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12.5 Read the text again and choose headings for the parts a-c.

1. No qualifications, no job

2. Without work and poor

3. Part-time work

12.6 Is the idea positive or negative?

1. My job is so boring. It’s the same thing day after day.

2. It’s so repetitive. I just sit there all day filling in forms.

3. Knowing that I might have saved somebody’ life is very rewarding.

4. I find it very challenging. It requires a lot of concentration and determination.

5. This job is so stressful. It’s making me ill.

6. I wish I could do something glamorous like acting or modeling.

7. It’s a very friendly place to work. All the staff were really helpful when I joined the firm a couple of months ago.

12.7 Here are some things you might look for in a job. Match the beginnings and endings. Which of the things are the most important for you?

  1. I need to be doing

  2. I like 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 find myself doing

  6. I don’t want to be stuck

a) part of a team.

b) behind a desk all day.

c) the same thing day in day out.

d) something useful.

e) responsibility.

f) people

12.8 Read the sentences and then put the phrases into the correct list of job aspects below.

  1. They give us a bonus at Christmas.

  2. I work very long hours.

  3. It isn’t very well-paid.

  4. I get a company car.

  5. They’ve got a good pension scheme.

  6. I get six weeks’ paid holiday.

  7. I’m on a pretty good salary.

  8. I’m hoping to get promoted next year.

  9. I can do overtime if I like.

  10. You can work your way up quite easily.

  11. They run a system of flexi-time.

  12. I get a regular pay rise.

  13. I get private health insurance.

  14. I’m taking a few days off next week.

  15. I’m ambitious. I want to move up the carrier ladder.

Money

Hours

Benefits/perks

Promotion

Holiday

1. _____

2. _____

3. _____

4. _____

1. _____

2. _____

3. _____

4. _____

1. _____

2. _____

3. _____

1. _____

2. _____

3. _____

1. _____

2. _____

12.9 Job or career? Complete with job or career:

1. Jack started as the office junior. Now he’s MD. He’s had a very successful _____.

2. I work in advertising. The pay’s pretty good but there isn’t much _____ security.

3. I’d go mad if I had to do a boring _____ 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.

12.10 Translate into English:

1. Многие матери работают неполный рабочий день, потому что им не с кем оставить детей.

2. Неквалифицированную работу скорее всего предложат женщине, потому что такая работа хуже оплачивается. Считается, что женщинам платят меньше, чем мужчинам, несмотря на закон о равной оплате труда.

3. Безработные в Британии каждые две недели регистрируются на бирже труда, чтобы получать пособие по безработице.

4. Многие предпочитают иметь постоянную работу с полной занятостью, однако некоторые считают это скучным.

5. Он сделал успешную карьеру, пройдя путь от младшего клерка до управляющего.

6. Если бы она не работала сверхурочно, ей не на что было бы жить.

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