offer
experience
Interview
wage
reference
sack
salary
career
trainee
promotion
job
pension
management
qualifications
choose a ................ in computers
go for an ................
go into ................
to get a ................ as a waiter
to get the ................
to earn a decent weekly ................
to get an annual ................ increase
h to get a ................ at sixty-five
to win ................
to get a good ................from your tutor
to have the right ................for the job
to have two years' relevant ................
to accept an ................ of a job
to take a young person on as a ................
Assignment 7. Fill in the blanks with one or more suitable words from the diagram.
Example: Why don't you go out and look for work instead of sitting around all day doing nothing?
Jane is working................a software developer for Microsoft.
My dad worked................ a factory all his life.
His wife works................the local council.
I'll talk to you about the problem when you come home................work.
Arthur has been out................work ever since they closed the mine.
Her boss gave her time................work to go and see the doctor.
Assignment 8. Read the following texts and fill in the missing phrasal verbs from the box.
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Jeremy
At the moment I have a very good, well-paid job that I enjoy doing, but it hasn't always been like this.
Several years ago I used to work as a salesman for a small company that specialized in making motor components for the car industry. It was the sort of job where you had to I committed to your product, you had to believe in it and do everything possible to sell it. But times were hard, and a lot of companies were going out of business, so our company started (1)____________ the number of people it employed in order to save money fortunately I wasn't one of them – but in the end it had (2)____________, and I found myself out of work for the first time in my life. I applied for several jobs in similar companies, but wasn't successful – every one of them (3)____________.
Then one day I was (4)____________ the paper and I came across an advertisement f courses that specialized in journalism. I (5)____________ an application form, sent it off, was accepted onto the course, studied hard, passed my exams, and became a qualified journalist. I then wrote to a small magazine for the car industry, attended an interview with dozens of other applicants and, to my surprise, they (6)____________. The magazine grew size and popularity, I moved from writing articles to being subeditor, and this year I became the editor, so I suppose, I've been lucky, really.
Angela
When I was young my father always told me how important it was to (7)____________ in life and be a success. 'You must make something of your life,' he used to say. I think he wanted me to be a doctor or an engineer or something like that. And I can remember how disappointed he was when I left school early and started work as a secretary.
It was a small, badly-run company, and when I went there they told me the job wasn’t difficult and I would soon (8)____________. At the beginning I liked the job, but as time passed the work started to (9)____________ more of my time and I found I was working late in the evenings and even at weekends. And in addition to this I had to (10)____________ poor working conditions and a low salary – I earned just enough to (11)____________ - and there were no promotion prospects at all. All this really (12)____________. And then I started to wonder if I was really (13)____________ this kind of work – it didn't really suit me or my particular abilities.
Then one day – I remember I'd been working very hard that month and had (14)____________ a lot of extra hours – I went to see my boss to ask for some time off work. I needed to visit my mother, who wasn't well at that time. I have to say that I didn't (15)____________ my boss very well. Anyway, he refused point-blank. He said that it was out of the question and he didn’t want to hear another word. I tried explaining but I just couldn't (16)____________ to him. He wouldn't listen. So I walked out of the office, and as far as I was concerned, that was the last straw. The next day I (17)____________ my resignation, and I said to myself that I would never put myself in that kind of position again. I decided to return to studying and (18)____________ law. I graduated from London University and now I am starting to make my way in the world. As my father used to say, ‘The world is your oyster'.
So was my father right? Is it important (19)____________ in the world? Well, in some ways it is but it depends on how you measure success and what you want to get out of life. After all there are other things in life besides work.
