COOK YOUR WAY TO THE TOP

When a vacancy for a senior (0. MANAGE) managerial post comes up, there may be more than a thousand (1. APPLY) ____________________, so many corporations hire (2. PROFESSION) _______________ consultants to handle the selection process. One team in Germany uses an unusual method for putting potential (3. EMPLOY) ____________________ to the test: they get them to cook a meal together! This way the process of (4. RECRUIT) ____________________ becomes a highly (5. EFFECT) ____________________ one because it demonstrates how a candidate performs under pressure when faced with a (6. PRACTICE) ____________________ task. Human resource managers attend the sessions and assess the candidates' organisational and communication skills. Cooking, they say, is an ideal task since it allows for (7. PERSON) ____________________ contact with those they are thinking of taking on, without creating a (8. COMPETE) ____________________ environment, as participants must work together to create the menu.