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TEMA PE PARCURS

AI, anul II, semestrul al II-lea 2019-2020

Gortolomei Adriana

Do the following exercises. Work with a dictionary.

♦ Exercise 1

Discuss the following situation:

Think of someone you know who has a job they have always longed for. Do they still enjoy
what they are doing? Do they get enough money to lead a decent life or more? (Write a
paragraph of about 5 lines. Remember: whatever the answer, it doesn’t matter if you refer to
something real or not!)

I`m thinking about my family friend who`s working and enjoying his work and of course he
get enough money. I think this is the best what would happen in someone`s life because to work and
to love what you`re working, it`s just a dream nowadays. It's hard to find a job and to enjoy it. We
have so many options and it`s really hard to find the job you like and to be paid good. I wish I will
find my dream job and I will get enough money for a good life for me and for my family.

♦ Exercise 2

A. Read the following text, then explain the highlighted words, phrases or idioms
according to the context. Check their meaning in a dictionary:

Business or Pleasure?

You master English and want to have the summer of your lifetime but don’t
think you can afford it? Why not consider finding work abroad to make money,
friends and memories or have an incredible summer adventure that won’t break
the bank?

-break the bank-to cost too much

Wages across Europe vary depending on the role and the country you are working in,
meaning you should put time into researching how much a specific opportunity would line
your pockets, alongside researching living costs of the country to make sure your wage will
actually support your new lifestyle. Teaching English abroad can be a great source of income
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for those wanting to spend their summer abroad, especially for those who already have an
international certificate. Short-term summer schools or camps, which also come with the
added benefit of getting to join in with all the fun activities!

Line your pockets

To make a large amount of money for oneself in a way that is considered greedy or dishon
est. The phrase typically implies that one is prioritizing making money above some other, mo
re admirable goal.

If you don’t feel as though teaching English is for you, hospitality work is another
great paying alternative that can take you all over Europe this summer. It tends to be easier to
land a job if you have some experience, and speak a little of the language of the country
where you will be working, as you will need to converse with customers – you will reap the
benefits in this fun, relaxed job that comes with the possibility of tips! There are numerous
hospitality roles to suit your experience and often companies hire seasonal workers in groups
so you will have the chance to meet people from all over the world who share your
adventure-loving mindset.

To land a job = to successfully acquire something

Reap the benefits =to get something good as a result of your own action
Adventure-loving mindset- a positive attitude towards is putting yourself in a situation
where you are forced to be challenged, where you are forced to learn, and where you are
forced to grow

Resort work around Europe is a great way to immerse yourself in the holiday vibe, as you
are surrounded by holiday-makers and those working to experience new countries like you.
Resorts offer a variety of summer jobs, from entertainers to cleaners and from bar staff to
receptionists, meaning wherever your skills lie you are sure to find a role that is the perfect fit
for you. There is also added benefit that resorts have great facilities that staff often have
access to, in beautiful locations, so a trip to the beach after work is always possible.

Vibe = the mood or character of a place, situation or piece of music

(your skills) lie-something in which one is interested; a hobby or pursuit  

Another great option for those looking for summer jobs abroad is to work at a summer
camp, where there is the opportunity to work as a camp counsellor supervising and arranging
fun activities (that you also get to participate in!) for the campers. Working at a summer
camp also means that you will meet like-minded colleagues, and as food and accommodation
are included as you live on-sight, you can save what you earn which can fund your travelling
adventure once camp is over!

Like-minded = having similar tastes or opinions

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On –sight = as soon as someone or something is or can be seen

There are countless other summer jobs in Europe available, so if you want to get the
right one, apply for it at a job agency of the sort. Later, when asked at the airport “Business or
pleasure?” just answer “Both”. And leave all your friends back home exclaim “Nice work if
you can get it!”
Text adapted from www.anyworkanywhere.com (January 10, 2020)

B. Use the highlighted words and phrases in Ex.1a to complete the sentences below:

1. The most difficult part of your endeavours still _reap the benefits_ ahead of you.
2. He break the bank as a senior editor at the most important morning paper.
3. If the place has a bad vibe then it’s definitely not for you!
4. The discussions between adventure-loving mindset people and top companies created
a valuable network of expertise to support the economic growth.
5. We sold our company last year and now it’s time to line your pockets _ out of it.
6. It’s great fun to come across like minded like yours during your holidays. You
won’t get bored for sure!
7. During my afternoon break I can go to the gym. There’s one on-sight .
8. Doing that kind of job indeed is a good way to land a job _ .
9. I recommend you to buy their insurance policy. It comes with a better cover and,
besides, it doesn’t lie .

♦ Exercise 3

The following words/phrases designate different types of bank clerks (i.e., employees of
a bank). Match them with the work they do at the bank:

1. accountants a. help business or individuals make investment decisions;

G
2. bank tellers b. analyse, plan and evaluate business expenses and income;
F
3. cashiers c. manage accounts and keep track of bill and attempt to collect
E on past due invoices;
4. collectors d. help people identify and apply for loans, from mortgages to
C personal loans;
5. financial advisers e. cash checks, accept deposits, and process account withdrawals;
H
6. financial analysts f. maintain the organization’s budget and oversee investment
A strategies and major expenditure;
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7. loan officers D g. pay and receive money;

8. treasurers B h. help individuals or companies manage their money/capital to

meet their short- and long-term goals.

♦ Exercise 4

Which job(s) of the ones listed below involve(s)

1. human contact?
2. travelling a lot?
3. working in shifts?
4. clock on and off at the same time every day?
5. team work?
6. dealing with customers/clients?
 accountant, advertising agent, baker, banker, CEO (chief executive officer), chef,
coal miner, computer programmer, correspondent, distributor, economist, engineer,
factory worker, farmer, fashion designer, film director, florist, firefighter, flight
attendant, forester, general practitioner, hairdresser, historian, inspector,
interpreter, journalist, lawyer, mason, pawnbroker, philosopher, photographer,
pianist, pilot, playwright, plumber, priest, real estate agent, sales representative,
scientist, seamstress, shop-assistant, statistician, stockbroker, teacher, travel agent,
trader, web designer.

Accountant – human contact, dealing with customers/clients

Advertising agent – travelling a lot, team work
Baker – working in shifts, clock on and off at the same time every day, team work
Banker – human contact, clock on and off at the same time every day, dealing with
customers/clients
CEO – human contact, travelling a lot, dealing with customers/clients
Chef – human contact, working in shifts, clock on and off at the same time every day,team
work
Coal miner – human contact, clock on and off at the same time every day, working in shifts,
team work
Computer programmer – human contact, dealing with customers/clients
Correspondent – human contact, dealing with customers/clients
Distributor – human contact, travelling a lot, working in shifts, dealing with customers/clients
Economist – human contact, travelling a lot, team work, dealing with customers
Engineer – human contact, team work, working in shifts, dealing with customers
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Factory worker – human contact, working in shifts, clock on and off at the same time every
day,
team work
Farmer – human contact, team-work

Fashion designer – human contact, travelling a lot, dealing with customers/clients

Film director – human contact, team work
Florist – human contact, working in shifts, clock on and off at the same time every
day,dealing
with customers/clients
Firefighter – human contact, travelling a lot, working in shifts, team work
Flight attendant – human contact, travelling a lot, team work
Forester- travelling a lot
General practitioner – human contact,working in shifts,team work, dealing with
customers/clients
Hairdresser – human contact, working in shifts, clock on and off at the same time every day,
dealing with customers/clients
Historian – travelling a lot, team work
Inspector – human contact, travelling a lot, dealing with customers/clients
Interpreter – human contact, travelling a lot, dealing with customers/clients
Journalist – human contact, working in shifts,team work
Lawyer – human contact, dealing with customers/clients
Mason – human contact, working in shifts, dealing with customers/clients
Pawnbroker – human contact, dealing with customers/clients
Philosopher – team work
Photograph – human contact, travelling a lot, dealing with customers/clients
Pianist – human contact, dealing with customers/clients
Pilot – travelling a lot, working in shifts, team work
Playwriter – human contact, team work
Plumber – human contact, travelling a lot,clock on and off at the same time every day,
dealing
with customers/clients
Priest – human contact
Real estate agent – human contact, dealing with customers/clients
Sales representative – human contact, dealing with customers/clients
Scientist – working in shifts, clock on and off at the same time every day,team work
Seamstress – human contact,working in shifts, clock on and off at the same time every day,
team
work
Shop-assistant – human contact, clock on and off at the same time every day, team work
Statistiacian – human contact, working in shifts, clock on and off at the same time every day,
team work
Stockbroker – human contact, dealing with customers/clients
Teacher – human contact, working in shifts, clock on and off at the same time every day
Travel agent – human contact, working in shifts,clock on and off at the same time every day,
dealing with customers/clients
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Trader – human contact, working in shifts,clock on and off at the same time every day,
dealing
with customers/clients
Web designer – dealing with customers.

♦ Exercise 5

Fill in:

A. job occupation position profession trade

1. It seems to me that his favourite ocupation is sleeping all day long!

2. I’ve got a full-time _jo_ as an economist.
3. Whether or not you’re given a car depends on your _______position___ in the
company.
4. She’s a doctor by_profession_ .
5. He’s a butcher by_trade_ .

B. assignment duty mission vocation

1. Your mission in life is to educate the rich about the suffering of the poor.
2. What time are you off _dut_ tomorrow?
3. She’s got a diplomatic_assignment _ as a consul and has to work for the Spanish
Consulate in our region.
4. To work as a teacher, you should have a _vocatio_ for it.

♦ Exercise 6

A. Read the text below and answer the questions that follow:

How does someone get to have the job they want?

It is not so easy an activity to select the right employee for a position, therefore finding
someone suited for a particular post is more often than not a long and complicated job itself.
Generally, the process of appointing someone for a vacant post undergoes a multi-stage
procedure, starting with the job analysis, which consists of a set of procedures to identify the
content of a job in terms of activities and attributes of job requirement needed to perform the
activities. Job analysis provides information of organizations which helps to determine which
employees are best suited for specific jobs. Through the analysis, the analyst needs to
understand what the important tasks of the job are, how they are carried out, and the
necessary human qualities needed to complete the job successfully.
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Step two is the process of attracting individuals on a timely basis, in sufficient numbers
and with appropriate qualifications, to apply for jobs with an organization. It is called
recruitment (also hiring, A.E.). Companies have two options: to recruit employees directly
or to turn to professional help, i.e., external recruitment, which is normally done by a
recruitment agency or employment agency, also known as headhunting firm. Their
specialists, called recruiters (or headhunters, A.E.) will do their best to recruit employees,
or headhunt people for very important jobs, especially when the company needs trained and
specialized employees already working for other firms or companies on promise that they
will provide them with higher pay and benefits. It is the case with the headhunting for white-
collar employees, for instance. Using the job criteria provided by the employer organization,
the recruitment agency will generate the applicant pool and do the preliminary interviews,
screening out the unqualified candidates and sending them only those who are actually
qualified for the post, named in this case recruits (or hires, A.E.).
The process of recruitment starts with the job posting, the procedure used to inform
potential candidates that there is a vacancy in an organization. This is done by advertising the
vacant post or (open position, A.E.), which can range from a simple help wanted ad in the
situations vacant pages or appointments pages (or classifieds, A.E.) to an extensive
multimedia campaign. Help wanted ads often include a URL1 for online applications as well
as more traditional methods for reply. Many companies post vacancies (or job openings,
A.E.) on their websites or on specialized sites such as Career Builder and Monster.com (US).
Of course, online advertising costs less than traditional advertising (still used for entry-level
positions), it is easy and quick, its responses arrive faster and it can generate a far wider range
of applicants. The candidates are then asked to send in an application form (either by post or
on-line), generally accompanied by an application letter, a letter of intent or a covering
letter (cover letter, A.E.) enclosing a CV, i.e. Curriculum Vitae (or résumé, A.E.). Then the
selection step starts. It is the process of choosing from a group of applicants the individual(s)
best suited for a particular position for the organization. The selection focuses mainly on the
backgrounds of the applicants, i.e. their educational qualifications and previous work
experience.
Once the applicant pool is done, the screening process follows. Either companies (directly
through their human resources specialists) or the recruitment agents will organize a screening
interview with those applicants that appear qualified based on the information submitted on
their application form or CV (letter of intent, covering letter etc.). The interviewer will ask
the candidates a few straightforward questions to determine the candidates’ appropriateness
for the position. A final decision will be taken after the testing step, which consists in using a
range of other testing methods (for example, using psychometric tests) in order to assess
candidates’ aptitudes, personality, honesty and motivation, others than those initially
mentioned in their documents.
The candidate best suited for the position is offered the job and he/she is given details of
the conditions of work to be done together with the pay, benefits, a pension scheme etc. The
candidate can accept the job and the terms of his/her employment or can turn it down. If
he/she accepts, he/she is officially appointed for the position (in case of a higher position) or
simply hired.
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The address of a World Wide Web page.
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a. Is the procedure described above the same as in your country? If not, what is the
difference?
b. What’s the importance of the steps in hiring detailed above?

B. The words highlighted in the text are derivatives of the same verb (to employ) with a
difference in meaning (agent or beneficiary). Complete the table with derivatives from
the verbs given in the first column. Translate the words into Romanian:

Verb / Noun - ER / - OR nouns - EE nouns

1. employ (v.) employer employee
2. credit (v.) Creditor -
3. debit (v.) Debitor -
4. interview (v.) Interviewer Interviewee
5. mortgage (v.) - Mortgagee
6. pay (v.) Payer Payee
7. retire (v.) - Retiree
8. train (v.) Trainer Trainee

Translate the words into Romanian:

INTERVIEWEE=INTERVIEVATUL
MORTGAGEE=CREDITOR/IPOTECAR
PAYEE=BENEFICIARUL PLĂȚII
RETIREE=PENSIONAR
TRAINEE=UCENIC
CREDITOR=CREDITOR
DEBITOR=DEBITOR
INTERVIEWER=REPORTER
PAYER=PLĂTITOR
TRAINER=ANTRENOR/FORMATOR

C. Fill in the sentences with derivatives form C above:

1. The employer organized a meeting with all company’s employees.

2. The INTERVIEWER asked the INTERVIEWEE some very personal questions,
which was against the rule.
3. The entity that lends to a borrower for the purpose of purchasing a real estate is called
a MORTGAGEE.
4. The commercial bank CREDITOR refused to analyse the company’s portfolio.
5. All consumers are legally VAT PAYERS.
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6. The DEBITOR can choose either to pay off the loan or to go bankrupt.
7. The part was full of RETIREE strolling on the alleys or playing chess.
8. A PAYEE is any person or organization that receives a payment.
9. The accountancy seminar will be held by a professional TRAINER . The TRAINEES
are asked to have their laptops on them to work on the accountancy balance sheets
with the help of the required software.

♦ Exercise 7

All the sentences below are about jobs or imply the idea of job. Choose the right answer
(A, B or C) according to the context:

1. A job that will still be around and will thrive as the years pass is a_A-future-
proof__job.

A. future-proof B. future-value C. future-perfect

2. People that must continue with their education to keep up with the new requirements
of their job or to adjust to another related field of activity are called C-lifelong
learners .

A. skilled workers B. semi-skilled workers C. lifelong learners

3. Workers who communicate effectively, interact appropriately with kinds of people,

are open-minded, show empathy and do their job the best they can are said to have
C-soft skills .

A. hard skills B. tough skills C. soft skills

4. The act of giving a task (which would normally be done within a company) to a
freelancer or to another company is called C-outsourcing .

A. outfitting B. outwork C. outsourcing

5. Another term for self-employment is C-freelance .

A. self-delusion B. self-sufficiency C. freelance

6. The kind of job that can be requested quickly through an online platform or phone
app is called C-on demand mobile service .
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A. on-call service B. full service C. on demand mobile

service

7. The process of letting computers or robots with artificial intelligence do the work of
humans is called A-automation.

A. automation B. technocracy C. technicality

8. The situation in which someone uses their position in an organization to gain a

personal advantage is called A-self-dealing.

A. self-absorption B. self-dealing C. self-employment

9. I for one prefer to deal with local C-TRADESMAN rather than go to the capital.

A. dealers B. merchants C. tradesmen

10. I’m going to apply for this job. It has very good career A-PROSPECTS .

A. perspectives B. prospects C. possibilities

11. When his grandfather died, his servants lost their jobs and became A-REDUNDANT
.

A. redundant B. wretched C. poor

12. A wholesale merchant, especially one that sells goods to retailers is a A-JOBBER.

A. jobber B. shopper C. banner

13. Our company has a C-VACANCY for a senior manager.

A. vacation B. validity C. vacancy

14. Repeated failure to meet the targets led to his A-DISMISSAL.

A. dismissal B. approval C. disposition

15. Many staff were laid off after the C-REDUCTIONS of the two companies.

A. merger B. unification C. reductions

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16. The employment of workers with high education, skill levels, or experience in jobs
that do not require such abilities is called A-UNDEREMPLOYMENT.

A. underemployment B. unemployment C. under consideration

17. The trend caused by globalization, where services and products are constantly made
cheaper because someone, somewhere is willing to do the job at a lower cost is
called C-RACE TO THE BOTTOM.

A. gig economy B. knowledge economy C. the race to the bottom

♦ Exercise 8

Read the text below. Four sentences/groups of words have been removed from the text.
Select the appropriate sentence/group of words for each gap in the text. There is one
extra sentence/group of words which you do not need to use.

The future of jobs…

It’s 2030. You lost your cashier job five years ago, when the supermarket switched to
automated checkout. A job at the post office lasted only a few years, 1./ B. since no one
sends mails anymore. Then the COVID – 19 flu came, decimating populations around the
world. Your new office job shut down because everyone was afraid of getting sick. What
happened next? You were a quarantine enforcer! These crucial public servants patrolled the
streets in quarantined neighbourhoods, ensuring no one left their homes. The situation was
difficult and nobody could do anything.
Let’s hope it won’t happen again!
One thing is clear. In two decades, your job probably won’t exist, at least not in the same
form it is today. There’s going to be an enormous shift of occupations. 2./ C.Most jobs are
going to change.They’ll survive, but they’ll change. It’s hard to think of an industry that’s
not undergoing change. 3. D. From newspaper publishers to moviemakers, media firms are
adjusting to the digital age. Meanwhile, computers continue to take over the world. Machines
will learn to perform most translation services, 4. A.eventually making language experts
unnecessary.
/. On the other hand, cars will become obsolete while teleport repairmen could replace auto
mechanics. In the same way they said a hundred years ago that planes couldn’t fly, people
look at teleportation and say such a thing will never be real. But these things are not outside
the realm of possibility.
Text adapted and updated from the article Jobs of the Future, www.forbes.com, May 20, 2006.

A. eventually making language experts unnecessary.

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B. since no one sends mails anymore.

C. Most jobs are going to change.

D. From newspaper publishers

E. But there’s good news because technology will create new jobs as well,

Good luck, guys!