Ex.5. Match the nouns in the left-hand column with the verbs in the right-hand column.

job   pension   fixed-term contract   personnel   staff appraisal   recruitment of new people

recruit receive sign conduct draw up complete train give up do retire from pay employ

 

Ex.6. The following sentences could be used to describe jobs. Find sentences:

(a) that describe a positive aspect to a job;

(b) that describe a negative aspect to a job;

(c) that could be either positive or negative.

 

s It's a temporary job.

s It's a permanent job.

s It's well-paid.

s It's badly-paid.

s You work full-time.

s You work part-time.

s It's dull.

s It's tiring.

s It's demanding.

s It's stressful.

s It's stimulating.

s You have to clock in and clock out every day.

s You have to work in shifts.

s There are a lot of opportunities.

s There's a lot of job rotation.

s There's a lot of job satisfaction.

s You need to be talented.

s You need special training and qualifications.

 

Ex.7. The words in the box frequently occur after “job”.

 

 

Find combinations that mean:

1. an outline of the main aims and tasks of the work done by a particular employee;

2. examining how much money a job is worth and how much the person doing it should be paid;

3. the name of a person’s job;

4. a situation where a job is likely to be permanent;

5. dividing a full-time job for one person between two or more part-time employees;

6. it is carried out to examine a particular job in detail;

7. a kind of notice put by an organization in a newspaper, company bulletin or on the Internet;

8. the feeling of achievement and enjoyment a worker gets from a job;

9. a person who often changes his jobs.

 

Ex.8. Look at the words and phrases in the box. Match them with the correct definition from the list below:

 

1. a person or company that provides job;

2. the people who work in an organization;

3. having a paid job;

4. without a job;

5. an assessment of the quality of the employee’s work;

6. an agreement to employ someone for a limited period only;

7. two or more people working together;

8. the process of interviewing and choosing people to do a job;

9. personnel, employees;

10. a regular payment made by the state to a person who has retired from a job;

11. someone who works for her/himself and is not employed by a company;

12. a person who starts or runs a business activity, especially one that involves financial risk.