VIP Class Notes (Phil)

Homework

write a personal statement about employment experience

Today we focused on:

jobs and society

Vocabulary

fired(american english)/sacked(british english) – told to leave the company maybe for bad performance or other problems

quit/ resign – your choice to leave the company

made redundant – when a person has to leave a company because of financial problems and get a pay out

Voluntary redundancy – your choice to take redundancy

forced redundancy – not your choice

take unpaid leave/ holidays – without pay

go bankrupt- company closes because no money, a person can also go bankrupt

my friends company will go bankrupt

he didn’t pay his debts and went bankrupt

social credit system 

commission – a % earned based on sales

recruitment consultant

strengths

adapt t0 

Speaking exercise

my personality is so directlyi am a direct person 

has many misunderstandings to mehas a lot of misunderstandings with my boss

china has many peoples china has a lot of peopleÂ