CHALLENGES: THE JOB SEARCH

U.S. Department of StateRegional English Language Office

Career English OnlineMODULE 5

Do you enjoy your job?What gives you satisfaction?What is boring or irritating?

career opportunitiesgood pay/salary

clock on and clock offfriendly co-workers

lots of overtimemuch responsibility

long holidaysnice boss

uniformtraining

promotioncommuting to work

working from home

Choose five most important things that motivate you to work harder

Job satisfaction: what is good and bad about these jobs?

a teachera factory workera call-center operatora paintera management consultant

career opportunities pay/salary (good/bad) friendly co-workers

lots of overtime much responsibility holidays (long/short)

work in shifts work (hard/exciting)

retirement (early/late) promotion

flexitime system

Which person (1-5) is most likely to do these jobs (a-e)

1) A software designer in an Internet company. Has to be in the office.2) An office worker in a large, traditional manufacturing company.3) A manager in a department store in a big city. Lives in the country.4) A construction worker on a building site where work goes on 24 hours a day.5) A technical writer for a city computer company. Lives in the country.

a) work in shifts

b) work under a flexitime system

c) work from home

d) commute to work

e) clock on and clock off at the same time every day

Five people talk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) with the people (a-e) and put the words in brackets into the

correct grammar forms.

1) accountant2) postwoman3) flight attendant4) software developer5) teacher

a) Obviously, my work involves _______________ (travel) a lot. It can be quite physically________(tire), but I enjoy__________(deal) with customers, except when they become violent. Luckily this doesn't happen often.

Five people talk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) with the people (a-e) and put the words in brackets into the

correct grammar forms.

1) accountant2) postwoman3) flight attendant4) software developer5) teacher

b) I like ___________ (work) with figures, but my job is much less _________ (bore) and routine than people think. The work _________ (involve) a lot of human contact and teamwork, working with other managers.

Five people talk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) with the people (a-e) and put the words in brackets into the

correct grammar forms.

1) accountant2) postwoman3) flight attendant4) software developer5) teacher

c) Of course, my job involves getting up quite early in the morning. But I like _________ (be) out in the open air. And I get a lot of exercise!

Five people talk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) with the people (a-e) and put the words in brackets into the

correct grammar forms.

1) accountant2) postwoman3) flight attendant4) software developer5) teacher

d) You've got to think in a very logical way. The work can be mentally _________ (tire), but it's very satisfying to write a program that works.

Five people talk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) with the people (a-e) and put the words in brackets into the

correct grammar forms.

1) accountant2) postwoman3) flight attendant4) software developer5) teacher

e) I love my job. It's very ________ (stimulate) and not at all ________ (repeat): no two days are the same. It's good to see the children learn and develop.

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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”Steve Jobs