Valley Talking about job

Valley
Talking about job
In the following guide, I want
to show you what to say and
how to say it when talking
about your job.
You may be required to talk about your job at a party or a social event. But you may also have to talk about your job if you are changing from one company to another and having interviews.
In any situation, if you are working you should be able to express yourself in English when talking about your job.
In a social setting — at a party or over dinner — someone may ask you about your job.
They could use one of the following questions:
What do you do?
What line of work are you in?
What do you do for a living?
What is your job?
All of these questions mean the same thing — what is your job?
The first question is probably the most universal question that people ask when talking about work and jobs.
Let’s look at how to answer these questions and provide more information about your job.
So what to say?
Well, you just say the name of your job.
I’m a teacher
I’m an engineer
I’m a website designer
I’m a bus driver
I’m a project manager
I’m a farmer
Whatever your job is, you just say the name of it as in the examples above.
Another way you could answer the question — what do you do? — is to say the kind of place where you work.
This may not tell the other person what your job is, but they can get a clearer picture of what kind of work you are in.
I work for a community college
I work for an online English company
I work for a training company
I work for the local council
I work for myself
So if I were to say the first answer — I work for a community college — the other person might think I am a teacher, or maybe an assistant, or doing some administration work in the college.
But they would understand that I am working in a place of education.
If I said I work for the local council, they would realise that I am a government employee — but I could have any kind of job.
And finally, if I said I work for myself, then they would know I am self-employed and don’t work in a company or for anyone else. I am independent.
With this phrase, you can talk about two different things about your work.
The fields of work you are in
The department in your company you work in
So if you were talking about the field of work you are in, you could say one of the following:
I work in advertising
I work in sales
I work in agriculture
I work in the fashion industry
I work in the tech industry
But you can also use this phrase to talk about the department where you work:
I work in the sales department in a car company
I work in the marketing department of a cosmetics company
I work in the design department of a sports company
When using the phrase this way, you usually have to say what type of company it is.
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