Essential English

Day 10
 01 Talk about employment

Content
02 Negotiate with colleagues

03 Making quick requests

04 IF clauses
Listen to two employees talking about their employment history and answer the
questions.

Speaker 1
1. What was his job and what is his now?
2. Why did he change his job?
3. How did he go about getting new employment?

Speaker 2
4. Why was she thinking of changing her job?
5. How did the employer convince her to stay?
6. What has she learnt about people’s reasons for staying and leaving their job?
Vocabulary

• career prospects • redeploy

• job opportunities • being laid off
• full-time employment • being unemployed
• apprenticeship • a sideways move
• job security • a change of direction
• job satisfaction • a glass ceiling
• taking early retirement • an opportunity for advancement
• being made redundant • training
• relocate • personal development
 Match 1-8 to a-h.

1. Many women feel there is a glass ceiling which a. would mean stopping work at 55 rather than 65.
2. There isn’t much opportunity for advancement b. relocation is not an option.
3. I could take early retirement which c. in an industry like mine don’t look great.
4. He felt the new job was a sideways move d. rather than a promotion.
5. .When the factory closed down e. a lot of the staff redundant.
6. With the current recession, the career prospects f. so i need to start looking elsewhere if i want to move up the
7. To save costs, the company made career ladder.
8. I can move house because of the children’s school, so g. a third of the workers were laid off
h. stops them from getting top jobs.
 Complete the sentences by using the correct word forms.

1. He was fired from his last job for stealing. As a result, he’s virtually _____ now. (employ) unemployable

2. Instead of going to university, I did an _____ with a local engineering firm and it gave me a job for life. (apprentice) apprenticeship

3. The government keeps raising the pensionable age, so I don’t know when I’ll reach the age of ______ (retire) retirement

4. In the last few years, our core business has become _____ so we either need to diversify or close down. (profit) unprofitable

5. The two ______ have decided to sell their share of the business to a large multinational. (own) onwers

6. Every employee has a share of the business, but we have an _____ board who make the day-to-day decisions. (operational)

7. The _____ and union leaders have not come to an agreement so now we have to vote on whether to take strike action. (manage)

management

8. Money is important, but job _____ also includes things like opportunities for advancement and training. (satisfy). satisfaction
Tell the class about a job change you have made. Why did
you make it? How did you go about it?
 Negotiating with colleagues

Listen to the first part of a meeting with

Johanna and Dermot are
Johanna and Dermot and answer questions 1 –
leaders of two different teams
in a financial services 3.
company. They have been 1. What is the problem with choosing the most
given the task of creating a capable workers to make a third team?
third team from their existing 2. How many people would they choose from their
staff to set up a new branch in
two teams based on individual strengths?
another country.
3. Why don’t they decide to use contract workers?
Listen to the second part of the meeting. Johanna and Dermot are negotiating the
new team. Correct the notes Johanna made at the meeting.
 Key expressions
Outlining the points for
Stating consequences
discussion Reaching agreement
• What we need to decide on today is … • We’d (have) …., if did that.
• I’m happy with that.
• The areas we need to discuss are … • That’ll solve the problem.
• I can live with that.
• Let’s look at what our options are … • It just wouldn’t work if we (took on …)
• That sounds like a plan/deal.
• Unless we (get …), we won’t (be sending …).
Putting forward proposals

• One option would be to … Bargaining

Summarizing the situation
• How about we (look …)?
• I could offer you … but I’d expect …
• What I propose is … • Let’s just summarize the situation …
• If you guarantee … I’d let you have …
• Let’s keep our options open … • So (what) have we got so far?
• I’ll be happy (for/to) … provided you …
• Supposing we (stretch …), why don’t we • So, a quick recap … if I … you’ll …

(take on …)?
Practically speaking_Making quick requests
Listen to six short conversations. What help does the first speaker want in each
conversation? Does the second speaker agree to help?

How does the second speaker respond to each request 1-6? How does the first
speaker reply when the response is negative?

1. Do you have a minute?

2. Could you just have a quick look at my computer?
3. Would you mind checking …?
4. Excuse me, am I disturbing you?
5. Could you spare a few minutes?
6. Can you give me a hand with …?
Practically speaking_Making quick requests
Work with a partner. Read these situations and have short conversations.

• You need a client’s email address.

• You need confirmation whether a business trip is taking place.
• You need help opening an email attachment.
• You need ideas for a retirement present for your boss.
• You want to swap shifts.
• You need to make an appointment for an appraisal.
 Language at work: If clauses
First conditional Second conditional
• An imaginary present or future situation that is likely; in the
• A present or future situation that is quite likely to happen; the result.
other clause, we talk about the result.
If clause (likely situation) Result If clause (likely situation) Result
If + present tense Will + infinitive If + past tense would + infinitive
If you order 20 units, We’ll give a 15% discount. If we accepted the takeover bid, We would be out of a job.
If I’m not promoted, I’ll leave the company. If I’m not promoted, I’ll leave the company.

Variations: Variations:
1. If anyone is waiting for you there, I’ll let you know. 1. If you were applying for a job, what would you put on your
2. If he hasn’t emailed, I’ll call instead. CV?
3. If we hurry, we may/ might/ can get there in time. 2. If we got a bit more help, we could finish in time.

1.Provided (that), Providing, As long as, On the condition that:

1. These expressions mean 'if and only if' and emphasize a condition 3.Unless:
that must be met. 1. This word means 'if not' and introduces a condition that will change
2. Example: "I’ll help you today providing you do my shift on Friday." the outcome if it happens.
1.This means I will help you today, but only if you agree to do my 2. Example: "I’ll be home by 5.30 unless the meeting finishes late."
shift on Friday. 1.This means I will be home by 5:30, but if the meeting finishes
2.Supposing: late, I won't be home by then.
1. This word is used to imagine a situation, often with second 4.In case:
conditionals (unreal or hypothetical situations). 1. This phrase is used to talk about taking action to prevent something
2. Example: "Supposing they offered you the job, would you take it?" from happening.
1.This means "Just imagine if they offered you the job—would you 2. Example: "I’ll take a spare battery in case the main one runs out."
accept it?“ 1.This means I will take a spare battery to avoid the problem of the
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