Business Result Pre-Intermediate Unit 5
Choose one of the jobs below without telling your partner which one. Ask them five to ten questions about their experience and qualifications. When you have finished your questions, your partner should guess which job you were pretending to interview them for.
CEO/ Managing Director
(Door to door) salesman (= Sales executive)
Executive (= Director = Top manager)
Middle manager
HR manager (= Personnel manager)
Accountant
Factory worker
Factory supervisor
Secretary/ PA
Solicitor/ barrister/ attorney/ lawyer
Cleaner
Receptionist
Security guard
Programmer
Shop assistant
Air hostess (= air stewardess, flight attendant or cabin crew)
Businessman/ Entrepreneur
Consultant
Office worker/ Clerk
Door man/ Concierge
Handyman/ Janitor (= Caretaker)
Trader
Banker
Bank clerk
Politician
Civil servant (= Public servant)
Teacher
Corporate trainer
Lecturer/ Professor
Researcher
Technician
Service engineer
Mechanic
Lab assistant
Estate agent (= Real estate agent)
Translator/ Interpreter
Editor/ Sub-editor
Cycle courier/ Motorcycle courier
Travel agent
Cashier
Check in clerk
What’s the difference between the following words and expressions?
Manager and executive/ top manager/ director
Office worker and businessman
Secretary and PA
Lecturer and professor
Bank clerk, bank employee and banker
Staff and employees
Sales executive and executive
Personal and personnel
Part-time and temporary/ casual
Freshman and new recruit
What is wrong with the following expressions?
Guardman
Casher
Submanager
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