Selina



media type="file" key="selina.wav" width="300" height="50" My name is Selina. I am from a beautiful city Xi'an, which is in the middle of China. I worked in a university as an accountant for many years in my country. Eight months ago I came to Tasmania. I have been studying English to sharpen my spoken and written at the Polytechnic since two months after I came here. My English is improving very quickly. Now I am studying at Certificate 3. I have enrolled in the Work It Course and I hope I can learn more about working in Australia and improve my workplace English. I also really want to get some experience so that I can find a job.

I graduated from university in 2002. I got Bachelor's of Administration in Accounting in China. I have lots of experience in this industry. I can not only handle all kinds of accounts but also I can manage other employees. Because I had ever supervised 20 people in a small financial department. I have good computer skills. I keep learning and improving my skills. I am healthy and hard-working. I enjoy working in a team. I am quick to learn. I am a friendly person and I am always polite to everyone and respect their cultures and customs. I love to work with many different kind of people. Because I learnt how to communicate in many ways with different background and personalities. People are also interested in me and they would love to make friends with me.I can adapt in any given environment and I am always up to challenge whatever the situation.

I am going to start my work experience on Tuesday next week. I am going to work at the client services in Polytechnic. I am not sure what they will ask me to do. So I feel a little excited and a bit confused. because it will be my first experience to work in Australian workplace. I will learn hard and put all my effort in this work experience so I can get benefit as much as I can. I am looking forward to the day coming.

__Week 1 and 2 Recount and Skills__

Remember the employability skills are: **communication**, **teamwork**, **problem-solving**, **self-management**, **learning**, **technology**, **planning and organizing**, and **intiative and enterprise**.

Fill in the following chart with actions from your workplace from the last two weeks. Remember to use the past tense. Also fill in the other charts with new words you have learned and the names of people you work with. (Adapted from //Keys To Work// by Jacky Springall, p. 50)
 * **Activity** (eg. My boss showed me how to use the floor polisher on Tuesday morning this week. I learned very quickly and used it that same day. He told me I had done a good job.) || Skill (eg. Learning, Technology) ||
 * Last week on Thusday I got up very early and wore my nice and tidy work clothes to go to work. I arrived at the office at 8:15am. Their working time is from 8:30 to 4:30pm. For me it is from 9pm to 4pm. But I thought I really wanted to get more experence in the workplace as much as I can. || planning and organizing ||
 * I made a list every night to remind me of what I should do on the next day. || self management, planning and organizing ||
 * My supervisor did a induction to me. I knew their name were a bit hard for me. I felt a bit confused. So I wrote down their name on a little notebook which I had prepared in advance. || palnning and organizing ||
 * I worked with Vivi to learn how to do filing . || Learning,Technology,teamwork ||
 * I worked with mandy to sort out all the mail and distribute it at the mail room. after that she showed me how to do students enrolment, make tax invoices and receipting for payments. I understood very well and I did very good. || Learning,teamwork,Technology,Communication ||


 * **New Words** || **Meaning** ||
 * filing ||  ||
 * mail ||  ||
 * tax invoice ||  ||
 * recepting ||  ||
 * spreadsheet ||  ||
 * Idlabel ||  ||


 * **Names of People I Work With** ||