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Talking About Occupation - Basic English Conversation
Talking About Occupation - Basic English Conversation
Talking About Occupation - Basic English Conversation
Office jobs - Many people work in an office. You can say you’re an “office worker”, or give
the title of your job: a receptionist, an accountant, etc.
If you don’t know the title of your job, you can talk about your industry or type of job.
Some typical types of job: marketing; sales; IT; logistics; HR; management; consultancy
For example:
I’d like to work in IT.
His dream is to work in management.
Practice Conversation:
A: Hi Jane! Didn't know you work in the same building.
B. Yeah. I just started to work here last month.
A: What do you do?
B: I work as an IT for Apple. How about you?
A: That's an interesting job. I'm currently in finance, but I'm thinking about changing job soon.
Perhaps I'd apply somewhere I can work from home so I can focus on my family.
B: That sounds very ideal.