In Company Uper-Intermediate – Klucz (przykładowy egzamin na stronie CJO)
I Word formation 1. cordial 2. consolidate 3. sincere 4. considerable 5. compensation 6. expand 7. transition 8. provisionally II
1. box 2. in 3. out 4. of 5. over 6. at
III. Należy uznać również inne poprawne zdania z podanym słowem.
1) Congratulations on the promotion!
2) We have to move on to the next point on the agenda.
3) Can you get hold of someone in accounts?
4) I’m sorry but the merger is out of the question.
5) Give my regards to Caroline when you see her.
IV. 1F 2A 3B 4E 5D 6C V. Text
1.F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T
Banks are on the hunt for tech veterans.
When Ron Knapp joined Citigroup’s * FinTech unit as head of technology, he sent a note to his new managers with a suggestion: 1 F ‘Given what we’re trying to achieve, I think I should come in wearing my boots and jeans.’
Mr Knapp joined Citi FinTech to build a team of technology specialists. He spent sixteen years at Amazon, including working in software development, but now he had joined a tribe which he says will become increasingly valuable to big banks: established tech professionals.
2 F According to Max Johnson, manager at the recruitment agency Robert Walters, financial institutions started poaching professionals from the tech world a few years ago. But to convince tech people to work for them, banks have had to change. ‘Banks have very rigid structures in a corporate lifestyle kind of way,’ Mr Johnson says. 3 T ‘These [tech] people want to be creative; they want to be in an environment that is not constricted.’ Small changes, such as relaxing the dress code, can help. But in the end, Mr Johnson says, it comes down to pay. ‘Banks have had to compete with very competitive salary structures for tech,’ he says. 4 F In the UK, starting salaries for technology roles are higher at banks than at tech firms.
But salary is only one attraction, says Faye Woodhead, one of Deutsche Bank’s recruitment directors.
‘Opportunity and ability to make a diference, be challenged and learn is as important. Dress code may help, but it is window dressing.’
Most importantly, banks are ofering roles that did not exist in the industry a few years ago, according to Elly Hardwick, head of innovation at Deutsche Bank. ‘There are so many opportunities in artificial intelligence, machine learning and distributed ledger technology,’ she says. And banks have something tech companies do not: financial data.
‘Five years ago, I never thought I would be at a bank,’ says Carey Kolaja, Citi FinTech’s global chief product officer. Previously, Silicon Valley had been the centre of her professional life after years at eBay and PayPal. She switched because she wanted a role serving people who did not have access to financial services. ‘It is about the type of problems you can solve at a bank,’ Ms Kolaja says.
5 T The influx of tech professionals means banking staff are developing, too. ‘Exposing internal people to new ways of doing things is just as important,’ Ms Hardwick says. ‘When tech and business sit together at the table, that is when you get the real culture transformation.’
*FinTech = short for ‘financial technology’; refers to providing financial services by making use of software and modern technology
VI Grammar – multiple choice 1. C
2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. D VII
1. Why did she feel sad?
2. Where does Sally live?
3. How high is the skyscraper/ How many floors does the skyscraper have?
4. What have they already tried?
5. How was your flight?
VIII Vocabulary – multiple choice 1. C
2. B 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. C IX
1. COMPLIMENT 2. WANDERED 3. MATTER 4. DOWN 5. FLATTER 6. ADVERTISING 7. MINDS 8. LOOK 9. POOLING 10. GUNS X WRITING
