W: Katie Thomas. Pleased to meet you.

M: I take it you're looking for temporary office work.

W: That's right.

M: How old are you, Katie?

W: I'm eighteen.

M: That's rather young. What experience have you had?

W: Well, I've just left school, actually, and I'm looking for a job between now and when I go to college.

M: It doesn't sound as though we can help, Katie. You see, our clients are very demanding, especially when it comes to the new office technology.

W: Oh, that's no problem. I took extra classes in office skills at school.

M: Oh, perhaps you'd like to outline what you've been doing?

W: I started by learning keyboard skills. Then I went on to learn about word processing.

M: Good. You seem qualified from the technical point of view.

What was said before this conversation?


M: I'm Paul Adams, Branch Manager.