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IN THIS UNIT
GRAMMAR
•
used to
• present simple passive
VOCABULARY
• work
• compound nouns
SCENARIO
• making offers and proposals
• having a negotiation
STUDY SKILLS
• giving a short talk
WRITING SKILLS
• describing a process
Work and industry
9.1
EMPLOYMENT
‘I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.’
Jerome K. Jerome, 1859–1927, British writer
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SPEAKING
1
a
What is your perfect job? What kind of skills or
knowledge do you need to do this job?
1
b
What do/will you look for in a job? Put these
things in order of importance (1 = the most important;
8 = the least important). Compare in small groups.
a well-known company good pay good managers
having fun learning new skills friendly colleagues
pleasant working conditions opportunities to travel
1
c
In general, what kind of skills, experience and
personal qualities do you think employers are looking
for in the people who work for them?
READING
2
a
Read the email on the right. What do the managers
want to know? How will they get this information?
2
b
These employees all read the email quickly. Which
of them have not understood it?
1
I’m interested, and I can do it, because I started here
four years ago.
2
I don’t want to do it, because I don’t want to discuss
these matters with the company. They might use it
against me later.
3
There’s no point, because they never tell you the
results of these surveys.
4
It sounds really interesting. I’ll give Melanie
Chadwick a call on Wednesday 12th.
As managers, we welcome the views of staff on a wide
range of company matters. We believe that listening
carefully to our employees over many years has helped
us to maintain our position as the market leader.
For this reason, we would now like to find out if, and
how, staff think that the company has changed in the
last few years. We want to know how staff used to feel
about the company and their jobs, and how they feel
now.
An external organisation will do the research, including
interviews with a number of employees. All staff who
have worked for the company for more than five years
can take part. The discussions will be completely
private, and we will not be able to identify staff from their
comments at any stage in the process. We will inform
staff of the results in a future report.
If you are interested in taking part, please contact
Melanie Chadwick (contact details attached) by Friday
14th May.
From:
Head of Human Resources
To:
All staff
Subject: Staff survey
