Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
| · charge · enjoy · find · job · most · part · quite · responsibilities · responsible · what |
1. I'm … for cash flow / credit control / managing projects.
2. I'm in … of developing the company's long-term strategy.
3. My … include recruiting new employees and organising training for company staff.
4. It's also my … to improve the company's working conditions.
5. On the whole, I … my work.
6. What I like … about my work is the responsibility, the challenge and of course the salary.
7. I … my work very interesting.
8. One task I don't … like is chasing money from late payers.
9. The … I don't really like is the long hours.
10. … I don't like so much is when I have to deal with a difficult employee.
Exercise 2. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below.
| · commute · salary · prospects · promotion · retire · pension · ambitious · perks · increments · commission |
Job satisfaction is important but I have a wife and baby so I have to think about money too. If a job interests me, I need to know what …1… it offers and also whether there are regular annual increases, called …2… . I want to know if I will receive a …3… when I …4… at the age of 60 or 65. If the job is selling a product, I ask if I'll receive a percentage of the value of what I sell, called …5… . It is also important to know if there are extra advantages, like free meals or transport, or the free use of a car. These are called …6… or fringe benefits. Are the future …7… good? For example, is there a good chance of …8… to a better job, with more money and responsibility? Is the job near my home? If it isn't, I'll have to …9… every day and this can be expensive. I am very keen to be successful. I am very …10… . I don't want to stay in the same job all my life.
Exercise 3. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.
| Typewriter callers stationary dictate shorthand correspondence filing cabinets file |
Office work
I do general work in a small office, I deal with all …1… coming into and sent from the office and …2… these letters alphabetically in big metal …3… near my desk. I answer the telephone and give …4… the information they want. If the manager wants to …5… a fetter, 1 take it down in …6… on my pad and type it on my electric …7… . Of course it's important that we always have enough paper and envelopes and so on, and it's one of my jobs to buy this …8… when we need it. I don't know what they'd do without me!
Exercise 4. Complete the following collocations from the interview matching parts from the different columns.
| 1. be motivated | a) a well-established company |
| 2. manage | b) by challenge |
| 3. deal with | c) certain tasks |
| 4. motivate | d) deadlines |
| 5. meet | e) international projects |
| 6. work | f) others |
| 7. be part of | g) outside partners |
| 8. delegate | h) under pressure |
Exercise 5. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.
Leaving a job
| I recently left my job in an …1… agency after a disagreement with my boss. She accepted my …2… but warned me that because of the …3… situation, I might have to get used to the idea of being …4… for a while. I thought that she was trying to make a point, but after I had made over fifty …5… to other companies, I realised that she was right. Although I am a …6… designer, I didn't receive any offers of a job. After that I tried working from home, but it was not very …7… Then I became an …8… in a fast-food restaurant, even though my …9… were extremely low. I wish I had accepted early …10… from my old job. That is what I disagreed with my boss about! | ADVERTISEMENT RESIGN ECONOMY EMPLOY APPLY QUALIFICATIONS PROFIT, EMPLOY EARN RETIRE |
Variant 3
Exercise 1. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.
| Call draw fall gel take come face fill go turn |
1. I think we should ... over our plan again before we tell the managing director.
2. Have you … up with any ideas for advertising the new products?
3. Our deal with the Chinese company may … through, but we can sell the machinery to the German firm if necessary.
4. You have to … in this form, and return it to the manager.
5. She didn't … on with her boss, so she left the company.
6. If they don't give us a better price, we'll … down their offer.
7. I'm afraid we have to … up to: the fact that we are losing money.
8. Our lawyers are going to … up a new contract tomorrow.
9. A multinational company is trying to … over our firm, but we want to stay independent.
10. We had to … off the office party because of the economic situation.
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