1 Do you have good computer …..?
2 Do you have good ….. skills?
3 What is a good …… in this country?
4 What school … do you have?
5 What are ideal working … for you?
6. What is the difference between the following words?
an employer vs an employee
an interviewer vs an interviewee
an application form vs a CV
experience vs qualifications
a salary vs a bonus
a company vs a factory
Choose the correct word in each sentence.
1) Most of our employers/ employees have been with the company since we started last year.
2) I’m afraid we need someone for this job with much more experience/qualifications.
3) If we reach our sales targets, we will get a 20 per cent salary/ bonus.
4) A good interviewer/interviewee knows how to ask good questions to find out about people.
5) I must fill out the application form/ CV for that job today.
8. a) Study the following possible replies to questions about one’s job. Pay special attention to the vocabulary in bold type.
| What do you do? What’s your job? What do you do for a living? | I’m a banker/an engineer/a teacher. I work in a bank/marketing. I work for Union Bank/Fiat. |
| What do you do in your job? What are your daily duties? | I’m in charge of all deliveries from our factory. I have to deal with any complaints. I run the coffee bar and restaurant in the museum. I go to a lot of meetings. I visit/see/meet clients. I advise clients. |
| What are your working hours? | For many people in Britain typical working hours are from 8.30-9.00 a.m. to 5.00-5.30 p.m. So people often talk about a nine-to-five job. Some people work flexi-time (they can start an hour or so earlier or finish later); and some have to do shiftwork (working at different times). They say they work shifts – night shift or day shift. Many people also work overtime (work extra hours). |
b) This is part of a conversation with a teacher about her job. Write the missing questions. Use the following words and word combinations: working hours, work overtime, paid holiday.
A: ………………………………………………………..?
B: I start at nine and finish at four.
A: ………………………………………………………..?
B: Yes, a bit. On some courses I work until 5.30.
A: ………………………………………………………..?
B: 12 weeks. That’s one of the good things.
C) A TV host is interviewing you. Choose a job. Use the prompts and questions from previous exercises to write a conversation between the TV host and yourself. Present your role play to the class.
Prompts: Where do you work? What is your job? What hours do you work? Do you like your job? What job do you want to do in the future?
D) Describe a job of some of your friends or relatives.
A) Read the text and choose the correct heading for each paragraph.
Leaving the company
Happier times
Getting a job
Hard times
Moving up
The career ladder
A ……………………
When Paul left school he applied for a job in the accounts department of a local engineering company. They gave him a job as a trainee (a very junior person in a company). He didn’t earn very much but they gave him a lot of training (organised help and advice with learning the job), and sent him on training courses.
B ……………………
Paul worked hard at the company and his prospects looked good. After his first year he got a good pay rise, and after two years he was promoted. After six years he was in charge of (responsible for / the boss of) the accounts department with five other employees under him.
C ……………………
By the time Paul was 30, however, he decided he wanted a fresh challenge (a new exciting situation). He was keen to work abroad, so he resigned from his company and started looking for a new job with a bigger company. After a couple of months he managed to find a job with an international company which involved a lot of foreign travel. He was very excited about the new job and at first he really enjoyed the travelling, but…
D ……………………
After about six months, Paul started to dislike the constant moving around, and after a year he hated it; he hated living in hotels, and he never really made any friends in the new company. Unfortunately, his work was not satisfactory either and finally he was sacked a year later.
After that, Paul found things much more difficult. He was unemployed (out of work / without the job) for over a year. He had to sell his car and move out of his new house. Things were looking bad and in the end Paul had to accept a part-time job (working only some of the day or some of the week) on a fruit and vegetable stall in a market.
E ……………………
To his surprise, Paul loved the market. He made lots of friends and enjoyed working out in the open air. After two years, he took over (took control of) the stall. Two years later he opened a second stall, and after ten years he had fifteen stalls. Last year Paul retired at the age of 55, a very rich man.
b) Translate the text paying special attention to the words and word combinations in italics. Write them out in your notebook and use them in your own sentences.
