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English ESL Conversation Questions - Jobs / Professions - The Happy Maple Language Co

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These free English / ESL conversation questions about the jobs / professions gets students discussing work, desirable jobs, pay, and more!

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Conversation Questions Jobs & Occupations

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A list of questions you can use to generate conversations in the ESL/EFL classroom.

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STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)

(1)

What kind of jobs have you had (part-time and full-time)?

(2)

Are there many good job vacancies for you in your country?

(4)

What jobs do you do at home?

(5)

Are there jobs that are only for women or only for men?

(6)

How many jobs do you think you'll have in your life?

(7)

Are there any jobs you would refuse to do, regardless of the pay?

(8)

Is being a rock star or sports star a job?

(9)

What do you think the job of being an English teacher is like?

(10)

Who has the best job in the world? Why do you think so?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)

(1)

Do you often check the jobs ads in newspapers or on the Internet?

(2)

What kinds of jobs interest you most and least?

(3)

Is the job market in your country growing?

(4)

What are the toughest jobs in the world?

(5)

Is being a housewife a job? Should women get paid for this?

(6)

Do you like job hunting applying for jobs?

(7)

What is the job description of your last job?

(8)

Does everyone have equal job opportunities in your country?

(9)

What's the best way to pass job interviews?

(10)

What is the best way to quit a job?

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STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.) (1) What kind of jobs have you had (part-time and full-time)? (2) Are there many good job vacancies for you in your country? (4) What jobs do you do at home? (5) Are there jobs that are only for women or only for men?

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Find the latest coverage of world news, U.S. news, politics, entertainment news and more. Newzit is a news search engine aggregating news from a variety of credible and trusted media sources from around the world.

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Amazon, the giant e-commerce company, has 1.5 million employees around the world. It recently announced that it will cut 18,000 jobs but did not say in which countries.

It seems that most of the job cuts will be in the human resources division and consumer retail division.

Andy Jassy, a boss at Amazon, said that the company hired too many people too quickly over the last few years.

According to one Amazon worker, the employees are not allowed to talk about the job cuts, not even at work.

Business boomed for Amazon during the COVID-19 pandemic because many people stayed home and shopped online. However, the company's sales have been decreasing.

Neil Saunders, an analyst, says that Amazon had hired 743,000 new people since 2019. He thinks that Amazon didn't understand the pandemic situation correctly.

Other big tech companies like Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), and Salesforce also announced big job cuts.

Meta wants to cut 13% of its employees, which is about 11,000 people.

In addition to cutting employees, Amazon will also cut projects like Echo (also called Alexa) and delivery robots. These services do not currently earn money for Amazon.

People say that in Silicon Valley, companies sometimes hire and pay good workers a lot of money, even if they do not need them right away. This is to prevent those workers from going to work for competitors. However, this practice is no longer possible for large tech companies.

Amazon employees that will be cut will be told by 18 January.

Vocabulary

E-commerce - online shopping; buying and selling goods or services over the internet

Employee - a person who is paid to work for a company or organization

Announce - share information openly; to tell the public; to make a statement; to report

Cut - to reduce the amount or number of something; to let go; to fire

Human resources - the department in a company that is responsible for hiring, training, and managing employees

Division - a major section of an organization or company; department; branch; sector

Consumer - customer; user; shopper

Retail - the business of selling goods or services directly to customers, rather than to businesses

According to - as 'someone' said; as stated by 'someone'; in the opinion of 'someone'

Allow - permit; let; to give permission; OK

Boom - a sudden increase or growth; a quick and large increase in sales

Pandemic - when a disease or sickness goes all over the country or world

Analyst - a person who studies and evaluates information or data to understand a situation or problem

Hire - to pay someone to do a job; to employ; to give someone a job; to take a person into a company

Tech - technology

In addition - furthermore; additionally; plus; moreover; also

Delivery - the act or process of bringing goods, letters, etc., to a place or person; transport

Earn - to get something (usually money) because you worked, sold something, or helped someone; receive

Prevent - to stop; to keep from happening; to put an end to

Competitor - challenger; opponent; rival; enemy; opposition

Practice - policy; procedure; method; routine; way of doing something

Quiz

Discussion Questions

Why have Amazon and other large tech companies decided to cut employees? Do you know any other businesses that are also cutting employees?

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Amazon's sales, and why did the company hire 743,000 new people since 2019?

Why is the practice of hiring and paying good workers even if they are not immediately needed no longer possible for large tech companies? What's your opinion of this practice?

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Amazon, the giant e-commerce company, has 1.5 million employees around the world. It recently announced that it will cut 18,000 jobs but did not say in which countries. It seems that most of the job cuts will be in the human resources division and consumer retail division.

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