Voca: the world of work
Comment parler des métiers?/ How to talk about jobs and careers
What do you do?
What do you do for a living?
A + job
Un comptable An accountant
Un entrepreneur du bâtiment A builder
Un homme d’affaires a businessman/woman
- I am an accountant
- I am a builder
Nouns
Un métier a job
Le travail work
- It’s a good job. A good work
Un employé de bureau a clerk
Employé, travailler, ouvrier a worker, an employee
Un employeur an employer
Un collègue a colleague, a co-worker
Le personnel the staff
La carrière The career
Une entreprise a firm, a company, a business
Un patron a boss
Le PDG the CEO, the head
Un directeur a manager, a director, the managing director
Une augmentation a rise (a pay rise)
Une promotion a promotion
Responsabilités responsibilities
- He has overall/full/partial responsibilities for:…………………………………..
Le licenciement redundancy
La retraite the retirement
Le chômage unemployment
Le taux de chômage the unemployment rate
- The unemployement rate is growing:………………………………………….
Verbs
Travailler to work for a firm
to work in a department
to work as + job
Payer to pay
Gagner sa vie to earn a living
Augmenter to rise
Diriger une entreprise to run a business
- She runs the London office:……………………………………………….
Gérer to manage
Assister to assist
Partir à la retraire to retire
Virer qqn to fire someone
Être viré to be fired
- His firm fired him last year:…………………………………………….
- He was fired by his firm last year:…………………………………….
Engager qqn to hire someone/ to recruit
Être engagé to be hired/ to be recruited
- I hired them last month:……………………………………………
- They were hired last month:…………………………………………
Licencier qqn (économique) to make s.o. redundant
Promouvoir qqn to promote s.o.
Être promu to be promoted
Rétrograder qqn to demote s.o.
Elle a été promu: ……………………………………………..
Adjectives
Être au chômage To be unemployed
Travailleur Hard-working
Occupé busy
A long-term contract un CDI
A short-term contract un CDD
A full-time job un temps plein
A part-time job un temps partiel
- Il est au chômage : ………………………………………………..
Phrases (expressions)
La semaine de travail the working week
Les conditions de travail the working conditions
Les horaires the working hours
Être responsable de to be in charge of
- She’s in charge of the London office:………………………….
l'intérim temping/ temporary work
un intérimaire a temp worker
Types of companies/sectors
un fabriquant automobile a car marker company
un expédiateur a shipping company
un transporteur a haulier
une manufacture a manufacturing company
Partners
un détaillant a retailer/ a retail firm
un grossiste a wholesaler/ a wholesale firm
un fournisseur a supplier
un sous-traiatnt a subcontractor
un client a customer (UK), a client (US)
departments /Les services
Le s. informatique the I.T. department
le s. marketing th marketing department
Family words: Gather the words/ réunissez les mots de la même famille
Exemple :
Traiter de/s’occuper de to deal with
- I deal with customers, enquiries, problems
S’occuper de to look after
- I look after children, equipment, machinery
À vous ? tell us about your job
- I have worked for…………………………………..
- I have already/ never run ………………………………………
- The first time I was (embauché) ………………………., I was (age) ………….
Comment diriez-vous en anglais?
- Je n’ai jamais été au chômage : ……………………………………………………
- Je gagnais bien ma vie : ……………………………………………………
- Il a été engagé, puis viré : ……………………………………………………
- Je m’occupais du service achat : ………………………………………………
- Il est parti à la retraite : ……………………………………………………
- J’aimais mes conditions de travail mais pas les horaires : ………………………………………………………………
Follow the link to learn about the diffrent jobs, the qualifications (diplomes) needed and the salary: http://www.vacareerview.org/careers
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