23. Recruitment 3: Contract employment and job description CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION

23. Recruitment 3: Contract employment and job description

Exercise 1: In this contract of employment, there are a lot of vocabulary mistakes. Either a word is spelt incorrectly, the form of the word is wrong, or a wrong word has been used. Identify and correct these words. Some of the mistakes occur more than once in the contract. Exercise 2: Read this informal discussion, in which the person who signed the contract in Exercise 1 is telling their friend about their new job. Complete the gaps with an appropriate word or expression from the box. Some of these words appeared in Exercise 1. James: Hi, Sarah. How's the new job going? Sarah: Oh, not too bad. I'm still trying to find my feet, though. James: Tell me a bit about it. Sarah: Well, my official job ___________ is Regional Production Manager, which means that my main ___________ is to ___________ the work of the production department. James: Where are you ___________? Sarah: Most of my work is done at the ___________ in central London, but I also have to spend time at our various ___________ and ___________ in the area. There are several of these in the South and South-East. James: Who do you ___________? Sarah: The Central Production Manager. Tom Atkinson, his name is. I've only met him a couple of times, but he seems nice enough. We meet once a month to ___________ each other on major issues. We ___________ the current state of production, and I ___________ any changes that I think need to be made James: And what about the ___________? Sarah: Pretty typical for this kind of job. I'm on a ___________ contract, which means I work from Monday to Friday, ___________. And occasionally I have to go in at the weekend, too. I get 21 days___________ a year, plus bank holidays. James: Not bad. And your ___________? If you don't mind me asking? Sarah: No, not at all. I get £35,000 ___________, plus expenses, ___________ for reaching targets, overtime pay and so on. James: That's pretty good for a job that just involves checking things are running smoothly. Sarah: Well, there's more to my job than just that. I do have several other ___________. James: Such as? Sarah: First of all I have to ___________ product specifications with sales departments and time schedules with the stock control department. Then I need to ___________ that the product is manufactured according to agreed specifications, and I also have to ___________ the quality of the finished product. James: That's all? Sarah: No. I also need to ___________ with our suppliers on prices for our base materials, ___________ those suppliers on a regular basis to check the quality of the base materials… James: Do you have a car for that? Sarah: Oh yes, the company provides me with one. I also have to ___________ problems as they arise on a day-to-day basis, and ___________ regular sales reports for the Directors. James: Anything else? Sarah: Well, on top of everything else, I'm ___________ for managing 10 machinists, 3 trainees, 2 cleaners and 2 security guards. James: That sounds like a lot of work for one person. Can you ___________ any of it? Sarah: Unfortunately no. I have to do it all myself!

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