Classified Ads (Situation Wanted/Vacant)

Lesson objectives:
Students will be able to:

 learn new formats of writing short composition,

 demonstrate creative thinking skills by brain storming.
 retain information of events, describe and adhere to the word limit.

Points to focus while writing an advertisement on Situation vacant/wanted:

• Give heading ‘Wanted’, ‘Required’, or ‘Situation Vacant’ (as appropriate).
• Write the name of the organisation/ company, in the case situation Vacant’.
• Indicate the post and number of vacancies.
• State the essential qualifications and experience.
• Give preferences, if any, such as age limits and gender of the candidate (if
applicable).
• Other preferences/ details like pay and perks, mode of applying etc are optional
and may be included where relevant or not obvious.
• Maximum word limit -50words
• Should be short and to the point (remember they are charged per word…
• Language used is always simple, factual and formal.
 Classified (Vacant)
Example:
1 You are the Personnel Manager of Green Bio-Products Ltd., Sector 18, Industrial
Area, Faridabad. You need an efficient finance manager for your office. Write an
advertisement for the ‘Situation Vacant’ column of a local daily.

SITUATION VACANT
Wanted an efficient finance manager for a leading manufacturing company.
Qualifications-Bachelor's degree in Finance/ Accounting, age 25-30 years. Will be
responsible for overseeing all financial activities. Preference to those who have
Leadership experience. Salary negotiable. Apply with complete bio-data within 10 days
to Personnel Manager, Green Bio-Products Ltd.Faridabad-18.

Assignment :(To be written in the second part of the notebook)

1-You are the Managing Director of Varun Enterprises, a leading garment export
house. You need a fashion designer (female) for your Meerut office. Write an
advertisement for the ‘Situation Vacant’ column of a local daily.