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IELTS Practice Listening: Note/Summary Completion Diagram ID: #57414 Easy Recruitment process
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Complete the flow chart below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

You will hear a talk explaining the recruitment process for applying for jobs at hotels. Now listen carefully and answer the questions. Now, if you would like to apply for one of these jobs, you'll need to follow our recruitment process. It might seem complicated, but we guarantee the hotels we work with to provide carefully vetted staff. So, the first thing you'll need to do is fill in one of these, a personal information form. It's pretty straightforward and should only take you a few minutes. Once you've done that and added it in, we'll give you a questionnaire about your skills to do. Again, I don't expect this to take you very long. We then look through the information about you and pass on our recommendations to the relevant hotel. Hopefully, you'll be accepted by your chosen hotel. Assuming you are, you will then proceed to the next step of the process and attend a general course of training. This is designed to be helpful and realistic, so an important part of the course is role-play activities. You should have some fun while you learn. Okay, and after that, the final step is that you'll be contacted by the hotel you're going to work for, and they'll post you a video about themselves and the work involved. watching this will constitute further specific training for your job. Well, I hope that's reasonably clear at this stage. Are there any questions on what I've said so far?
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Question Focus: First step in the recruitment process shown at the top of the flow chart

Correct Answer: personal information

Why this is correct: At the very start of the process, the speaker explains what you must fill in first. You hear personal information form, which matches the first box in the diagram.

Passage Reference: So, the first thing you'll need to do is fill in one of these, a personal information form. It's pretty straightforward and should only take you a few minutes.

Common Mistake: Students sometimes write application form because it sounds logical, but the speaker never says that phrase. You must copy the exact words you hear. This is a synonym trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'personal information form' = Diagram: 'personal information'

Tips: For the first box, listen for signpost phrases like the first thing you'll need to do.

Key Vocabulary:

  • personal = about you
  • information = details

Question Focus: What the questionnaire is about in the second step

Correct Answer: skills

Passage Reference: we'll give you a questionnaire about your skills to do. Again, I don't expect this to take you very long.

Why this is correct: After the form, the speaker explains you receive a questionnaire. You clearly hear it is about your skills, which is what the second box asks for.

Common Mistake: Some students write experience because it sounds similar, but that word is not said. This is a paraphrase trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'questionnaire about your skills' = Diagram: 'skills'

Tips: When you hear we'll give you, be ready because an answer often follows immediately.

Key Vocabulary:

  • questionnaire = set of questions
  • skills = abilities

Question Focus: Type of training course shown in the middle of the flow chart

Correct Answer: general

Passage Reference: you will then proceed to the next step of the process and attend a general course of training.

Why this is correct: Once the hotel accepts you, the speaker explains the next step. You hear general course of training, so the diagram only needs the word general.

Common Mistake: Students sometimes write training course, which is too long and repeats words already in the diagram. This is a partial truth trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'general course of training' = Diagram: 'general (training)'

Tips: In flow charts, you often only need one key word from a longer phrase.

Key Vocabulary:

  • general = not specific
  • training = learning for a job

Question Focus: Main activity included in the training course

Correct Answer: role-play

Passage Reference: so an important part of the course is role-play activities. You should have some fun while you learn.

Why this is correct: The speaker highlights what is important in the training. You hear role-play activities, which matches the box describing the training content.

Common Mistake: Some students miss the hyphen or think it must be plural. Both role-play and role play are accepted, but extra words are not. A spelling trap is common here.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'role-play activities' = Diagram: 'role-play'

Tips: Do not worry too much about hyphens in listening, but check spelling carefully.

Key Vocabulary:

  • role-play = acting practice
  • activities = tasks

Question Focus: Final item sent by the hotel in the last step

Correct Answer: video

Passage Reference: the final step is that you'll be contacted by the hotel you're going to work for, and they'll post you a video about themselves and the work involved. watching this will constitute further specific training for your job.

Why this is correct: At the end of the process, the speaker explains what the hotel sends you. You clearly hear they will post you a video, which is the final box.

Common Mistake: Students sometimes write training video, but the speaker only says video. Adding extra words is a word limit trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'post you a video' = Diagram: 'video'

Tips: Listen carefully at the end. Final steps often include concrete items like emails, letters, or videos.

Key Vocabulary:

  • post = send
  • video = film

General Tips:

  • Flow chart questions follow the order of the recording, so move step by step as you listen.
  • You must copy the exact word or words from the audio, not your own idea.
  • Always check the word limit. One extra word makes the answer wrong.
  • Listen for signpost phrases like first thing, next step, and final step.
  • Use the diagram labels to predict the grammar of the answer before you hear it.

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