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Pre-Listening Exercise - JOB HUNTING

https://www.esl-lab.com/difficult/job-hunting/

Which factor is most crucial when looking for a new job? Rank the following
points in terms of importance and then discuss your reasons:

• opportunities for promotion or advancement working hours


• vacation days
• pension plan
• interest level
• salary
• benefits such as health and life insurance
• sick or maternity leave

Idioms
“bone up on” = study hard before a test
“I suggest you bone up on your typing skills before going to the job interview.”

“work your fingers to the bone” = work extremely hard


“My father worked his fingers to the bone to provide for our family and send me to
college.”

Listening Exercise
A. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.
Audio Player
1. The man is looking for a job in _____.
o technology
o medicine
o education
2. Which statement best describes the pay for the job?
o Employees receive pay increases based on their work.
o Workers are paid on a commission.
o The salary is above the industry average.
3. The company provides paid vacation, opportunities for promotion, and _______.
o a company vehicle
o insurance
o a bus pass

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4. The future job industry is ______ right now.
o stable
o contracting
o growing
5. From the conversation, we can infer that the man _____.
o has some post-secondary education
o dropped out of high school
o has a college degree

Post-Listening Exercise
What are ten common questions asked during a job interview in your field? How would you
personally respond? What suggestions and advice can you come up with to answer such
questions? What questions would you ask the interviewer to show you are informed about the
company and you are serious about the position?

More Idioms
1. Work Smarter Not Harder
Meaning: How often have you heard this phrase thrown about at those team meetings and
focus groups? One of those expressions suggesting that we need to be smarter, more efficient in
our undertakings and that we can achieve the worker's holy grail of getting more from doing
less."

2. Work Like a Dream


Meaning: To say that something worked out far better than you could have hoped. An adage
that is demonstrated by the following statement: "The new electric car is so smooth to drive,
and it has a great distance range before recharging—it works like a dream."

3. It Works for Me
Meaning: To say that something is perfectly acceptable to you.

Example sentence: "I like the finish on the cabinet worktops; it works for me."

4. To Do the Donkey Work


Meaning: To carry out work that is tedious or difficult. References the donkey being used to
carry heavy loads over treacherous terrain.

Example sentence: "You need to concentrate your efforts on planning for future sales, leave the
mundane stuff to others, and let them do the donkey work."

5. A Nasty Piece of Work


Meaning: Said of someone who is particularly unpleasant.

For example: "He is so gross. He seems to go out of his way to upset people; he's a nasty piece
of work."

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