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Value for Money

10.3| UNDEREMPLOYED
SPEAKING
 What do people in your
Is it difficult to find a job
country do if they can’t
in your country?
get a job?
Work in groups. Discuss the questions.

• Is underemployment a problem in your

1 country?

• Who do you think it affects the most? Why?

2

• Do you know anyone in this situation? What

3 do they do? What are they qualified to do?
LISTENING
 1a Listen to the first part of an interview about
underemployment. Answer the questions.

1. Who does
underemployment affect Recent graduates.

the most?
Once you take a job, people
2. Give two examples of might then assume it is the only
the problems of job you can do. If you take a low-
paid job, you can easily get into
underemployment. debt. You may get frustrated
because you don’t have any job
satisfaction.
 3 Work in pairs. The interviewer asks
listeners to call in with their comments.
Which comments would you make about…

• the problems of low job satisfaction?

1

• doing additional training to improve your skills?

2

• getting money to start your own business?

3
VOCABULARY
Business and Finance
 Complete with the correct word
return - profit - benefits - capital - expenses - grant
1.You don't necessarily need a lot of _________to start an Internet
business.
2. The day-to-day _________of running a store can be pretty high.
3.Our company only made a small_________last year, but we hope
to do better this year.
4. We've applied for a___________to install solar panels.
5.I want to start getting a__________on my investment as soon as
possible.
6.The pay isn't great but my job has various_________, such as a
company car.
SPEAKING
 !
Let’s 2a Think of a way to make a company
Complete the expressions with the words in
1
Discuss
the box.
interested in you in order to get your
dream job. Think about…

2b Present your ideas

to the class. Which
idea do you think
would be most
effective? Why?
Picture References
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