to The Manager, Brown’s Hotel, Whitley, WH6 8HY

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Advertisement 2Shop assistant required for Carol’s Crafts in the town centre.

We are a friendly, family-run business and are looking for someone to work Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Experience of dealing with the public required.


Please write to Carol Jones, 24 High Street, Newtown to request an application form.

Shop assistant required for Carol’s Crafts in the town centre.





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Advertisement 3Fantastic opportunity for an ambitious, career-minded individual!

APEX is a new insurance company and we are looking for dynamic school-leavers/graduates to provide full-time administration support to our senior managers in our state-of-the art offices in the centre of town.


If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact our Human Resources team via email – [email protected] or call 010 3778 2990

Fantastic opportunity for an ambitious, career-minded individual!




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Advertisement 4Part-time bar staff wanted for the White Hart, Greendowns.

The White Hart is a busy rural pub and extra staff are needed to help the husband-and-wife team of Warren and Leila keep the customers happy.


Flexible hours available.Phone Warren or Leila Morris on 01362 839412 for details.

Part-time bar staff wanted for the White Hart, Greendowns.




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Advertisement 5

Dog walker needed for two loveable Jack Russells, Peaches and Junior.

Elderly owner unable to walk these energetic dogs but happy to pay a suitable applicant £6.00 per walk.

Please telephone Mrs. Ahmed, in the daytime, to discuss. 0174 874307




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Advertisement 6Experienced electrician needed for an immediate start with a large construction firm with offices across the country.

Good rates of pay (negotiable) and flexible hours of work for the right candidate.

For further details, write to:Al Crossly, Build-Right, PO Box 47, Bristol

Or email: [email protected]

Experienced electrician needed for an immediate start with a large construction firm with offices across the country.




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Advertisement 5Dog walker needed for two loveable Jack Russells, Peaches and Junior.






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Advertisement 3Fantastic opportunity for an ambitious, career-minded individual!







If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact our Human Resources team via email – [email protected] or call 010 3778 2990 Word Effect

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Find which requests are appropriate and which are not, and why.

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Responses to the job advertisements

Dear Sir/Madam,I am contacting you to request further details and an application form for the position of administration support as advertised in the Coventry Herald this week. Please send relevant information to [email protected].

[email protected]

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Hello Manager,

I saw the job ad in the paper and would like to apply.

My address is 29, hawthorn drive, Coventry.

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To Human Resources,I’d like the job that was in the paper. Could you send details 2 me?Thanks,dale

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The Manager, Brown’s Hotel, Whitley

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I am writing in response to your advertisement in the Whitley Express for a trainee chef.

I would be interested in this position and would be grateful if you could send me details of how to apply.

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Brown’s Hotel

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Thank you for your application for the position of trainee chef at Brown’s Hotel. We would like to invite you to attend an interview on 8th July at 10.15am in the hotel.

The interview will consist of a five-minute presentation on why you want to join the kitchen at Brown’s, followed by a fifteen minute panel interview with the Manager, Head Chef and Restaurant Manager.

Enclosed is a map to the hotel.

We look forward to seeing you on the day of the interview.

Yours sincerely,

Leigh MorrisManager, Brown’s Hotel

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Make a list of the important points for the interview from the letter, and others not in the letter (e.g. how to dress), in a table.

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Interview questions:

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Are you free to start next week?

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Brown’s Hotel

Dear …

Following your interview on 8th July, we are delighted to offer you the position of full-time trainee chef at Brown’s Hotel starting on 21st July.

Richard, the Head Chef, will meet you in the morning in Reception and start your training with a Health and Safety presentation. If you have any Health and Safety training or certificates, please inform us of these before you start work.

We ask that you confirm your acceptance in writing by 14th July.

Yours sincerely,

Leigh Morris

Manager, Brown’s Hotel

Read the letter you have received of the job offer.

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