Business vocabulary in use

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What sort of work do you do? I’m into Education/ IT
I’m self employed / a businessman / an entre
I'm
I's my
in charge of public relations/ the costumes/
regulation and automation of information exchange
within this new system
responsible for dealing with any complaints our
guests have
Responsible for the quality of our products to the
end user
Responsible for administration and managing content
It's my responsibility to ensure the project finishes
on time
I have responsibility for collecting up the books after
the class

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I work as a part-timer / freelancer
I work part-time here for 30 hours a week

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Rebecca lives in London and works in public relations. She leaves home for work at 7.30 am. She
The traffic is often bad and she worries about getting (2) to work late, but she usually arrives
(3) at work at around 9.
She finishes work quite late, at about 8.
'Luckily, I’m never ill,’ she says. ‘I could never take time (4) off work.’
She loves what she does and is glad to be (5) in work.
Some of her friends are not so lucky: they are (6) out of work.

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Personal assistant needed
for busy office, 9 am to
5.30 pm. (work)
— full-time work
5
Salesman required for showroom –
good prospects for right
person. (work)
— permanent work
3
Experienced barman wanted, 8 pm
until midnight. (work)
— part-time work
6
Lawyer wanted for law firm – long hours,
4 weeks holiday per year. (job)
— a permanent job
4
Teacher needed for summer course,
1 to 31 August. (job)
— a temporary job