Reading Matching
Read this text below and choose the best sentence from the opposite column to fill each of
the gaps.
The problems of global recruitment are disappearing rapidly. The reason for this lies in the
technology that could redefine the traditional job interview. (1) These give them
access to the global recruitment market, enabling them to interview and assess their
choice of candidates on screen, for example via video-conference link. CD-ROM display or
electronic file transfer.
(2)
(3)
For example, it means great savings in terms of both time and the travel budget.
One problem with face-to-face interviews is that body language is bound to
play an important part in them. (4)............ This necessarily leads to an inherent unfairness
in such interviews. Putting distance between candidate and interviewer with the use of a
video camera can help to overcome this problem as body language will be less obvious.
(5) It could prove an unfair advantage, or possibly disadvantage, if used only with
those unable to attend a face-to-face interview.
A great deal has been made in recent years of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming). which
includes the science of body language and its value in job interviews. (6)
Others.
however, reject the new technology simply because they are afraid of it. The benefits of
technology. though, are too great to ignore, when one considers that the best person for
a particular job may decide not to attend an interview if he or she has to travel a
considerable distance.
Appointing senior executives is increasingly seen as a global business. Companies which
intend to select candidates for jobs from a wider pool will have little choice but to bear the
cost of overseas travel to conventional interviews, or to embrace the new technology. (7)
Inevitably, companies will be seeking more cost-effective ways of recruiting quality
candidates, and for this, virtual interviewing may offer a solution.
The greatest value of face-to-face interviews is at the stage of final selection. (8)
Nevertheless, there are many positive aspects of using technology as a recruitment tool.
Times are changing, and unless the die-hards who ignore new technology change with
them, they may find themselves left behind.
A. Some people in industry consider this to be a far more reliable approach to selection
than a high-tech interview.
B. But for it to be completely fair, the on-screen method would have to be used with all
candidates.
C. The development of the use of technology as a method of recruitment has brought
considerable benefits to recruitment practices.
D. At the same time, the economic climate suggests that there is a very real prospect of
leaner budgets in future.
E. We are instinctively inclined to feel more positive to people who are similar to us.
F. However, some experts feel that the main advantage of on-screen interviewing is that it
addresses flaws in the conventional interview.
G. For this reason there will always be a place for them.
H. Employers now have at their disposal range of communication tools.
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