Overview & Goals

MODULE 1 · TALENT TALK — ENGLISH FOR HR

Recruiting & Job Descriptions

Every requirement you write down is a door you close. The skill is knowing which doors are worth closing.

In this module you will learn to turn a vague request from a manager into a job description that real people answer. You will separate what a candidate truly must have from what would simply be nice, write about the role without the corporate clichés that put good people off, and defend your choices when the hiring manager wants everything.

🎯 By the end of this module, you will be able to:

run a briefing with a hiring manager and ask the right questions;
separate must-haves from nice-to-haves, and say why;
describe a role and a team in plain, honest English;
write a job advert that does not exclude half the market;
push back, politely, on a requirement that makes no sense.

🔤 Grammar in this module. Modal verbs of obligation and advice (must have, has to, should, doesn’t need to) and adjectives & adverbs — the words that describe a role and can quietly exclude people. Each has a short explanation and G1–G4 practice.

📦 What’s inside this module

Reading — The Job Advert That Nobody Answers: the five Cs of a job post that people actually answer, with key vocabulary.
Vocabulary — eight flip-cards with pronunciation.
Useful Language — phrases for briefing a hiring manager and defining the role, with a dialogue to listen to.
Writing Practice — The Job Advert: a short task with instant feedback from an AI coach.
Podcast — two people who hire for a living take a job description apart, with transcript and a short quiz.
Roleplay — The Manager Who Wants Everything, with the AI Tutor, out loud or in writing.
Unit Review & Final Quiz — revision notes, then everything from the module (you need 70% to pass).

🤖 Stuck on a phrase? Ask the AI Tutor at any point in this module — a word, a phrase, “is this too direct?”

A good job advert is short, honest and specific. So is good English. Let’s begin. 🚀