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kotoŕoj tru´ditsq.

Vocabulary ♦

ageńtstvo po trudoustro´jstvu

employment agency

aktuaĺ;nyj

current

bezrabo´tica / bezrabo´tnyj

unemployment / unemployed

bukvaĺ;no

literally

veŕnyj spośob

sure way

diplomiŕovannyj specialiśt

a qualified specialist

doverq´t; ( dat)

to trust

doĺ'nost; ( f )

post

iskl[heńie

exception

ka´hestvo

quality

krug lic

circle of people

Komite´t trudaí zańqtosti

Labour and Employment committee

meńed'er po proda´'am

sales manager

nasto´jhivost; ( f )

persistence

ob]i´tel;nost; ( f )

sociability

ob#qvleńie o rabo´te

job advertisement

o´trasl; ( f )

branch

perexo´d k ry

ńku

transition to the market

podbira´t; ka´dry

to select personnel

preimu´]estvo

advantage

prili´hnaq rabo´ta

decent job

rabotoda´tel;

employer

samostoq´tel;no

independently

soob]i´t;

to inform

(v) sre´dnem

on average

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spiśok

list

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togda´ kak

while

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trudi´t;sq

to work

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udovletvori´t; spros na (+ acc)

to satisfy demand on

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ustroít;sq na rabo´tu

to fix oneself up with a job

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ustro´jstvo na rabo´tu

finding work

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our own people; \´to vyźvano tem – it is because; brat; na rabo´tu 9

– to employ somebody responding to an advertisement displayed 10

in a public place;

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– using personal connections; xorowo´

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podve´wennyj qzy

´ k – a smooth tongue

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Exercise 1

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Answer the following questions in Russian.

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Kako´j spośob poíska rabo´ty naiboĺee rasprostrane¨n v Rossií?

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Hto takoé ?

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Pohemuĺu´hwe obra]a´t;sq v poískax rabo´ty v kru´pnye ageństva?

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Kak vy ponimaéte poísk rabo´ty ?

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5 Kakié profeśsii oso´benno tre´bu[tsq sejhaś v Rossií?

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6 Kakovy´ preimu´]estva poĺ;zovaniq Interne´tom?

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Exercise 2

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True or false?

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Ot meńed'era po proda´'am tre´buetsq (ob]i´tel;nost;,

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otve´tstvennost;, umeńie rabo´tat; v komańde)?

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2 Ime´t; blat zna´hit ime´t; (xoro´wie svqźi, universite´tsku[

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ste´pen;, rekomendaći[)?

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3 Rossi´jskie rabotoda´teli predpohita´[t rabo´tnikov (s 6

rekomendaćiej, s diplo´mom, )?

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4 Sa´mye populqŕnye profeśsii v Rossií (vrah, uhi´tel;, meńed'er 8