The world of jobs

1.

2.

Mind the vocabulary
• Profession – is an occupation in which special
education is required (doctor, architect…)
• Job – is the work that a person does regularly in
order to earn money.
• Job application – is a special formal letter to
apply a position (job).

3.

1.Have you ever thought about your future career? Have you
made any decision?
2.What do your parents and friends advise you to do as a job?
3.Would you prefer to work with your hands or with your brain?
Are there any jobs you would or wouldn’t like to do? What are
they?
4.What do you feel about working with people? Name some
occupations where you work with people.
5. Would you like to work with machines? Name some jobs
where you work with machines.

4.

6.Is it important for you how well-paid your future job is going to
be? What is more important – to have a well-paid but not very
interesting job or a job that interests you but is less paid?
Explain why?
7. Is it important for you to have a prestigious job? What jobs
are prestigious nowadays?
8. What are you good at? Are you good at the things you like
doing? Do you think these activities can help you in your future
career?
9.Is it important for you to have a good career? What do you
have to do to make a good career? What do people mean when
they say “to make a good career”?

5.

Questionnaire
•How many professions do you know
1.more than 5
2.more than 10
3.more than 15?
•What professions are the most prestigious
nowadays?
•What professions do you think are needed
1.in your town
2.in your country?
•Have you made your choice of a job?
•What are the advantages and disadvantages of
the chosen job?

6.

Bank clerk
Teacher
Reporter
reliable, patient
Imaginative, objective
Energetic, honest
Gardener
Well-organized, regular care
Painter
talented, imaginative
Firefighter
Bus driver
Doctor
Cooperative, focused, calm
skillful
Skillful, friendly, patient

7.

Ways of Getting Information about Jobs
Parents, Teachers, Friends
JOB
?
Example of Former School Leavers
Mass Media

8.

Traditional jobs

9.

№
п/п
Jobs
Primarily done Primarily done
by men
by women
Done by both
men and
women
Requiring a
graduate
degree
1
teacher
+
+
2
doctor
+
+
3
postman
+
4
builder
+
5
pilot
+
6
butcher
+
7
surgeon
+
8
singer
+
9
journalist
+
10
firefighter
11
vet
+
12
dentist
+
13
engineer
+
+
+
+
+