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  • Hi, Bob the Canadian here.

  • I know many of you are learning English

  • because you want to get a job.

  • Maybe you want to work in a restaurant.

  • Maybe you want to work at a large hotel,

  • or maybe you want to work in the world of business,

  • and you know that knowing

  • the English language would give you an advantage

  • when you are looking for a job in one of those areas.

  • Well, in this English lesson,

  • I will help you learn some English job vocabulary.

  • I will teach you some common English phrases

  • that we use when we talk about jobs,

  • and I will help you learn how to talk about getting a job,

  • starting a job and, eventually,

  • the things you would say when you quit a job.

  • Stick around till the and because that, to me,

  • is the most enjoyable part of the lesson.

  • English phrases you can use to quit your job someday.

  • (light music)

  • Well, hey, welcome to this English lesson

  • about job vocabulary and English phrases you can use

  • when you are looking for a job or when you have a job.

  • Before we get started, though,

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  • just a little bit more English.

  • So let's start at the very beginning.

  • Let's say you don't have a job.

  • There are three ways

  • that I can think of to describe not having a job.

  • The general term in English is to say

  • that you are unemployed.

  • When you don't have a job, we just say you are unemployed.

  • You are looking for work.

  • You also could describe it as being laid off.

  • In English, when someone is laid off,

  • it means that they had a job, but they were let go, okay?

  • So it means in the past they were working,

  • and their job laid them off,

  • and now they are laid off.

  • So they're not working because they have lost their job,

  • and the third reason you might not be working is

  • because you just finished school,

  • and that's how you would describe it.

  • You would say I'm looking for a job

  • because I just finished school,

  • and the two ways that you would describe

  • that you are looking for a job are to say

  • I'm looking for a job or I'm looking for work.

  • Those are both very common ways to describe

  • that you want a job and that you are looking for a job.

  • I'm looking for a job, or I'm looking for work.

  • So where do you look if you are looking for a job?

  • Well, you can look in the newspaper.

  • There is a section of the newspaper

  • where job postings are listed,

  • small advertisements saying

  • that different companies or businesses are hiring.

  • You could look online, as well.

  • Certain websites specialize in posting different positions

  • at different jobs.

  • So notice you will be looking for an ad for a job

  • or a posting for a job from a company or business.

  • You might also just want to drive around your local town

  • or your local neighborhood.

  • Often, businesses will put a sign

  • in the window saying we're hiring.

  • When a business has a sign that says we're hiring,

  • it means you can just walk in and ask

  • about the position that they are hiring for.

  • Sometimes you even see these signs

  • on the back of large trucks

  • when you're driving down the highway.

  • You will see the name of the company, and underneath,

  • it will say we're hiring,

  • and then there's usually a phone number that you can call.

  • So what do you do if you find a place that is hiring?

  • Well, you need to apply for the job.

  • In English, when you know that a business

  • or company is hiring, we say that you apply for the job,

  • but how do you apply?

  • Usually, what you would do is you would drop off a resume.

  • In your language, you might call it a CV.

  • I think the correct word is curriculum vitae,

  • but I might have it wrong.

  • I'll put the real words there,

  • but in English, we call it a resume.

  • A resume is a description of your education,

  • your previous work experience,

  • and maybe something about yourself, as well.

  • A cover letter simply describes

  • why you are interested in working for that company.

  • So you would drop off a resume and a cover letter,

  • and then you would wait to hear back.

  • This is an English phrase that we only really use

  • in relation to work sometimes.

  • When you drop off a resume, you want them to phone you.

  • You want them to call you.

  • So we say that you're waiting to hear back.

  • Hopefully, they do call you, and if they do,

  • they might be interested in having you come in

  • for an interview.

  • If they want to have an interview with you,

  • they will set up a time and a date, and you will go in,

  • and you will have a job interview.

  • By the way, if you are wondering

  • what kinds of questions they might ask,

  • I do have a video about job interview questions.

  • I'll put a link up there,

  • and you can watch that maybe after this video,

  • but if a company or business is interested in you

  • after they have read your cover letter and resume,

  • they might give you a call,

  • and they might say would you like to come in

  • for an interview?

  • This is a good sign.

  • You'll want to do really well in the interview,

  • but the fact that they read your cover letter and resume

  • and they're interested in talking to you is a good sign.

  • It doesn't mean that you got the job,

  • but it means that you've made it to the next step.

  • After the interview, you will also wait to hear back.

  • So again, the phrase to hear back means

  • that you are hoping that they will give you a phone call,

  • or you are hoping that they will email you

  • because what you want to hear them say is

  • that you got the job.

  • If they call you back or if they send you an email,

  • they will either tell you if you got the job

  • or if you didn't get the job.

  • The phrase in English I got the job is

  • something very, very exciting to be able to say.

  • If you go through the process of applying for a job

  • and then they call you and you get the job,

  • you will probably want to tell all of your family

  • and friends I got the job.

  • Once you tell your family and friends you got the job,

  • you will also be able to describe yourself

  • as having been hired.

  • You could say that this company hired me

  • or I have been hired by this company.

  • So the English word hire is the process

  • whereby a company takes you on as an employee

  • and starts to pay you.

  • It's really, really exciting to get a job

  • and to be hired by a company.

  • When you start at that company,

  • they might want you to sign a contract.

  • Not all jobs have contracts, but depending on the job,

  • you might need to sign a contract,

  • and then you are awesomely employed,

  • and you are an employee.

  • When the business calls you back and tells you

  • you got the job, they will also tell you

  • when your first day of work will be,

  • and this will be a common question

  • that people will ask you after you get a job.

  • They'll say when's your first day of work?

  • What day do you start?

  • When's your first day?

  • All of those are common phrases that you will hear

  • after you got a job.

  • When you do go in for your first day of work,

  • there's a couple of things you'll need to know.

  • You might be called the new guy or the new girl

  • by your new colleagues

  • for the first couple of days or weeks.

  • They might just refer to you as the new guy.

  • You will also probably be a trainee.

  • When you work at a place for the first time,

  • you are trained to do the job,

  • and the name of the person

  • who is doing the training is the trainer,

  • and the person who is learning to do the job,

  • which would be you, would be the trainee.

  • So you will be a trainee for a while.

  • They might call you new guy or new girl.

  • They might also call you a rookie.

  • This is a sports term.

  • Someone who starts

  • on an athletic team or a sports team is called a rookie,

  • but in the workplace, as well,

  • they might call you a rookie for the first little while.

  • We actually have someone at work who has been at work

  • for over a year, and we still call him the rookie.

  • It's kind of a way, I guess it's bugging them a little bit.

  • Maybe it's not super nice.

  • We should stop calling him the rookie, I think.

  • Anyways, when you are at a job, as well,

  • when you start a job, you might have a mentor.

  • So a trainer trains you how to do things.

  • A mentor is similar.

  • It's someone who you can go to and ask questions

  • if you don't know how to do certain things at that job.

  • So it might be your first day of work.

  • They might call you the new guy or new girl.

  • You might be a trainee for a while.

  • You will probably eventually not need anyone to train you,

  • and you will be able to do the job really, really well.

  • So you didn't have a job.

  • You saw an ad.

  • You applied for the job.

  • You got the job.

  • You were a trainee for a while,

  • and now you are just working every day as a normal employee.

  • Congratulations, you will either do this

  • for a short period of time and then find another job,

  • or you'll do it for a long period of time.

  • Maybe you'll make it your career, and then eventually,

  • you will retire.

  • So let's talk about how do you quit a job.

  • There are a lot of ways that you can quit a job.

  • The most polite way to quit a job is to give your boss

  • or to give your place of employment two weeks notice.

  • So if you know that you are going to quit your job,

  • it is polite and considered kind to let your employer know

  • that in two weeks you are going to quit your job.

  • Some people don't do this, though.

  • So that's the right way to do it.

  • Some people don't do this, though.

  • Some people just get angry at work,

  • and they literally say that's it.

  • I quit, and they go and find their manager or their boss,

  • and they simply say I quit.

  • They might even say I'm outta here.

  • So that would be the less polite way.

  • The less polite way to quit your job is to simply,

  • let's say you were at a fast food restaurant.

  • You just take off your apron,

  • and you go find your boss, and you say I quit.

  • I'm outta here.

  • I prefer the two weeks notice.

  • That is a much kinder way to do it,

  • but there are a few ways

  • that you can quit your job in English.

  • The last way you might quit your job is

  • that you might retire.

  • When you get to a certain age,

  • you decide that you don't need to work anymore.

  • You will maybe get a pension from your company

  • if you retire or a pension from the government,

  • and you can just go home as an older person

  • and relax instead of going to work.

  • If you retire, you usually tell your boss well in advance.

  • You usually tell them a year ahead or half a year ahead.

  • You would say next year, come January,

  • I think I would like to retire,

  • and your boss will probably say that's awesome.

  • I hope you have a great retirement,

  • and if your place of employment really, really liked you,

  • they will probably throw you a retirement party.

  • That's a party that you give when someone has worked

  • for a long time at a company or business,

  • and they've decided to retire.

  • I hope all of you someday,

  • when you retire from whatever jobs you do or end up doing,

  • I hope all of you are well respected

  • and have huge retirement parties.

  • Of course, one of the other things that can happen is

  • that you lose your job.

  • In English, if we say that you lose your job

  • or if you are laid off, it means one day the boss comes

  • and talks to you and says we don't need you anymore.

  • We are going to lay you off.

  • So in English, when you are let go or laid off,

  • it usually means they didn't need you anymore at work.

  • Maybe business isn't good, and the boss has decided

  • that they need to have less employees,

  • and so they will let you go, or they will lay you off.

  • However, if you do something bad at work,

  • if you are constantly breaking things or arguing

  • or fighting with your coworkers or colleagues,

  • you might just get fired.

  • When you get fired, it means

  • that the company's probably still doing okay financially,

  • but you are not a good fit for the company.

  • So the boss will come to you and say clean out your desk.

  • This is your last day,

  • or the boss might just come to you and say,

  • at five o'clock at the end of a workday, just say look,

  • don't bother coming back tomorrow.

  • We are letting you go because of bad behavior

  • or because you just aren't a good employee for us.

  • So sometimes you decide to quit a job,

  • but sometimes, you get laid off.

  • Sometimes you get let go,

  • and hopefully, this doesn't happen to any of you.

  • Sometimes, you just get fired.

  • So before we end this lesson, I have a great question

  • for you, and I would love it if you could answer it

  • in the comments below.

  • Oftentimes, we ask each other in English,

  • if you won the lottery, would you quit your job?

  • I'm sure you ask this question in your own language,

  • as well, so I want to ask you this question.

  • If you won the lottery,

  • and if it was a substantial amount of money,

  • would you quit your job, and if you did quit your job,

  • would you give your boss two weeks notice,

  • or would you simply go to work the next day

  • and say I won the lottery.

  • I quit.

  • I'm outta here.

  • Anyways, Bob the Canadian here.

  • Thank you so much for watching this lesson.

  • If it helped you learn a little bit of English,

  • please click that red subscribe button over there

  • and give me a thumbs up,

  • and if you have a little bit more time,

  • why don't you stick around and watch another video?

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Hi, Bob the Canadian here.

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