- •To qualify for
- •D) to hire, recruit, employ
- •It’s synonym in the meaning of a letter to the employer are:
- •The newspaper article “Find Employment in St. Petersburg”
- •The newspaper article “Prepare for a Successful Job Interview”
- •Initiative and problem-solving skills
- •Texts 4,5 “Job Hunting” (p. 495-496) appointment
JOB HUNTING. VOCABULARY 1
a) work, job, profession, occupation, career, vocation
Compare work and job.
work noun (no plural)
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an activity that keeps you busy and is usually not for pleasure e.g. Dad’s doing some work on the car.
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a job or business e.g. to go to work
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what you produce while doing your job: e.g. He sells his work at the market.
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at work - doing some work
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in work - with a job: e.g. the number of people in work
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out of work with no job, but wanting a job e.g. I’ve been out of work for six months.
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get to work, set to work to start doing sth e.g. They set to work on the garden.
job noun
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a piece of work that must be done e.g. My mother does all the jobs about the house.
SAME MEANING: task
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work that you are paid to do e.g. What is your job? “I’m a teacher.”
LOOK AT: work
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Daniel starts his new job on Monday.
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She has a well paid job in the tax department.
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Ted found/got a job as a bartender.
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She’s looking for a job in the musical business.
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I had a part-time job while I was at college.
Job is a noun that has a plural (=jobs). Work has the same meaning but has no plural: He’s trying to find a job. / He’s trying to find some work.
The word “job” tends to denote less prestigious work. * I took some awful jobs when I was resting. Besides it denotes a position in employment and here the difference between job and work is obvious. * I am fond of my job even though it means doing a lot of work.
The word “work” has a more general meaning, can be applied to anything one has to do in the way of making a living. Work can also be used as a general word when you are talking about several different jobs. If you say “I’ve got a lot of work to do”, it could mean that you have either one big job to do, or lots of different jobs.
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My father started work when he was 14 years old.
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Lena graduated from college six months ago and is still looking for work.
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Mario was hoping to find work in a hotel or a restaurant.
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A lot of women go back/return to work when their children start school.
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He’s marrying someone he met at work.
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What time do you go to work?
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Let’s go for a drink after work tonight.
!!! Don’t say “What is your job/work?” when you want to know what someone does to earn money. Say What do you do? or What do you do for a living?:
“What does your mother do?” “She’s a doctor.”
Compare profession and occupation.
profession noun – work that requires advanced education and special training. It usually implies to law, medicine, architecture and military career.
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Teaching is a satisfying profession, even if it is badly paid.
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There are now a lot of more women in the legal/medical profession.
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There was a big demand for accountants in the 1980s, and many graduates went into/entered the profession at this time.
occupation noun
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a job *”What’s your occupation?” “I’m a doctor.” / He is a bookkeeper by occupation./ Please state your age, address and occupation in the space below.
occupation=trade - занятие, род занятий, профессия
e.g. How long have you been in the trade?
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something that you do in your free time *Reading is one of her favourite occupations.
A profession is an area of work such as law, medicine, or teaching, for which your need special training. Occupation is a word used especially on official forms or for writing about the types of job that people do. Don’t use it to talk about your own job.
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career noun
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a course of progress in the life of a person – a number of jobs one after another, in which you move on to a more important job as you get older and learn more: a career in banking
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the same as work when you speak of the choice of work
vocation noun the feeling that the purpose of your life is to do a particular kind of work, especially work that involves helping people. *He discovered his vocation as a nurse in a large hospital.
- regular / irregular work |
постоянная / временная работа |
- work by the hour |
почасовая работа |
- to look for work |
искать работу |
- job hunting / job search |
поиск работы |
- to be out of work |
быть безработным |
- she failed to obtain work in the city |
ей не удалось устроиться |
- This $200 a week job. |
И это место в 200 долларов в неделю. |
- job (employment, work) – работа, должность
To qualify for
e.g. He is qualified for the post.
e.g. He speaks a little French but he is not qualified to teach it.
job qualification – качества (образование+опыт работы), которыми должен обладать претендент
apply (to sb for sth) – обращаться за работой, помощью, разрешением
e.g. He applied to the Consul for a visa.
e.g. You may apply in person or by letter.
e.g. The manager received twenty applications for the position.
application form – анкета для поступающего на работу
an applicant – претендент, кандидат
capacity - качество, положение
e.g. He works in the capacity of an engineer.
post - должность, пост e.g. What post do you hold here?
b) to apply – to ask with a request
to apply for a rise – просить прибавки
to apply for a job [for the vacant position/post] – подать заявление о приёме на работу [вакантную должность]
to apply as a teacher – подать заявление на должность преподавателя
applicant – the one who applies (заявитель)
application – the paper which is applied (заявка)
written application – письменная заявка
application form - бланк
application for the position – заявка о приёме
to send in an application – падать заявку
to refuse an application – отказаться принять заявку
application to sb – заявка на чьё-то имя
D) to hire, recruit, employ
to hire – to employ (a person) for wages
e.g. to hire a servant; he was hired to do this work
hirer - работодатель
to recruit – to get a new member of an organization
e.g. to recruit new police officers
recruitement agency – агенство по найму
to employ – to give work to sb for payment
employee – who is employed
employer – who employs
to hire workers by the day – нанимать рабочих поденно
to recruit sb from sb – из числа
ANTONYMS: fire, discharge
SOME OTHER WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
adjectives:
promising / prospective – перспективный
competitive – конкурентоспособный
skillful / experienced – умелый, опытный
fair – честный, справедливый
e.g. fair employment practices – приём на работу без дескриминации
e.g. What do you consider a fair salary? - Какую зарплату вы считаете достойной?
effort – усилие, попытка
to make an effort – сделать попытку
constant efforts to attain one’s end – постоянная борьба за достижение цели
responsibility – ответственность
to assume (accept, take) responsibility – взять ответственность
to decline all responsibility for sth – отказаться от ответственности
the responsibility rests with the author – ответственность несёт автор
obligation – обязательство
e.g. contractual (treaty) obligations – договорные обязательства
e.g. under an obligation to sb – обязанный кому-либо
SYNONYM: duty
reliability – надёжность
to rely on sb – доверять кому-либо
reference – ссылка, рекомендация, отзыв; лицо, дающее рекомендацию
e.g. to have good references – иметь хорошие отзывы
e.g. You have excellent references from your previous job.
e.g. Who are your references? – Кто может Вас рекомендовать?
It’s synonym in the meaning of a letter to the employer are:
the introductory text «Choosing an Occupation» (p. 495)
- to choose an occupation
- to get a job
- to face a problem
- to take special courses to qualify for a particular job (*to qualify – be equipped by training, have certain experience)
- to gain enough knowledge to qualify for a particular job
- to give detailed information about job qualifications
- to get some actual work experience
- to turn to sb for advice
- to counsel sb
- self-evaluation
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- abilities (talent)
- calling (for)
- values (e.g. moral/artistic values)
- accomplishments
- activity
- attitude (e.g. a firm attitude)
- career goals
- education