Getting Hired: Skills or Connections?
A B1–B2 mini-debate lesson on whether skills or connections matter more in hiring, with a reading, vocabulary work, group discussion, pro/con debate, a hiring-decision role-play and an opinion paragraph. Suits professionals interested in careers, recruitment and workplace fairness.
Print-ready A4 PDF · teacher's notes and answer key included
What's inside
- Warm-up discussion
- Vocabulary matching
- Reading
- Comprehension questions
- Gap-fill
- Odd one out
- Small-group discussion
- Debate
- Role-play
- Opinion paragraph writing
By the end, learners can
- Read and understand a text about hiring through skills versus connections
- Use ten hiring and networking vocabulary items in context
- Agree, partly agree and disagree politely when discussing opinions
- Argue a pro or con position in a mini-debate
- Write a short structured opinion paragraph with reasons and an example
Skills: Speaking · Reading · Writing · Vocabulary
Suits: HR · Managers · Recruiters · Job seekers
Language practised: Giving opinions · Agreeing and partly agreeing · Disagreeing politely · Asking for clarification · Persuading · Summarising and concluding · Justifying a decision and explaining risks
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