TYPES OF JOBS
"| Using some of the expressions in the box below, try to complete the following sentences:
1 Mary is working at the post office at the moment. It is only a(n) _job until the end of the holidays.
2 What company does Jean work for? She doesn't. She is
3 My dad is a(n)_ _. He works in a cement factory.
4 Young men in some countries have to do_ _at the age
of 18.
5 Peter works for the government. He's a(n)_ _.
6 He was very ambitious and eventually ended up in control of the
2 Read the following text and name the various jobs that are described in it.
Can you add any more useful advice?
Have you ever tried a similar project - perhaps as a summer job?
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Creating Your Own Job
Some people may not want to spend time writing off speculative letters or phoning around potential employers asking for a job that may not exist. The alternative is to make a job (or yourself, by creating a service which people in your local area might be willing to pay for. Window-cleaning, car-washing, housework and baby-sitting are a few of the most obvious odd-jobs, and there are many more. Below are some questions to ask yourself before turning self-employed:
1. What do people want? You can find this out by (a) asking neighbours, (b) reading local papers, (c) looking at advertisements in local shops.
2. What can I offer? It is surprising how many different things most of us can turn our
hands or minds to. It may well be that a hobby or spare-time activity can be turned into a moneyspinner. Some suggestions:
carpentry, simple woodwork, mending gates, making/putting up shelves.
cooking: lunch and dinner party catering or sandwich-making.
cycling: bicycle repairs (highly recommended), courier (suitable for anyone with a mountain bike and living in a big city). gardening: grass-cutting, weeding, pruning.
knitting: making jumpers, cardigans, etc. on commission.
music, busking, playing in pubs, being a DJ.
sewing, dressmaking, repairs and alterations, cushion-making.
walking: dog exercising, tourist guiding, shopping for the elderly.
3. Who wants me? After you have identified the job you can do and for which you think there will be a demand, you need to publicise your services. The best way to start is with advertisements in local shops (which are very cheap) and, if you can afford it, in your local newspaper. It will also be useful to run off a handbill and distribute it locally.
The principal feature of successfully creating a job yourself is your reputation. If you impress someone with your hard work, promptness, and efficiency, they will tell others.
Types of Jobs
family business
on the land (agricultural)
manual
casual
skilled x unskilled labourer shift-worker
blue-collar < hard-hat
white-collar >
pink-collar
workers office-worker sedentary job professionals (doctors
lawyers)
civil service civil servant domestic servant armed services
to do one's national / military service
conscription (GB) / draft (US)
conscript (GB) / draftee (US)
alternative service
re-enlistment
volunteers / enlisters
managerial
sales representative / traveller in st vocation * job
artist
self-employed freelance
full-time x part-time regular x seasonal work permanent * temporary job temp
sideline / second job moonlighting voluntary charity
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Occupations
1   Match each person on the left with the correct definition on the right.
(a) a traffic warden
(b) a dustman
(c) a window dresser
(d) an estate agent
(e) a secretary
\f) an undertaker {g) a bricklayer
(h) a civil servant
(i) a vet
(j) a newsagent (k) a midwife
arranges shop-window displays makes brick buildings and waits works in a government ministry controls parking and parking meters collects rubbish from people's houses treats sick animals helps people buy and sell houses sells newspapers and magazines from
a shop delivers babies
makes arrangements for funerals deals with office correspondence and records
2  Instructions as above.
(a) a chef
(b) an architect
(c) a librarian
(d) a fishmonger
(e) a miner
(f) a curator
(g) an interior decorator
(h) a typist
(i) a chauffeur (j) a surgeon
drives someone's car for them types letters in an office designs buildings operates on sick people cooks in a restaurant or hotel designs the insides of houses,
hotels etc. runs a museum works in a library gets coal from under the ground sells fish from a shop
3  Instructions as above.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e) (0 (9) (h)
an optician a clown a jockey an auctioneer an editor a docker a chiropodist a butcher
(i) a reporter Q) a diplomat'
(k) a florist
rides racehorses loads and unloads ships in a port sells valuable objects at an auction makes people laugh at a circus tests people's eyes and sells glasses writes for a newspaper sells flowers from a shop represents his or her country at an
embassy sells meat
prepares books, newspapers etc. for
publication treats people's feet
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