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Woorden Unit 1 – Work and jobs
A) What do you do?
What do you do? to find out what someone’s job is.
I work on car design, I run the design department and I manage a team of designers. 20 people work
under me. One of my main responsibilities is to make sure that new models designs are finished on
time. I’m also in charge of design budgets.
Note!!!
In charge of + noun
Responsible for + verb + ing
Responsibility + infinitive/ing
B) Word combinations with work
If you work of have work, you have a job.
Work is also the place where you do your job.
Some phrases with work
The economy is growing fast, and more people are in work- have a job.
The percentage of people out of work- without a job
I leave for work at 7.30/ I go to work by train. I get to/ arrive at work at about 9
Time off work away from work due to illness
C) Types of job and types of work
A full-time job one for the whole of the normal working week.
A part-time job is for less time than that. Someone works full-time or part-time
Permanent job does not finish after a fixed period
Temporary job finishes after a fixed period
Woord Vertaling
A full-time job (we talk about A job for the whole of the Een full-time job
works full-time) normal working week
A part-time job (we talk about Less time than a whole Een part-time job
works part-time) working week
Permanent job (we talk about Does not finish after a fixed Werk dat niet eindigt na een
permanent work) period bepaalde periode
Temporary job (we talk about Finfishes after a fixed Werk dat eindigt na een
temporary work) period bepaalde periode
Work for Werken voor
Work on Werken aan
To run Leiden
To manage Managen, leiden
Work under Werken onder
Responsibilities verantwoordelijkheden
In charge of Onder leiding van
Deal with Omgaan met
Responsible for Verantwoordelijk voor
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Work with Werken met
Work The place where you do Werk
your job
In work Have a job Je hebt een job
Out of work Without a job Je hebt geen job
For work Voor werk
Go to work Aan het werk gaan
Get to/ arrive at Bereiken/ tot stand komen
At work Op het werk
Time off work Away from work due to Weg van werk wegens ziekte
illness
Note! One of my responsibilities is to make sure that…
In charge off + noun One of my responsibilities is making sure that…
Responsible for + verb + -ing
Responsibility + infinitive / -ing
Woorden Unit 2 – Ways of working
A) Working hours
I have regular working hours, I need my swipe card to get into the office.
Note!!
You can clock in and clock out
Flextime or flexitime
Flexitime we can work when we want, within certain limits, we need to do enough hours in a
month.
Shifts day and night shift
Overtime more hours than usual for more money.
Commute how you go to work. Commute every day. I work from home and avoid the long
journey’s that some commuters experience every day.
Teleworking or telecommuting working from home and using the computer and phone to
communicate with people.
B) Nice work if you can get it
Satisfying, stimulating, fascinating, exciting The work is interesting and gives you
Dull, boring, uninteresting, unstimulating The work is not interesting
Repetitive, routine The work involves doing the same things again
and again.
Tiring, tough, hard, demanding The work is difficult and makes you tired
C) Nature of work
My work involves + noun: human contacts, long hours, teamwork
I like/dislike/prefer/enjoy +-ing : working with figures, dealing with
customers, solving problems
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Woord Vertaling
Office worker Kantoormedewerker
Nine-to-five Negen-tot-vijf
Working hours Werktijden
Swipe-card A card to get into the office Swipe-kaart
Flexitime (= BrE and flextime = It means you can work Flexibel werken
AmE) when you want
Shifts shifts
Clock on (or clock in) Tonen dat je er bent
Clock off (or clock out) Tonen dat je weg bent
Day shift Dagshift
Night shift Nachtshift
Overtime Work more hours than overwerk
usual for more money
Commute Woon-werkverkeer
Work from home Werken van thuis uit
Commuters Pendelaars
Teleworking Working from home and Telewerken
using the computer and
phone to communicate
with other people
Telecommuting Working from home and Telewerken
using the computer and
phone to communicate
with other people
Job Baan
Work Werk
Satisfying Tevredenheid
Stimulating The work is interesting and Stimulerend
Fascinating gives you positive feelings Fascinerend
Exciting Spannend
Dull vervelend
Boring The work is not interesting Saai
Uninteresting Oninteressant
Unstimulating Onbevorderend
Repetitive The work involves doing Repetitiefoutine
Routine the same things again and routine
again
Tiring vermoeiend
Tough The work is difficult and zwaar
Hard makes you tired hard
Demanding Veeleisend
My work involves + noun
Human contact
Long hours
Teamwork
I like/ dislike/ prefer/ enjoy + -ing
Working with figures
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Dealing with customers
Solving problems
Woorden Unit 3 – Recuirement and selection
A) Recruitment
recruitment/ hiring the process of finding people for particular jobs.
recruit/hire someone who has been recruited.
Employs or hires
Outside recruiters/recruitment agencies or employment agencies
headhunters outside specialists may be used to find people for very important jobs and to
persuade them to leave the organizations they already work for. Key people recruited like this are
headhunted in a process of headhunting.
B) Applying for a job
Situations vacant jobs that are open
Applied for the job by completing an application for and sending it in.
He made an application by sending his CV on a jobs website after that he send a covering letter
explaining why he wanted the job and why he was the right person for it.
C) Selection procedures
Selection process the methods that the company uses to recruit people.
Backgrounds of applicants their experience of different jobs and their educational qualifications.
Psychometreic tests to assess their intelligence and personality
Shortlist make a list of your 3 favorite candidates.
referees we check their references by writing to their referees (previous employers, teachers)
Finally we offer the job to someone if they turn it down we have to think again
We appoint someone only if we find the right person.
Woord Vertaling
Recruitment The process of finding people Rekrutering
for particular jobs
Hiring Recruitment in American Aanwerving
English
recruited Gerekruteerd
A recruit Someone who has been Een rekruut
recruited
A hire een rekruut
Employees Werknemers
Hires Aanwerven
Join Word lid
Recruiters Rekruteerders
Recruitment agencies Rekruteringsbureuas
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