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