I'm an office worker in an insurance company. It's a nine-to-five job with regular working hours.

The work isn't very interesting, but I like to be able to go home at a reasonable time. I'm in computer programming. There's a system of flexitime in my company, which means we can work when we want, within certain limits. We can start at any time before eleven, an finish as early as three, as long as we o enough hours each month. It's i eal for me as I have two young chil ren I commute to work every ay, like thousan s of other commuters. Working from home using a computer an the Internet is becoming more an more popular, an the agency is intro ucing this! it's calle teleworking or telecommuting. "ut I like going into the office an working with other people aroun me.

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Nice work if you can get it

#ll these wor s are use in front of 'job' an 'work'! $ $ $ $ satisfying, stimulating, fascinating, exciting! the work is interesting an gives you positive feelings. ull, boring, uninteresting, unstimulating! the work is not interesting. repetitive, routine! the work involves oing the same things again an again. tiring, tough, har , eman ing! the work is ifficult an makes you tire .

Nature of work % noun human contact long hours team work -----------------------------------------% -ing solving problems travelling a lot ealing with customers

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Skilled and unskilled # skill is the ability to o something well, especially because you have learne how to o it an practise it. 'obs, an the people who o them, can be escribe as! highly skilled (e.g. car esigner) skilled (e.g. car pro uction manager) % noun customer care , electronics computer software + ing communicating using +,s semi-skilled (e.g. taxi river) unskilled (e.g. car cleaner)

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skilled at, or skilled in...

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The right person

These wor s are often use in job a vertisements. ,ompanies look for people who are! $ self-starters, proactive, self-motivated, or self-driven: goo at working on their own. $ methodical, systematic an organized: can work in a planne , or erly way. $ computer-literate: goo with computers. $ numerate: goo with numbers. $ motivated: very keen to o well in their job. $ talented: naturally very goo at what they o. $ team players: people who work well with other people.