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Episode 10

 

Sarah starts her first day on the job and is shown around the office by Philip and Marcia.

Preparation

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Do the vocabulary activity below before you watch.

Exercise

Task

Comprehension Task

Watch the video. Then decide if the sentences below are true or false.

Exercise

Task 2

Business Notes

In the final video Sarah starts her first day at WebWare and Philip and Marcia show her around the office. Sarah is surprised to find that she doesn’t have to hot desk. Hot desking is the practice of using any available desk at work, instead of having a desk assigned to you and is quite common in UK companies. It is often associated with flexible working and work-life balance, two buzz words in corporate life these days.

Flexible working is a phrase that describes any working pattern adapted to suit the needs of the employee.

Common types of flexible working are:

part-time: working less than the normal hours, perhaps by working fewer days per week

flexi-time: choosing when to work (there's usually a core period during which you have to work)

compressed hours: working your agreed hours over fewer days

staggered hours: different starting, break and finishing times for employees in the same workplace

job sharing: sharing a job designed for one person with someone else

home working: working from home

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Comments

medotanjawi's picture
Submitted by medotanjawi on 10 October, 2012 - 12:45. Morocco

I like it :p

teologova's picture
Submitted by teologova on 5 October, 2012 - 12:45. Bulgaria

This video was very helpful for me, especially the vocabulary, in particular: hot desk, staggered hours, open plan etc.

Edgarcihk's picture
Submitted by Edgarcihk on 4 October, 2012 - 15:39. Armenia

Hi here) thanks for lesson, it was for me so useful

giuseppe23's picture
Submitted by giuseppe23 on 4 October, 2012 - 15:34. Italy

With this series, British Council has given us a good example of how to approach to job interview. Sarah was very professional and positive, self confident and enthusiastic, all characteristics that firms seek in a candidate.
Thanks a lot and best of luck to all job seeker!
Giuseppe 

ALGHAZZAWI's picture
Submitted by ALGHAZZAWI on 3 October, 2012 - 23:38. Jordan

It's Amazing :-) 
 

szjordan's picture
Submitted by szjordan on 4 October, 2012 - 13:13. China

 yes,I like it.

sugarhoney's picture
Submitted by sugarhoney on 27 September, 2012 - 09:38. Malaysia

Hi,
1)What does this means "So you don’t hot desk here?"
2)"Some people bring it in". Does this phrase means they bring packed lunch?

amona libya's picture
Submitted by amona libya on 18 September, 2012 - 18:28. Libya

Thank you for help and Arjuomenm clarify lessons Aktar in the way of writing correctly for Aúnini of suffer from this problem, especially by writing and writing a story and thanked.

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Submitted by Susana Castaneda on 10 September, 2012 - 23:42. Peru

Wow!!! Really helpful :) Greetings from Peru.

trantieusao's picture
Submitted by trantieusao on 2 August, 2012 - 14:20. Vietnam

hello everyone, i think to improve for english, you should speak english more and more to develop skill speak english,thanks