Introduction class: jobs and companies
Unit 1: work and jobs
Full-time job: normal working week
Part-time job: for less time that a normal working week
Permanent job: does not finish after a fixed period
Temporary job: does finish after a fixed period
Exercises
full-time work
part-time work
a temporary job
permanent work
a permanent job
,Unit 2: ways of working
A) Working hours
nine-to-five job=regular working hours
flexitime=work when you want with certain limits
shifts= day or night/ clock in and out
overtime: more hours than money
teleworking/ telecommuting: working from home
I go to work (regular English)
I commute to collage (business English)
B) Nice work if you can get it
satisfying/stimulating/exciting/fascinating: work is interesting and gives you
positive feelings
dull/boring/uninteresting/unstimulating: work is not interesting
repetitive/routine: doing same things again and again
tiring/tough/hard/demanding: difficult and makes you tired
Exercises
Work in shifts: a construction worker on a building site where work goes on 24 hours a day
Work under a flexitime system: a designer can choose when she starts and finishes work
Telecommute: writer visits company once a month
Commute to work: manager in department store lives in country
Clock in and out same time every day: office worker in a large, traditional company
Work overtime: chocolate factory 3 months before Christmas
,Unit 3: recruitment and selection
Selection procedures: method that company uses to recruit people
How? Backgrounds, experience, qualifications
Most interesting candidates to a group discussion
Unit 4: Skills and qualifications
A) Education and training
Graduating: getting a degree from school
In-house-training: courses within the company
Acquire experience: knowledge doing things
In a company it’s more useful to train as a scientist and qualify as a biologist.
B) Skilled and unskilled
Skilled: you learned and practiced it (car designer/pilot)
Semi-skilled: between the two (taxi-driver)
Unskilled: everyone can do it (car cleaner, dishwasher)
C) The right person
Numerate: good with numbers
Talented: good in what they do
Motivated: keen to do their job
Organized/methodical/systematic: working planned
Computer-literate: good with computers
Self-starters must be pro-active/self-motivated or
Self-driven: good at working on their own
Team players: people who work well with other people
, Exercises
1 computer-literate, proactive, self-starter, team-player
2 numerate
3 motivated, driven
4 self-starter, methodical, systematic, organized
5 talented, motivated
Unit 1: work and jobs
Full-time job: normal working week
Part-time job: for less time that a normal working week
Permanent job: does not finish after a fixed period
Temporary job: does finish after a fixed period
Exercises
full-time work
part-time work
a temporary job
permanent work
a permanent job
,Unit 2: ways of working
A) Working hours
nine-to-five job=regular working hours
flexitime=work when you want with certain limits
shifts= day or night/ clock in and out
overtime: more hours than money
teleworking/ telecommuting: working from home
I go to work (regular English)
I commute to collage (business English)
B) Nice work if you can get it
satisfying/stimulating/exciting/fascinating: work is interesting and gives you
positive feelings
dull/boring/uninteresting/unstimulating: work is not interesting
repetitive/routine: doing same things again and again
tiring/tough/hard/demanding: difficult and makes you tired
Exercises
Work in shifts: a construction worker on a building site where work goes on 24 hours a day
Work under a flexitime system: a designer can choose when she starts and finishes work
Telecommute: writer visits company once a month
Commute to work: manager in department store lives in country
Clock in and out same time every day: office worker in a large, traditional company
Work overtime: chocolate factory 3 months before Christmas
,Unit 3: recruitment and selection
Selection procedures: method that company uses to recruit people
How? Backgrounds, experience, qualifications
Most interesting candidates to a group discussion
Unit 4: Skills and qualifications
A) Education and training
Graduating: getting a degree from school
In-house-training: courses within the company
Acquire experience: knowledge doing things
In a company it’s more useful to train as a scientist and qualify as a biologist.
B) Skilled and unskilled
Skilled: you learned and practiced it (car designer/pilot)
Semi-skilled: between the two (taxi-driver)
Unskilled: everyone can do it (car cleaner, dishwasher)
C) The right person
Numerate: good with numbers
Talented: good in what they do
Motivated: keen to do their job
Organized/methodical/systematic: working planned
Computer-literate: good with computers
Self-starters must be pro-active/self-motivated or
Self-driven: good at working on their own
Team players: people who work well with other people
, Exercises
1 computer-literate, proactive, self-starter, team-player
2 numerate
3 motivated, driven
4 self-starter, methodical, systematic, organized
5 talented, motivated
