Business English podcast: describing your job and responsabilities. In this week’s episode of Business English Impulse, Annie and Clare discuss how to describe your job and responsabilities in a networking, interview or job-related setting. Have a listen, turn on the subtitles if needed and then go through the language used in today’s post below. If you like the podcast, please give us a like and share it with someone who also may benefit.
WAYS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DO AT WORK
How to be more specific
- My responsabilities are…
- to keep financial records
- to look after budgeting and planning for the future
- I deal with…
- financial paperwork
- customer inquiries and help resolve complaints
- I look after…
- the company’s taxes and make sure they are paid on time.
- our team’s morale and organize team-building activities.
- My job consists of…
- guarenteeing that goods arrive at their destination on time.
- ensuring that all my students are developing at an adequate rate.
- I have to
- speak with any visitors that wlk through the door and pass them on to the right person.
- answer any inquires by phone or email that our customs may have.
- My job/role involves…
- supporting department managers.
- traveling 5 times a year.
Ways to sound more collaborative
- I participate in…
- designing effective promotional campaigns for outside agencies.
- trainings for new staff.
- I help…
- organize any events that take place in or outside our company.
- issue visitor passes and organize meeting rooms
How to show more authority
- I’m responsible for…
- preparing monthly reports and analyzing budgets
- assuring that goods are transported to and from our factories and warehouses in an efficient way.
WAYS TO TALK ABOUT JOB SATISFACTION
Expressing what you enjoy
- I thrive on…
- I absolutely thrive on solving complex problems
- I thrive on building long-term customer relationships
- I love being to…
- see my staff’s performance improving
- connect with other agencies and promote our products
- I (would) find … very interesting… because…
- I would find data collection very interesting because I enjoy working with numbers.
- I find interviewing potential employees very interesting because I get to know everyone who works here.
- I am/would be so interested in… because…
- I am so interested in evaluating staff performace.
- I would be very interested in meeting the board members.
Expressing what you do not enjoy
- Im not as interested in…
- routine administration because I thrive on finding solutions for complex customer issues.
- data analysis but I love designing all the online content.
WEEKLY CHALLENGE
Complete these three statements and try to use at least one of them this week at work or outside of work. Let us know how it went in the comments section of the video.
- My job involves…
- I’m responsible for…
- I thrive on…
ENGLISH IMPULSE
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