Learn English About JOBS - Words and Phrases about Jobs in English

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our topic for today is job seeking but before we get into the topic let me
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English now back to the lesson let's start the lesson with two powerful word
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families meaning words that get their meaning from a root word the first word
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family comes from the verb employ to employ means to make use of something
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I am employing a tripod to record this video but to employ also means to hire a
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person to work for you I employed a local man to mow my lawn when you are
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employed you have a job from this verb we also get the nouns employee meaning a
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person who has been hired for work and an employer employer which means a
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person who hires others for work if I owned a business and I hire you to work
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for me I am an employer and you are my employee from employ we also get the
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noun employment which means a relation of employer and employee between two
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people and if we add the prefix you in unn meaning not in front of the words we
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get unemployed meaning you don't have a job and unemployment which means a state
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where people do not have jobs so countries often talk about their
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unemployment rate meaning the number of people or percentage of people who do
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not have jobs another word family comes from the verb apply which means to make
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a formal best to be hired somewhere I am applying
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for work this means I am trying to find work somewhere from this verb we get the
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noun application which means a document you use to try to find work I had to
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fill out a job application we also get the noun applicant which means a person
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who is applying for work our next vocabulary word is
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qualifications qualifications are those qualities or accomplishments which make
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you suitable for a job for example if you are looking for work as a teacher
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your qualifications might include a college degree teaching experience and
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formal training to be a teacher if you're looking for work you always want
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to have the right qualifications so you might hear do you have the
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qualifications for this job another important vocabulary word for
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job seekers is resume this word looks like another verb resume but it is
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pronounced resume because English borrowed this word from the French
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language and kept it a little closer to its original pronunciation in French a
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resume is a document you use to apply for work which lists all of your
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qualifications for a job on a resume you might include your name contact
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information your education history your job history and any relevant skills or
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qualifications you might have the resume is an important document for beginning
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any job search so once you've applied for a job and sent your resume you might
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be chosen for an interview a job interview is a face-to-face
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discussion where a potential employer asks questions of a potential employee
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as a way to see if that employee might be a good fit I need to wear a nice suit
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for my job interview tomorrow and our last vocabulary word is an important one
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for anyone looking for a job salary a salary is how much money you get paid as
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an employee a salary is something that is paid according to a fixed regular
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amount usually people are paid a weekly or a monthly salary sometimes the word
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wage or wages is used instead of salary I want to find a job with a good salary
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or with good wages this means you want to find a job that pays you well so to
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review our vocabulary words were employ from which we get the words employment
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employee employer unemployed and unemployment
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also the word apply from which we get the words application and applicant and
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the other words we learned were qualifications resume salary or wages
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and interview that's it for today please like and share this video if you found
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it helpful and subscribe to our Channel if you're enjoying our content be sure
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vocabulary words like we had today I'll see you in the next video
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