Taskb6-b12

Рекомендуемоевремявыполнениязадания – 10 минут

You are going to read a questionnaire about career and job. For questions B6-B12, choose from the people A-D. The people may be chosen more than once. Write your answers in the appropriate boxes. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Which of these people A Dan Brown

B Nicole Flatcher

C Sarah Ward

D Tom Hodges

B0 B mentions two kinds of people which is very important to find a right job?

B6 discusses some components which should be taken into consideration while choosing a job: enjoyment from work, salary, working conditions etc?

B7 tells that some parents make their children take a decision concerning work?

B8 believes that we should not haste when choosing a job?

B9 thinks that to find a right job one should find a balance between personality type, addictions and interests?

B10 gives an advice that one should explore carefully his advantages and disadvantages in order to find a right job?

B11 says that despite the large number of professions in general you can find not so many worthy professions because of the serious problems on the labor market?

B12 is absolutely sure that your careers choice should be only up to you?

Dan Brown tells: « Choosing a career is a challenging task indeed. It is all about finding the perfect match between your personality, interests, and skills. On the one hand, modern society, with its hundreds of professions and jobs, presents a vast range of future job opportunities. Industry and business, farming, science and education, medicine, service, arts and journalism are just a few professional fields a young person can specialize in. On the other hand, modern society with its crises, unemployment and inflation, makes a poor choice of profession a really bad mistake. You can choose a profession you really like, and face problems when looking for a job. Or you can find a job you like, but it will be underpaid. Besides, a young person’s parents usually have their own ideas of what career path to choose. Some parents are more democratic and let the child determine his future by himself. Some are oppressive and overprotective and try to force the child to make this or that career choice. In this case, they often try to compensate for their own dreams which have failed and the chances they have missed. Sometimes they see their child is gifted in some field and try to persuade him to choose this profession irrespective of the fact if he likes it or not».

Nicole Flatcher says: « Choosing a career isn’t a simple matter nowadays. There are various opportunities and job offers in different areas of business. To my mind, our modern society represents two types of people: the ones, who want to achieve great results and climb a career ladder, and the ones who prefer a more calm and, hence, less prosperous occupation».

Sarah Ward says: «Sooner or later all of us face the problem of choosing a career when we are to decide what we are going to be in future. Choosing a career is not a simple matter – in fact, it can be one of the most important in our life. You don’t need to hurry making a decision. You should examine thoroughly your abilities and character, take a realistic view of your strengths and weaknesses, pay attention to your parents’ and friends’ advice and take into account your own preferences. There are many examples when people make great mistakes choosing their future profession. Sometimes they either simply follow in the footsteps of their parents or relatives or just blindly follow their advice. Your choice should be mostly based on your own opinion. Family traditions are good, but your turn of mind may be quite different. So, never base only on other people’s opinion».

Tom Hodges says: « And now there is such situation in the life that it is very difficult to find some worthy job especially suitable for you. So if you want some-how to get a job, you can make plans for the future when you study still at school. It’s a good idea to take different factors into account: job satisfaction – your future job must satisfy you; money - it’s important that your future profession must be well-paid or you must have a high salary to support the family, etc; good conditions, training, traveling and so on; the place of work – in the office, from home, in the open area, abroad, etc».

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