About you- workwise

 

Useful Phrases - Check on your use of tenses

 

 

Useful Phrases - Personal Experience 

 

I qualified in.. from ..University.
 / have a degree in ..

I joined the company straight from school
I used to work for a company in ...

It was very traditional/progressive/up-to-date ...

They were mainly interested in ...

             (not) concerned about...

Junior staff were very well / badly treated.

Staff turnover was very high/low..

Their policy / strategy / aim was to ..

Nowadays I have switched to., been promoted to

I find my job highly rewarding / extremely stressful

The main advantage / disadvantage in this line of work is

 

 

Useful Phrases - The Company I work for


The company was formed/founded ...

In the early days we were based in ...       ••*--

The following year, the market collapsed.

This made it necessary to ...

The situation began to improve/became very difficult.

We used to employ...

We stopped/started producing ... two years ago.


Nowadays, we concentrate on ...

These days, we mainly produce ...

Recently, we've switched to ...

About a year ago, we were thinking of opening an office in...

In the last year or so, we've been doing a lot of

business in...

 

 




















My first I_____________ . Boy, was I excited !
And nervous as well, after all I had no P_____________ E_____________. But my father had just had an early R_____________ and in my mother's company many workers were being M_____________ ­R_____________. Who knew how long this situation could last? My brother was an imbecile who had been H_____________ on a Monday and F_____________ ­before the week was over. Someone had to keep the family going. 

I sat there dreaming, imagining the I_____________ saying 'You're just the person we were looking for. We'l1 pay you a s_____________ of £1,000,00 as well as M_____________ C_____________ and I_____________. In addition you'll receive a yearly B_____________ of £10000. 

I could barely keep my tears back when I heard, “ Delighted to have met you. Have a good day.”

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