Moving up the career ladder
Ø to make first steps to fame and fortune
Ø to invest (enough) efforts in one’s job
Ø to do smth. to the best of one’s abilities
Ø to move up the career ladder
Ø the prospects are good
Ø to have prospects of promotion
Ø to be promoted (to the post of…)
Ø to have a high-powered job
Ø to have … people working under … He has 15 employees working under him.
Ø to get/to move to the top
9. Benefits of a job/Attractive aspects of a job
Ø health insurance
Ø paid vacation
Ø paid holidays
Ø company pension
Ø sick leave, maternity leave
Ø a subsidized canteen
Ø prospects of promotion
Ø sports facilities
Descriptions of jobs
Ø rewarding/gratifying
Ø challenging
Ø interesting
Ø high-powered
Ø suitable
Ø repetitive
Ø boring/mundane
Ø a dead-end job (with no prospects of promotion)
The staff
Ø well-trained staff
Ø a boss
Ø an employer – the owner, the boss the one who employs people, gives them work
Ø an employee
Ø junior employees
Ø to supervise the work of…
Ø 
to be responsible for17 employees
in charge of
Ø to work under smb.
Ø to work under pressure
Professional skills required in a job
Ø to be qualified to do smth.
Ø to be well-suited to a job
Ø to be (more) suited to design
Ø the job requires management training
administrative
communication
computer
Ø to have good interpersonal skills
managerial
financial
leadership
Ø to have the ability to work as part of a team
Ø to be team-oriented
Ø to have qualities of leadership
Ø to have educational and employment experience
Features of character
determination
patience
intelligence
Ø You are required to have a lot of (a bit of) reliability
charm
Ø The job requires a lot of loyalty
needs a bit of commitment
creativity
talent
energy
common sense
Adjectives characterizing people of different jobs
an active type of person
a down-to-earth person
a(n) (un)conventional person
Ø You are required to bea bossy person
a trouble-shooter
Ø You have to be flexible
dominating
Ø In this job you need to becreative
inventive
skilled
physically (emotionally)strong
quick thinking
flexible
Preferences
Ø to like tasks requiring a lot of physical and mental energy
Ø to enjoy being challenged by new tasks
Ø dealing with complicated tasks would appeal to me
Ø thinking up new ideas would appeal to me
Ø to prefer doing practical tasks to smth. else
Ø your interest in (history) will be better catered for in the … field
Ø to feel at home in a job involving…
Ways of acting in a job
Ø to make spontaneous decisions
Ø to follow traditional methods
Ø to be bored by mundane tasks
Ø to do things one’s way
Ø to work under pressure
Ø to cope with difficulties
Ø to solve problems by intuition and personal feelings
Ways of thinking
Ø to be an original thinker
Ø to be inventive
Ø unconventional decisions aren’t my strong point
Ø to predict results
Ø to be good at traditional solutions
Ø clear and distinct thought is important to me
Ø to be full of creative ideas
Ø thinking up new ideas
Ø to be obsessed with work