🚀 Kickoff: Your Dream Job

Mission 2 · Unit 2 — Every application starts with one decision: what do you actually want?

Phase 1 of 6
Duration ≈ 20 min
Format Solo work
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📱 Job Ads That Don't Suck

Most job-hunting lessons start with a boring worksheet. Let's not do that. Here are six real jobs a 9th grader could actually get excited about — including the ones from your Unit 2 mystery bags.

Person sketching a design on a tablet with a stylus 🎨

Junior Graphic Designer

Creative Studio Munich

Design logos, posters and social media content for local businesses. No experience required — just a good eye and basic editing skills.

A journalist holding a microphone, reporting live in the middle of a crowd 📰

Junior Reporter

City Youth Magazine

Write about topics that matter to teenagers. Interview people, ask good questions, tell honest stories.

An event manager checking a clipboard at a formal dinner event 🎉

Assistant Event Manager

Munich Festival Team

Help plan concerts, festivals and school events. Talk to people, solve problems, stay calm under pressure.

Hotel receptionist answering the phone at the front desk 🏨

Front Desk Trainee

City Centre Hotel

Be the first face guests see. Great with people, comfortable with computers, always polite.

Two vets examining a small cat on an operating table 🐾

Junior Vet Assistant

Animal Care Clinic

Help look after sick and injured animals. Calm hands, patience, a genuine love of animals.

Illustration of someone using a tablet surrounded by social media app icons 📱

Social Media Assistant

Local Sports Club

Run the Instagram and TikTok for a local sports club. Know what makes content go viral? We need you.

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🎯 Choose Your Path

Pick one job from above — or tell us about your real dream job, even if it's not on this list. This choice follows you through the whole mission: your CV, your cover letter, everything.

Task

Which job are you applying for?

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💭 Why This Job?

Task

Write 2–3 sentences: why do you want this job? What about it excites you?

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Your Five Challenges

Here's what stands between you and getting hired. Most applicants lose points at step 1 because of a messy CV — let's make sure that's not you.

  1. CV Workshop: Learn how a real CV is built, then write a personal statement that actually sounds like you — with instant feedback.
  2. Cover Letter: One page that explains why it should be you, not somebody else.
  3. The Phone Call: They call to arrange your interview. Formal English, on the spot.
  4. The Waiting Room: Small talk with the other candidates — nerves, prep, expectations.
  5. The Interview: Listen to how it really goes, then answer the same questions yourself.
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Almost done

Enter your name and class, then submit.

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Next up

You've chosen your job. Now let's build the document that gets you noticed.

Continue to: CV Workshop →