7 Employment 1 Looking for a job Use the words below to complete the text: qualifications application experience interview CV section I thought it would be quite easy to find a job when I left school, but it’s been really difficult. Took through the job (1)... in the local paper every week, but everybody seems to want people with lots of (2)........ and I didn’t do very well at school. P've sent my (3)... to dozens of companies in the local area but nobody has got back to me. I must have filled in at least thirty (4) forms and I've only had one reply. I went for an (5)....+. + last week but it didn’t go very well ~ they said they wanted someone with more (6) . but I've never had a job! Sometimes I wonder if Pll ever find anything. In the United States a CV is called a résumé. 2 Applying for a job - verbs Use the correct form of these verbs to complete the sentences: offer send it off find gointo — fillin apply for 1. I left university six months ago and I still haven't... 60. a job. It’s more difficult than I thought it would be. 2. ve a part-time job. I hope I get it ~ it’s four afternoons a week. 3. Pm not really sure what I want to do when I leave school. I might........ banking like my Dad. ae the application form and + 80 now I’ve just got to wait until I hear from them, 5. Lcan’t believe it. They've ........me that job in New York. They want me to start next month. When you apply for a job, the employer might ask for references from people who know you, particularly a previous employer. The person who writes your reference is called a referee. 148 3 Job advertisements Use these words to complete the adverts: salary experience temporary rates training leave applicant apply requires position Cleaner Local hotel - cleaner Monday ~ Friday, 9am ~ Ipm, Good... of pay. Tel: 01345 876545 Accounts Full-time in busy car filre company, To start immediately. ‘Computer skills essential according to age and experience. Phone Busby’s on 01267 435 985, Sales Assistant ‘The successful must be hard-working, responsible and honest. Previous .. an advantage but full. . will be given. ....... to: Mr P Dale, Tel. 01274 768231, Nurse position for three months to replace nurse on maternity Your annual salary is the total amount you are paid over a year. Salaries are paid monthly; if you are paid daily or weekly you get wages.4 Personal qualities Mark the sentences P (positive) or N (negative): 1, She’s very ambitious. I'm sure she'll be very successful one day. 2. He isn’t very reliable, He takes a day off sick every two weeks. She’s a bit lazy, She doesn’t do anything if she doesn’t have to. 4, He's extremely conscientious. He’s often. here long after everyone clse has gone home. §. She's very flexible. She can adapt to most situations. 6. He hasn’t got much self-confidence. He worries about what people think of him. 7. He's very punctual. He's never late for meetings. 8. She’s always on top of her work. Her desk is always tidy. 3. 5 Verbal expressions Match the first part of the sentences with the endings below: 1. Lwish he was more independent. He tends to rely on 2. [have to keep telling him what to do. He doesn’t really ever think 3. Whatever you ask him to do, he does it wrong, He doesn’t seem to have 4. He’s just so flexible. He'll adapt 5. You have to tell him what to do and when to do it. He never seems to us 6. You can always depend on him for an honest opinion. He’s not afraid to speak a. his initiative. b. much common sense. c. his mind d. for himself. e. to any situation. £. other people too much. Notice the complete expressions in this exercise. Education and work English Vocabulary Organiser 6 Unemployment Use these expressions to complete the newspaper stories: unemployed was sacked be made redundant Office worker, Luke Bradshaw, lost his job yesterday. He (1)... ...eeeeee ee eee when he was discovered using the internet to book his holiday during work time. Mr. Bradshaw was amazed by his employer's decision. He said, “Everybody uses the internet at work ~ the company can’t sack us all!” Around 250 workers at the BMW car plant in Birmingham face unemployment after the company announced that it plans to close the factory next year. 100 men will (2) . . voce eeees at the end of January and a further 150 in June. The closure will have a devastating effect in an area where 15% of the adult population is already (3) Go back and use the following three expressions in the same gaps: was fired out of work lose their jobs You are dismissed, sacked or fired if you do something wrong at work or if you do not work to the required standard. You are made redundant when the company closes or does not have enough work. Have you got a CV? Have you applied for any jobs recently? “aEnglish Vocabulary Organiser Education and work 1 Working conditions Read the sentences and then put the phrases in green into the correct list below: - Twork very long hours. Ie isn’t very well-paid. . I get a company car, I get six weeks” paid holiday. . They've got a good pension scheme. . 'm ona pretty good salary. . 'm hoping to get promoted next year. . Ican do overtime if I like. You can work your way up quite quickly. . They run a system of flexi-time. 11. 1 get a regular pay rise, 12. I get private health insurance. 13. They've said I can go part-time after I've had my baby. 14, Pm taking a few days off next week. The kids are off school. 15. 'm ambitious. [ want to move up the career ladder, 16. They give us a bonus at Christmas. Swenauawne Money Hours Benefits / Perks Promotion Holiday Benefits are extras you get from your employer in addition to your salary. Perks is an informal word for benefits ~ “A company car is one of the perks of the job. 150 __72 Working life 2 Talking about your job ‘These sentences describe what you like or dislike about your job. Match the beginnings and endings: - Thate having to attend . [love meeting . L wish I didn’t have to do . Tran my own business. I really enjoy being . [hate having to deal with . I get on really well with . so much boring paperwork. . my own boss. new people. difficult customers. so many meetings. all of my colleagues except one. PROSE AHeUNE If you own your own business, you are self- employed. You can also say, “I’m my own boss.” 3 Describing your job Decide whether the words in green express a positive (P) or negative (N) idea: 1. My job’s so boring. I's the same thing day after day. 2. It’s so repetitive. I just sit there all day filling in forms. 3. It’s very satisfying to know that you've helped somebody through their exams. 4. Knowing that I might have saved somebody's life is very rewarding, 5. L find it very challenging. It requires a lot of concentration and determination. 6. This job’s so stressful. It’s making me ill. 7. L wish I could do something glamorous like acting or modelling. 8. It’s a very friendly place to work. All the staff were really helpful when I joined the firm a couple of months ago. All of the people who work for a company are the staff: the people who work with you are your colleagues. You can refer to people in another department as “Our marketing / finance / security people”.4 Job satisfaction Here are some things you might look for in a job. Match the beginnings and endings: 1. I need to be doing 2. Llike to know that I'm helping 3. It’s important to feel that I'm 4. I need to be given 5. I don’t want to be stuck 6.1 don’t want to find myself doing a. part of a team. b. behind a desk all day. c. the same thing day in day our. d. something useful. ¢. responsibility. £. people. If you work, tick (“the statements that are true for you in exercises 2, 3 and 4. 5 Problems at work Use these words to complete the news item below: strike union low pay _ rejected resigned increase demanded. crisis NURSING IN CRISIS The Government and nurses are no nearer reaching agreement over a new pay deal. Tina Jenkins, leader of the nurses’(1) ........, has warned the Government that the union may call a 24-hour (2) unless the Government improves the 2% pay (3) currently on offer. Earlier this week nurses (4) + the offer and (5) - an increase of at least 5%. Mrs Jenkins said this afternoon that long hours and (6) . were forcing nurses out of the profession. Last year alone, thousands of nurses Me . from their jobs, leaving many hospitals in a state of (8)... Strike can be used as a verb or with ‘go’: Teachers have voted to strike. Miners have voted to vo on strike. Education and work English Vocabulary Organiser 6 Job or work? ‘Complete the sentences with work or job: 1, ’'ma bit nervous. I'm starting a new...... next week, 2. [hear you're a lorry driver. I bet that’s hard sence , isn’t it? 3. I'm looking for part-time ...... . A full- time.....- would be too much for me at the moment. 4, I didn’t really want to go back to after I had the baby. 5. I'm sorry, I can’t stop now. I've got a lor of +++ todo. 6. Judging by the car he drives, I'd say he’s got ‘a pretty good...... 7. Pm hoping to find some casual ..... . while Pm at college - working in a bar or a shop. 8. I want to do something a bit different. I wouldn’t like a regular nine-to-five . . . What is the easy grammatical way to do this exercise? Did you notice it? 7 Job or career? Complete the sentences with job or career: 1. Jack started as the office junior. Now he’s MD. He's had a very successful... 2. Twork in advertising. The pay’s pretty good but there isn’t much .... . . security. 3. I'd go mad if I had to do a dead-end . like working on a supermarket checkout. 4. Ronaldo was the best footballer in the world until a bad knee injury ended his...... « 5. Don’t you think you should stop travelling and get yourself a steady ......? 6. Janet’s planning a in politics when she leaves university. 7. 1d go back to teaching if I could find someone to. - «share with. What's more important to you ~ money or job satisfaction? I73. Inthe office | 1 Around the office Match the words with the numbers in the pictures: wastepaper basket fax machine filing cabinet desk drawers scales photocopier briefcase computer files 2 On your desk Match the words with the pictures: rubber calculator _Sellotape paper clip drawing pins pencil sharpener stapler in-tray scissors hole punch envelope Often you have three trays on your desk ~ an in-tray, an out-tray and a pending tray. British English rubber = American English eraser. In English scotch is a drink, not a kind of tape. 1623 Jobs around the office Match each verb with a group of nouns: make do deal with arrange send a problem, an enquiry, a customer = a letter, a fax, an e-mail, a copy . a meeting, a date, accommodation s+ s+++ paperwork, the accounts, the filing . a phone call, some photocopies, the arrangements, a complaint yeep 4 More jobs around the office Put each of these nouns with the correct group of verbs below: a client an order a meeting a problem meet arrange see ()......{ ateend deal with be tied up in call off deal with cancel resolve (2). chair sort out goto (A)..eaee look into have hold lose open place (3).. postpone confirm report on cancel set up 5 Requests around the office Match the beginnings of these requests with the airs of endings below: 1. Can / could you 2. Do you mind 3. Don’t forget 4. Make sure . ringing back after four o'clock? if we rearrange the meeting for next week? you put the date on all the documents. the map is enclosed with the documents. s Education and work c. to send those disks to Unipart. we've got a meeting this afternoon. d. phone Mr. Baxter in Liverpool? fax this through to head office? 6 A busy day at the office Make answers to the question by matching the beginnings and endings of the sentences below: What sort of day have you had? 1. Terrible. Ir’s been 2. Really boring. I spent 3. Busy. I had to work 4, Hectic, I haven’t 5. Terrible. The phone hasn't a. right through my lunch break. b. had a break all day. c. one thing after another. d. stopped ringing all day. e. the whole day putting addresses into the computer. 7 Revision Without looking back answer these questions using words from this unit: 1. What do you put on the wall to remind you of the date? 2. Where do you write the date of an important meeting that you have to go to? 3. What would you use to cut paper? 4, What do you use to add up figures? $. Where do you keep all the office files? 6. Where do you throw away pieces of paper that you don’t need? 7. What do you use to make holes in a piece of paper? 8. What do you use to hold two pieces of paper together? (two answers) 153