63 Work: duties, conditions and pay

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63 Work: duties, conditions and pay

A. What do you do?

I'm (+ job) e. g. a banker / an engineer /a teacher / a builder.

People may ask you about your job. They can ask and you can answer in different ways:

What do you do?

I work in (+ place or general area) e. g. a bank / marketing.

What's your job?

I work for (+ name of company) e, g. Union Bank, ICI, Fiat.

What do you do for a living?

Note: " Work” is usually an uncountable noun, so you cannot say ”a work”. If you want to use the indefinite article you must say " a job”, e. g. She hasn't got a job at the moment.

B. What does that involve? What do you do in your job? )

When people ask you to explain your work/job, they may want to know your main responsibilities (= your duties / what you have to do), or something about your daily routine (= what you do every day/week). They can ask like this: What does that (i. e. your job) involve?

Main responsibilities:

I’m in charge of (= responsible for) all deliveries out of the factory.

I have to deal with any complaints (= take all necessary action if there are complaints).

I run the coffee bar and restaurant in the museum (= I am in control of it/I manage it).

Note: We often use responsible for / in charge of for part of something, e. g. a department or some of the workers; and run for control of all of something, e. g. a company or a shop.

Daily duties/routines

I have to go to / attend (fml) a lot of meetings.

I visit / see / meet clients (= people I do business with or for).

I advise clients (= give them help and my opinion).

It involves doing quite a lot of paperwork (a general word we use for routine work that involves paper e. g. writing letters, filling in forms, etc. ). Note the -ing form after involve.

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