IELTS Speaking : Job

What you do
1. I'm a / an (+ job).
e.g. a nurse / an accountant / a builder
2. I work in (+ place or general area).
e.g. a hospital / an office marketing / social
3. I work for (+ name / place of the company).
e.g. Union ank / !" / #iat / an international bank
What your job involves
$. I'm in charge of
e.g. a big company
%. I'm responsible for
e.g. some &orkers in that department
'. I have to deal with
e.g. any complaints / o(erseas clients) mainly
*. I run
e.g. the company / a restaurant
+. I manage
e.g. a shop in do&nto&n
Daily duties / routines
,. I have to go / attend (fml)
e.g. (to) a lot of meetings / conferences
1-. I visit / see / meet
e.g. patients / clients
11. I advise
e.g. people / clients and gi(e them help...
12. It involves
e.g. &riting letters / filling in forms / doing a lot of paper&ork / using computers a lot of the time
Getting a jop
13. It's not easy to get / find work
e.g. in big cities / round these parts
1$. I'd love to do
e.g. marketing / this kind of &ork
1%. It's difficult to make a living as a / an
e.g. freelance &riter
1'. I've been offered a job
e.g. in that company / in .ondon
1*. I've applied for a job
e.g. in a local company / in the accounts department
Working hours
1+. I have a nine-to-five job / I work nine-to-five
(regular &orking hours in ritain)
1,. I do / work shift work
(nights one &eek) days ne/t)
2-. I am on fle!i-time
(fle/ible &orking hours)
21. I have to do / work overtime
(&ork e/tra hours)
22. I only work part-time / take a part-time job
(part of a day or a fe& days a &eek)
23. I am a workaholic I work full-time
(&ork too much)
2$. I took early retirement
(retire at %% in ritain)
2%. I am on / take sick leave
(a period spent a&ay from &ork) etc. because of illness)
2'. I am on / take maternity leave
(e/pecting a baby)
2*. I gave up work
e.g. in order to study
2+. I was laid off (infml)
e.g. &hen the factory &ent bust
2,. I was made redundant
(no longer needed and therefore out of &ork)
3-. I was dismissed (fml)
e.g. for refusing to obey orders
31. I was fired (infml)
e.g. for al&ays being late
32. I am on / off duty
(to be &orking / not &orking)
"ther useful phrases
33. We usually take a break
e.g. for lunch / for ten minutes
3$. We normally knock off work (infml)
e.g. about %03- p.m. and go off to a resataurant nearby
3%. I get some rest
(a period of time &hen you rela/ after &orking)
3'. I was rather ine!perienced
e.g. for that kind of &ork
3*. I have a lot of e!perience
e.g. in this area / of this kind of problem
3+. I am sufficiently #ualified
e.g. for this position
3,. $his is a job re#uiring
(a period of time &hen you rela/ after &orking)
$-. I try to be hardworking
(&ork hard)
$1. I'm #uite competent
e.g. at my job
$2. I try to work efficiently
(&ork 1uickly &ithout making mistakes and &asting time)
$3. %fficiency is very important
e.g. in my job
$$. & lot of people do voluntary work
(you &ant to do it and you2re not paid)
$%. I was promoted
(get a higher position)
$'. It is a demanding job
(needing a lot of effort) care) skill)
$*. I fill in for / stand in for / cover for
e.g. her &hile she is off sick
$+. I am acting
e.g. as a manager for the ne/t couple of months
$,. I will take the place of
e.g. our manager &hen he lea(es
%-. Ithis morning shift takes over from
e.g. the night shift t , a.m.
%1. It is greate teamwork
e.g. that helps get the job done on time
%2. We teamed up
e.g. &ith another group to finish our project
%3. We cooperate
e.g. &ith a 3erman firm on this project
%$. I was employed
e.g. as a secretary for a couple of months
%%. I do casual work
(not regular) usually paid hourly)
%'. I'v got a temporary job
e.g. &orking in a ne&spaper office
%*. $his factory has '(( employees
(a person &ho is employed)
%+. $he staff
e.g. are so polite and friendly
%,. $hey promoted
e.g. me to office manager
'-. I'm on leave
e.g. at the moment because...
'1. $he post has been vacant
e.g. for some time
'2. I turned it down
(to refuse one2s offer)
)ayment
'3. I am paid
e.g. e(ery months and this pay goes directly into my bank account monthly
'$. *y salary
e.g. is 2-.---4 a year
'%. I earn
e.g. 2--4 a &eek as a hairdresser
''. With many jobs you get holiday pay and sick pay
(&hen you2re off duty or ill)
'*. I'm going to a pay rise
(my pay goes up)
'+. *y average income
e.g. has risen 25 this year
',. I'm poorely paid / badly paid / don't earn much
(!2m paid (ery little money)
*-. I have a high income / earn a lot / am well-paid
(!2m paid a lot of money)
*1. *y take-home pay / net income is +,(-
(money left after deductions)
*2. *y gross income is more than that
(before deductions)
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