Jobs

Jobs

1. a) typy povolaní (fyzická a duševná práca), voľba povolania, jej motivácia
2. b) trh práce (ponuka pracovných miest a nezamestnanosť, žiadosť o zamestnanie, profesijný životopis, prijímací pohovor)
3. c) pracovný čas a voľný čas (zdokonaľovanie práce, nové technológie)

Job is an important part of life . People need a job because they have to earn money for themselves and their families. For many people their job can be also their hobby.

There are two main parts of jobs:

• Physical: these people need physical power and energy. These jobs are worst paid and you have to work hard for long hours. (builder, mechanic, fireman, farmer) Some need special skills, for example waiters, cookers, watch-makers
• Mental: they need high education, they are also better paid and they don’t need physical skills, for example doctor, manager, officer, teacher, lawyer, designer

There are also typical jobs for men like driver, car mechanic, soldier, miner.. and typical jobs for women like nurse, tailor, teacher. But some women are in traditional jobs for men (police, army) and also some men are in traditional jobs for women (designer, cooker).

*There are professions in which you need to have a special talent and determination. It is an individual group of jobs for example: artists, photographers, journalist, actors,singers. You must know “how to sell yourself“ and you must be good at doing your job. You need to be independent and prepared to work irregular hours. You also need a good imagination and lots of creativity.

Choosin a job is an important step in everybody´s life. Children mostly boys dream about being a hero. They want to be a fireman, a policeman, a pilot, an astronaut. Girls dream of becoming actresses, singers, models, dancers. When they grow up their children dreams will change. They became more realistic. Some children want to follow their parent, so we have generation of doctors, teachers or artists.

When you are looking for a job you can find some information about jobs in: advertisement, internet, job agency/job centre, radio, TV or from other people. When you want to apply for a job at first you have to write an application and you have to write your curriculum vitae. Then you are invited for an interview.

When you go for the interview it is important to be pripared. It´s important to be elegantly dressed, to have control of how you sit and what do you do with your hands and also the eye contact is important. You should pripared for the questions and find some information about the organisation or the company, answer clearly and stay calm.

Curriculum vitae (CV) – it is personal data - your name, date of birth, place of birth, permanent address, nationality, marital status, telephone number, e-mail and education, work experience and skills

1.First of all we should write our CV (Curriculum Vitae)
2. Then we must write our Job aplication
3. Then we should prepare for the interview

Unemploymend is a situation when people lost their job. There are on a list in job centres, which help them find a new job.

THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE WORK:

People need to work because:
- they need Money – to buy food, to pay for electricity, to pay bills
- they want to make the most of their talent (chcú vyťažiť čo najviac zo svojho talentu)
- for some people their job can also be their hobby

THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE CHANGE JOBS: 

The main reasons are:
- bad working conditions (zlé pracovné podmienky)
- a bad salary – they don’t earn enough money (zlý plat – nezarábajú dosť peňazí)
- an unpleasant and intolerant boss or colleagues (nepríjemný a netolerantný šéf alebo kolegovia)
- long working hours (dlhá pracovná doba)
- some people change their job when they get married because they move to a different place – a different town or a city(niektorí ľudia zmenia svoje zamestnanie, keď sa oženia /vydajú/, pretože sa musia presťahovať na iné miesto)
- you can be made redundant (prepustený z nadbytočnosti)
- you get a better job offer (dostaneš lepšiu pracovnú ponuku) 

Questions

1. What jobs did you dream of doing when you were little? Did you ever want to be famous?
In childhood I wanted to be a policewoman. It was an interesting job for me. Policemen have guns, they catch the thieves, they fight with criminals, and they are bold. They can also have dogs. I liked their uniforms. It was dangerous and adventurous job for me when I was little. When I was little I wanted to be an actress too. It was an interesting job for me too. Actresses are popular, they wear nice clothes and they have interesting lives. They travel a lot, they have lot of fans. And it was very interesting for me. 

2. People often differentiate between manual and intellectual jobs. List some manual/intellectual jobs.
There are lot of professions we can do. Manual jobs are physical exacting. These are jobs like builders, bricklayers or firemen. These jobs are for people who don’t have higher education. Intellectual work isn’t physical exacting but psychic exacting. These are jobs like lawyers, doctors or economists. To do these jobs you need to have higher education (university or college). You have to work hard to get the qualifications that are required in these professions. 

3. Where can people looking for a job find in our country? What do you know about job centres in Slovakia? Are they helpful?
You can find a job in a local job centre or in job agency. You can also find a job on the Internet or you can ask your friends about any vacancies. I think that these centres could be helpful. They help people to find a job, they organize prequalification courses, where people can obtain new knowledge and qualifications. But I think that it is better to find a job in newspaper or on the Internet, because you can choose this one, which is the best for you.