Jobs
Jobs
Employment
• Is a contract between an employer and an employee
• The employer is a person (or institution) who hires employees
• People who have their own business are self-employed
The unemployed
• People who lost their job, quit or were fired
• Live on the dole• Are on the list in job
centres /labour office, which help them find a new job
Where to search for a job?
Job advertisements
The several factors
• When people look for a new job, they look at:
• Type of work• Possible promotion• Career development• Salary• Working time• Travel opportunities• Place of work
The candidates
send • the job application • CV (curriculum vitae)• a letter of motivation
Curriculum vitae
include:• Personal data• Details of education• Work experience• Skills and
competence • Also hobbies, if
applicable
A job application•Well organized
•Introduction•Body•Ending•Signature•Enclosures
•No spelling mistakes
•Clearly expressed ideas
•Where you found it•Which position you are interested in•Why you are the right for them•How they can contact you
An interview
• The best candidates are invited to job interview
At the interview• Candidates usually
answer questions• Describe their
motivations and expectations
Candidates
should • be prepared well for
the interview• find information about
the organisation or the company
• answer clearly• stay calm
Successful candidates
• Are offered a job with starting salary
• Position• Medical benefits• Vacation days
Jobs
People have:• Full-time job with
permanent contract• Part-time job with
short-term contract• People work in shifts
(doctors, nurses, truck drivers)
Intellectual work• Requires detailed
knowledge, talent or creativity
• Teachers• Scientists• Doctors• Lawyers• Artists• - usually requires
education
Physical work
• Require physical power and persistence
• People work in manufacturing or construct buildings
• Usually requires training
Dangerous professions
• Are in a high risk of an injury or an accident
• Policeman• Pilot• Contstruction workers
The labour market
• In Slovakia changed in the last ten years
• Many work opportunities were created thanks to foreign investors who came to our country to set up their companies here
The working time
• is 8 hours a day in Slovakia
• starts at 8 a.m. and finishes at 4-5 p.m.
• A lunch break is at lunch time
• Shifts – employment outside the normal daytime hours
• Flexible working time
What jobs are described below? Who...?baker, butcher, car-mechanic, cosmetician, drassmaker/tailor, hairdresser, journalist, librarian, photographer, plumber, policeman, postman
1. Catches criminals
2. Fixes taps
3. Makes dress
4. Cuts women´s hair
5. Makes facial massage
6. Sells meat
7. Writes in newspapers
8. Makes bread
9. Takes photographs
10. Brings letters
11. Works in a library
12. Repairs cars
baker, butcher, car-mechanic, cosmetician, drassmaker/tailor, hairdresser, journalist, librarian, photographer, plumber, policeman, postman
• Manual jobs are...
• Intellectual jobs are...
• The most interesting job is...
• The least interesting job is...
• The most dangerous job is...
• The most paid job is...
• The least paid job is...
What qualities and skills are needed to do these jobs?baker, butcher, car-mechanic, cosmetician, drassmaker/tailor, hairdresser, journalist, librarian, photographer, plumber, policeman, postman
flexibility
physical strenght
communication skills
patience
organisation skills
good social behaviour
speaking foreign
language
decision-making
problem solving
good imagination
feeling for beauty
reliability
writing skills
creativity
good memory
responsibility
At the interview. Match the interviwer´s questions with candidate´s answers. Then say what job is offered.
1. Why are you interested in this job?
2. What are your expectations?3. What is you experience in this
field?4. Why did you quit your
previous job?5. What school did you graduate
from?6. Do you have any reference?7. What are your qualities?8. What are your weaknesses?9. Would you like to ask
anything?10. What do you know about our
company?
a) I have worked for a car company for 5 years.
b) I would like to ask you about working shifts.
c) I am responsible and hard-working.
d) It looks very creative to me.e) Possible promotion and travel
opportunities.f) I graduated from a secondary
technical school.g) I drink too much coffee when I
work.h) You are a French company
producing cars. i) I had to work at weekends too.j) Yes, of course. It is from my
previous director.
Which factors from the list below will you consider when you search for a job in the future?
• Full- time/part-time job/working in shifts• Manual work/intellectual work• Self-employed/employee• Working alone/in small team/in a big team• Working inside/ouside/travelling for business• Medical benefits• Vacation days• Career development (possible promotion)• Good starting salary