Exercise 1

Match them with their meaning

Pay attention to your pronunciation.

No. Words Meanings

1 department /dɪˈpɑ:tmənt/ new member

2 vendor /ˈvendə(r)/ Occupation
3 director /dəˈrektə(r)/ Division
4 career /kəˈrɪə(r)/ Seller
5 labor /ˈleɪbə(r)/ quality of skill
6 executive /ɪgˈzəkjətɪv/ expert in machinery
person in
7 technician /tekˈnɪʃn/ management
8 professional /prəˈfeʃənl/ Worker
9 recruitment /rɪˈkru:tmənt/ a leader
qualifcation /ˌkwɒlɪfɪ
10 ˈkeɪʃn/ a person quali¿ed

Pair up and guess what the job is based on the
given descriptions. You may continue this
Know Your Stuff activity by making up your own descriptions.
Computer programmers
are called programmers
for short. Broadly, there
are two types of computer
programmer careers:
Applications
programmers write
original or modify
existing programs
to perform speci¿c
computer tasks.
System programmers
write original or
modify existing
programs to control
computers at the
system level, such as
those in the operating
systems (e.g,.
windows and linux)
that control computer
and attached
peripherals.
Taken from
www.jobsearchtech. about.com
Exercise 2.
1. She/he communicates a character and situations to an
audience through speech, body language and movement.
This usually involves interpreting the work of an author
under the instruction and support of a director, although
some work may require her/him to improvise the
reactions of a character to a situation.
2. She/he is responsible for establishing and maintaining
positive customer relationships, planning and delivering
effective sales strategies and monitoring the progress of
new and existing ¿nancial products. She/he may work as
a manager in high street branches providing operational
support on a day-to-day basis.
3. They plan, organize and manage the food and beverage
services of organizations and businesses, both inside and
outside the hospitality industry, with the aim of
achieving good quality at low cost and maintaining high
standards of hygiene and customer satisfaction.
4. She/he is responsible for managing processes involved in
a supply chain and liaises with a variety of parties,
including suppliers of raw materials, manufacturers,
retailers and, increasingly, consumers. She/he co-
ordinates processes to ensure customer satisfaction.
5. They provide a wide range of specialist advice based on
the application of economic theory and knowledge to
practical problems. They carry out research, collect and
analyze data, monitor economic trends, and develop
forecasts for future activities.
Exercie 3
Study the pictures and answer the following questions.

1 2
Source: RDI , May 2007 Source: RDI, March 2007

1. What are the people in the pictures doing?

2. What are their occupations?
3. Do these jobs require specific skills/certi¿cation?
4. What other jobs require certification?
5. Which of these jobs are hazardous? Why?

Exercise 4
Read the following situations/descriptions and
choose the correct answer. Compare your
answer with your friends'.

In this workplace, you'll most What does the text

probably find some facilities for describe?
having a rest, doing sports, a. A hotel.
attending conferences, eating, b. A bank.
and the like. Most people here
are warm and hospitable
offering service to every guest.
What does the text
Here, you'll find many rooms occupied describe?
by ill people who are usually a. A hospital
accompanied by their relatives. b. An Office
Doctors and nurses are looking after
them. People are mostly wearing white
clothes.