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Vocabulary Work 2017

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WORK, WORK, WORK…

Read the questions and answers and pay special attention to the words in bold.

Question: What do you do?


Sasha: I do a job-share with a friend in a boutique … I enjoy it … I like working with customers …
unfortunately it’s only temporary work but one of the perks of the job is I get a discount on the clothes …

Q: Do you have any career plans yet?


Carly: Yes … I’d like to be my own boss one day … I’m interested in programming and I’d like to create
apps for myself or for other companies … I know being self employed would be a challenge but the idea of
doing a nine-to-five job doesn’t appeal to me at all …

Q: What do you see yourself doing in 10 years time?


Marie: I’d hope to be working … not a high-powered job … but I’m quite a creative person so something
where I can work with my hands would be nice … as long as I’m not stuck behind a desk doing
something boring in a dead-end job I’ll be happy …

Q: Can you describe your ideal job?


Stuart : I’ve always loved watching wildlife programmes on TV and often thought how much I’d enjoy
working with animals … perhaps in a safari park … something like that … you’d probably need a degree to
have any chance of being called for an interview and whether there are many full-time jobs I don’t know
… I’m sure a lot of parks rely on voluntary work so it might not be easy … and it probably wouldn’t
be well-paid either but money isn’t everything … I’d get so much job satisfaction … I can’t imagine it
being the kind of job where you get stuck in a rut … and I think I’d be good at it as well … I’d love to work
with animals I enjoy manual work and I’m a good team player … so even though the working
conditions might not be the best I think that would be my ideal job …

Q: If there are a limited number of jobs available who should be given priority, young people or
older people with more experience?
Anna: Things are so different these days … a few years ago older employees would often take early
retirement or go onto part-time contracts and there were always opportunities for younger people but now
jobs are so scarce … I think younger people need to be given the chance whenever possible …

Q: What are some of the important things a candidate should find out before accepting a job?
Ali: Well … you’d need to know about your area of responsibility … and your salary of course and then
there are things like holiday entitlement … maternity or paternity leave … if you’re thinking of having
children … and what the situation is regarding sick leave … that kind of thing …

Q: What are the advantages of having your own business rather than working for someone else?
Julie: Well … unfortunately being an employee at the moment is very stressful … people have very heavy
workloads … they’re always under pressure to meet deadlines … running your own business isn’t easy
… but I do think it would be far more satisfying …
DEFINITIONS
·to be called for an interview: to be invited to attend an interview
•to be your own boss: to have your own business
•a dead-end job: a job with no promotional opportunities
•to do a job-share: to share the weekly hours of work with another person
•a good team player: somebody who can work well with other people
•full-time: the number of hours that people usually work in a complete week
•a heavy workload: to have a lot of work to do
•a high-powered job: an important or powerful job
•holiday entitlement: the number of days holiday allowed
•job satisfaction: the feeling of enjoying a job
•manual work: work that requires physical activity
•maternity leave: time off work given to a woman about to have a baby
•to meet a deadline: to finish a job by an agreed time
•a nine-to-five job: a normal job that consists of an 8 hour day (approximately)
•one of the perks of the job: an extra benefit you get from a job
•part-time: working less than full-time
•to run your own business: see ‘to be your own boss’
•to be self-employed: see ‘to be your own boss’
•sick leave: time allowed off work when sick
•to be stuck behind a desk: to be unhappy in an office job
•to be/get stuck in a rut: to be in a boring job that is hard to leave
•to take early retirement: to retire early (retire: to reach an age when you are allowed to stop working for a
living)
•temporary work: work done for a limited time only
•voluntary work: to work without pay
•to be well paid: to earn a good salary
•working conditions: the hours, salary and other entitlements that comes with the job
•to work with your hands: to do manual work

Now, explain in English the following words:


*UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
*EMPLOYER
*EMPLOYEE
*APPLY FOR A JOB
*COLLEAGUE
*TO BE/ TO GO ON STRIKE
*TO BE FIRED
*TO BE A WORKAHOLIC
*TO BE PROMOTED
*TO BE MADE REDUNDANT
*TO BE DISMISSED

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