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Dear NOCCCD SCE/ESL instructors and students, here you can find useful videos for the El Civics lessons (Objective 33.7- Find a Job). Just click on the links. = Most of the videos are for the Intermediate-Advanced students. = Instructors, please, watch the videos and decide if you like them or not before you show these videos to your students. For additional examples of job interview questions and answers, soft skills, cover letters, thank-you letters, resumes, soft skills quizes, please, go to http://softskills.wikispaces.com __ ** Task 1 ** __ Lesson 1 1. How to find a job This is a short (2:06 min), but very informative video that describes different job search strategies. []

Lesson 2 1. Preparing for a future job market (2:54min) This video shows job growth in major fields by 2018. []

Lesson 4 How to fill out a job application

This is a great video (about 6 min.) for the beginning level. The first part is about filling out a job application, and the second part is about talking about work history. []

This is a short video (1:28 min). It's fun to watch. It gives great examples and tips. []

Lesson 5: How to write a resume (2:17min) This is a fun video. It covers main points and lists 10 steps of writing a resume. []

Lesson 6: How to write a cover letter (2:12min) This is a fun video, but it demonstrates all steps of writing a cover letter. Great! []

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Lesson 1 This video is about body language during a job interview. It is great for a listening exersice for Beginning-High- Advanced students. It gives statistics and examples from research. Very interesting! [] Lesson 2 1. Interview tips: Tell me about yourself (2:50 min)It's funny, not serious, but can be great for a class discussion.[]2.This video gives some tips on how to answer "Can you tell me about yourself?" question (1:04 min). It's good for Intermediate-Advanced students. [] 3. Tell me about yourself (about 2:52 min).This video gives two examples of answers: bad and good. It's fun to watch. []
 * 1.Video: How to Ace a Job Interview (about 3:39 min) **

Lesson 3 1.This video shows how to demonstrate your work skills (Intermediate- Advanced) (1:06 min)[]2. This video gives suggestions on how to answer a question about your work experience. (Inter-Advanced)(1:57 min) []

Lesson 4 1. Why do you want to leave your job? There are some general tips and 6 examples of good answers. (5:41 min) [] 2. This video shows sample answers to different questions (4:29 min) [] 3. This video is about the question "Tell me about your strengths" (2:17 min). This is fun to watch. []

Lesson 5 1. This video demonstrates how to answer the question about your weaknesses. Very informative and interesting to watch. (2:06 min) []

Lesson 6 1. This is a great video with good tips about what questions to ask during the interview. (2:28 min) [] 2.This is a short video with general tips on how to close a job interview (1:14min) [] 3. This video is a little longer and also gives great suggestions and tips on how to close a job interview. (2:05 min) []

Lesson 7 1 . This video is about a Thank-you letter after a job interview (1:34 min). []

Study guide 1.Interview Do and Don'ts (4min) This is great for a review.

[] This video gives some general tips about a job interview. It's good for Intermediate-Low Advanced students (It includes tips about handshakes, appropriate clothes, cell phones, examples of good and bad answers. It's fun to watch!