When a vacancy for a senior (1)................... post comes up, there may MANAGE be more than a thousand (2)..................., so many corporations hire APPLY (3)................... consultants to handle the selection process. PROFESSION One team in Germany uses an unusual method for putting potential (4)................... to the test: they get them to cook a meal together! EMPLOY This way the process of (5)................... becomes a highly RECRUIT (6)................... one because it demonstrates how a candidate EFFECT performs under pressure when faced with a (7)................... task. PRACTICE Human resource managers attend the sessions and assess the candidates' (8)................... and communication skills. Cooking, they say, is an ORGANISE ideal task since it allows for (9)................... contact with those they PERSON are thinking of taking on, without creating a (10)................... COMPETE environment, as participants must work together to create the menu.