Writing Our Professional Profiles

Jennifer and Peter are sitting in the staff room at Saint Mary's Hospital in London, trying to complete their online job profiles.

Writing Our Professional Profiles

Listen and choose the right answer

What are Jennifer and Peter trying to write?

• A medical prescription for a patient
• Their online job profiles for the hospital website
• A scientific research paper for a journal

What problem do both residents have with their own writing?

• They are too modest and write too little
• They make too many spelling mistakes in English
• They write too many long paragraphs

What solution do they choose to solve their problem?

• They ask their supervisor for help
• They copy a profile from the internet
• They swap laptops and write each other's profile

How do they feel about the finished profiles?

• They think the results look very professional
• They want to delete everything and start again
• They think their colleagues will laugh at them

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Jennifer: Peter, I'm stuck on my online ____ because I don't know what to write under experience and strengths.
• Peter: Don't worry, Jennifer, writing about yourself is always difficult. Just list your ____ and your specialist training.
• Peter: That's not true at all, you're always ____ when we admit critical patients at night.
• Jennifer: Really? Well, your profile isn't very exciting either because you write two short sentences about your ____ .
• Jennifer: That's a mistake because hospitals want to see your real ____ and your career goal.

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