Articles from encyclopedias in English. How to properly talk about your work in English. Hiring or employing people

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arXiv.org e-Print archive. Project of Cornell University (USA). Archive of articles on mathematics, physics, computer science, statistics, finance. Search by thematic sections. Language English.

CogPrints. Archive of materials on philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, computer science, mathematics. Search by thematic sections. Language English.

Department of Economics & Business. Repository of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Pompeu Fabra (Spain). About 800 working papers. Section: Research, working documents. Language Spanish, English.

DOAJ. (Directory of Open Access Journals). Scientific journals with full text of articles on chemistry, physics, mathematics, economics and business, philosophy, law, engineering and technology. There are 337 journals on economics and business. Language English, French, German.

EBSLG. European University and Business School Libraries Project. Working papers on economics and business. Part is freely available.

Economists Online. Bibliographical references to documents, many of which open the full texts. Language English, German, French, Spanish.

EconPapers. Working papers, journal articles, book chapters. Some documents are freely available. Language English.

Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (Germany). Project of the University Libraries of Regensburg and Munich. Scientific full-text journals in all fields of knowledge, about 1,500 titles in total. Access to some magazines is free. Language English, German.

FINDARTICLES. CBS Interactive Business Center Library BNET.com. Articles from magazines in sections: business and finance, education, computer technology, society. Language English.

Fisher College, Department of Finance. College of Economics, Ohio University (USA). Archive of financial preprints since 2006. Language English.

Global Price and Income History Group. Project on the economic history of foreign countries (Middle Ages - mid-20th century). Language English.

IDEAS. University of Connecticut (USA). Bibliographic database on economic sciences. Contains links to full-text materials: articles, working documents, book chapters. Some of them are freely available. Language English.

Institute for Social & Economic Research. University of Essex (England). Institute for Social and Economic Research. About 200 working papers. Language English.

Institutet f?r N?ringslivsforskning . Economic Research Institute (Sweden). Publications. Language English.

International Data Base. Statistics on the population of countries of the world since 1951 (demographic and socio-economic indicators). Dictionary. Language English.

Internet Public Library. Internet library of the University of Michigan (USA). Publications on various industries, including economics. Language English.

IZA. Institute for Labor Studies (Germany). Working papers since 1998. Language, German, English.

LogEc. Erasmus Management Research Institute (Holland). Collection of working papers on management and economics. Language English.

National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers. National Bureau of Economic Research in Massachusetts (USA). Working documents. Language English.

Online Books Page. More than 15 thousand full-text books and other publications from the University of Pennsylvania (USA) server. Search by author, title and keywords. Material on topics: economics and law, economic theory, economic history. Language English.

Online Text and Notes in Statistics for Economists. University of Bristol (England). In the online section educational materials Full-text versions are presented for various levels of education and specializations in economics. Language English.

PERI. Research Institute of Political Economy of the University of Massachusetts (USA). Working materials, books, articles. Language English.

RePEc. Reports, articles and preprints on economics. Open database of electronic publications. Language English.

Scientific Commons. Search for scientific information on various topics that is freely available. Language German, English.

SSRN. Social Science Electronic Publishing. Full-text works are freely available on economic theory, accounting, finance, computer science, law, management, marketing, insurance.

Technical Reports and Working Papers in Business and Economics: Library of Congress (USA). Working papers and technological reports in business, economics and law. Language English.

The Federal Reserve Board. Federal Reserve System (USA). Working papers on international finance since 1991. Language English.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies. Institute for Fiscal Studies (UK). Working documents. Language English.

The law school. University of Chicago (USA). Working papers on law and economics. Language English.

The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. Section: Publications. Articles and working materials (1987-2009) on economics, business and finance.

Tinbergen Institute (Holland). Working papers on economics since 2001. Language English.

Universitat Zurich. The Institute for Empirical Research in Economics Working Papers (Switzerland). Section: Publications. Language German, English.

University of California eScholarship Repository. Database from the University of California (USA). Journals, books, conference materials, working papers on various sciences are freely available.

University of Oxford. About 800 working papers on economics. Language English.

University of Pennsylvania (USA). Economics Working Papers. Language English.

Vlerick Leuven Gent. Working papers from Vlerick Leuven Gent Business School (Belgium) since 2001. Language English.

Search engines

Search engine. Search for monographs on all branches of knowledge in Russian and foreign languages.

Google Patents. Special search engine for patents. There are over 7 million in the database full texts documents.

SciNet - Science search. Scientific search engine and catalog of scientific resources.

Guides

SciGuide. Project of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. A guide to foreign open access scientific resources.

My weekday starts at 6.30 in the morning when my alarm-clock rings. I am not an early bird, so it takes me a couple of minutes before I get out of my bed, especially in winter. I leave home early, at 8.00 to avoid the rush-hour traffic as I start my work at 9 o’clock.

I work in an office as a secretary for a big building corporation. It’s a Russian well-established company. I found this job 4 years ago through an employment agency.

The office is in the center of the city. I usually get there by bus. I spend most of the time working at the computer. My usual duties are typing documents, preparing them for our managing director, answering phone calls and arranging business appointments. I am also responsible for giving new correspondence and fresh newspapers to the managing director, sending faxes or e-mails. Sometimes I translate letters from English into Russian. I am in charge of greeting visitors and offering them tea or coffee too. It is also my duty to arrange travel and hotel accommodation for the boss’s convenient business trips.

We have lunch at 1 o’clock and I usually go to a café which is located in the next building. If I am not too busy I can have one or two short coffee-breaks during the day. I work full-time from Monday to Friday, so I am in my office until 5 p.m. At the end of every day I get new tasks and take notes for the next day from the managing director and ask him some possible questions.

I can’t say that my job is very interesting, sometimes it’s monotonous or stressful but I like meeting a lot of new people there, learning new ideas and communicating. I think that to apply for my job one needs good communication skills, the ability to work in a team under pressure and handle difficult situations without any assistance. I understand that my job is not prestigious and I have to climb the career ladder, that is why I am the third-year student at the university now and I am going to graduate from it in two years and become an accountant.

Translation

My weekday starts at 6:30 am when my alarm clock starts ringing. I'm not an early bird at all, so it takes me a couple more minutes to get out of bed, especially in winter. I leave home early, at 8 o’clock, in order to avoid traffic jams during rush hour, since I start working at 9 o’clock.

I work in an office as a secretary for a large construction corporation. This Russian company with a good reputation. I found this job 4 years ago through an employment agency.

The office is located in the city center. I usually get there by bus. I spend most of the day working at the computer. My regular duties include printing documents, preparing them for the CEO, answering phones and organizing business meetings. I am also responsible for providing new correspondence and newspapers to my boss, sending faxes and emails. Sometimes I translate letters from English into Russian. In addition, I am responsible for greeting visitors and offering them tea or coffee. I am also responsible for organizing travel and organizing the hotel for the convenience of business trips for the general director.

Our lunch starts at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, I usually go to the cafe located in the next building. If I'm not too busy, I can take one or two short coffee breaks throughout the day. I work full time from Monday to Friday, so I am in the office until 5 pm. At the end of each day I receive new assignments and take notes for the next day from the CEO and ask him any questions I may have.

I can’t say that my work is very interesting, sometimes it is monotonous or full of stress, but I like to meet new people, learn something new and communicate. I think that to apply for my position, a person needs to have good communication skills, the ability to work in a team under pressure and handle difficult situations without anyone's help. I understand that my position is not prestigious, and I should climb the career ladder, so now I am a third-year university student, and in two years I will graduate and become an accountant.

Reading is for our mind what working out in the gym is for our body. In this article we will give you links to 7 sites with texts to read on English. Try to “pump up” your brain!

1. English as a Second Language

This site is suitable for beginners with level and. All texts are short, they use simple words and elementary grammar - three tenses of the Simple group. Try to read at least 2-3 texts daily, it will only take 5-10 minutes.

The themes of the texts are different, often they are small jokes. All words are selected in such a way that the student not only reads texts in English, but also expands his vocabulary. So, you can learn the first phrasal verbs, frequently used words and expressions.

Feature of this resource: Each text is accompanied by an audio recording. The speaker speaks clearly and slowly, which is exactly what beginners need to learn to understand English by ear.

2. English Online

This resource was created specifically for English language learners with a level and above. The texts are not very long, but they are full of useful expressions and words.

Articles on various topics are adapted specifically for students: the most commonly used vocabulary and simple grammatical structures are used. On at the moment Several hundred texts on various topics are available for reading on the site. They are all quite interesting, so this resource contains the optimal proportion of education and entertainment.

Feature of this resource: In all articles you will see words in bold. This is the vocabulary you are asked to learn. After the text of the article you will find English-English dictionary with these words. Thus, the site performs an important function - you can learn new vocabulary on it in context.

3. Short Stories

And this site is suitable for all lovers fiction. There are no adapted texts or dictionaries here, only stories by English-speaking authors in their unaltered form.

The site presents 8 popular genres: children's literature, detective, fantasy, horror, humor, documentary, novel, science fiction. If you are at the Pre-Intermediate level, try starting to read children's stories. In these texts the characters speak quite in simple words, and at the same time their speech is lively, unadapted. You can try reading any stories at a level; it’s better to start with short texts in your favorite genre.

Feature of this resource: the variety of genres of stories on this site will not allow even the most demanding reader to get bored. Additionally, you can sort stories by length. To do this, select any of the genres you are interested in and click on the All stories button. In the tab that opens, you can select stories from 1-2 to 30+ pages in length. This is quite convenient: you can select your text depending on the availability of free time.

4. Breaking News English

The site is suitable for students from Elementary to , who want to stay informed latest news and improve your English. News is sorted by date - from the most recent to the oldest. Sources are indicated for each - if interested, you can read them in the relevant media and compare the presentation of information.

For all news there are reading, listening, vocabulary and a letter.

Feature of this resource: the same news is adapted to several levels - look at what words and grammatical structures the same information can be conveyed.

5. Infosquares

This site contains only a few dozen texts, but it is worthy of your attention. The resource is suitable for students with an Intermediate level and above.

The resource differs from previous sites in that your task is now not just to read the text and understand the main idea, but to grasp even the smallest details. On the tab with any article you will find not only a link to the text itself, but also a test to test your reading comprehension. Therefore, we advise everyone who is preparing for an English language exam to pay attention to this resource, because you can “rehearse” the Reading section on this resource.

Feature of this resource: The main purpose of this site is to check how well you understand the text. Therefore, we recommend studying on this site about once a month, and reading other articles the rest of the time. This way you will see how quickly your English reading skill is developing and how attentive you are when reading.

6. Study Zone

This site is similar to the previous one: the small amount of materials is more than compensated by the presence of various exercises that test understanding of the text. Here you can study at the Pre-Intermediate level and above.

Feature of this resource: Of course, the main advantage of this site is the availability of exercises for understanding and memorizing the text. In addition, we must pay tribute to the authors of the site - they have collected for you most interesting stories and presented the information in a convenient way.

7. Dreamreader

This resource will be of interest to those who like to read various educational and entertaining articles on the Internet. The site is suitable for students at the Elementary level and above.

Most of the texts on this site are presented in the Fun English and Academic English sections. The beauty of the articles is that they are written in simple but lively language. And the topics discussed in the articles are relevant and cover a wide variety of aspects of life: from body language to fast food, from UFOs to “cat” idioms. Each text comes with a series of questions to help you check how well you understood what you read.

Feature of this resource: the site is a 2 in 1 tool. You can not only read the article, but also listen to it. Moreover, the audio recording is suitable even for those who have difficulty understanding English speech by ear. The speaker speaks clearly and quite slowly, so you can practice your listening skills, and the text will become your assistant in this matter.

There are many more sites on the Internet with texts in English. However, we have recommended the most informative and useful ones for you to study. Read with pleasure, and let English become your best entertainment, an activity that gives you pleasure.

Finding a new job can be quite a tedious task. How many vacancies ( job openings), different companies, interesting offers - I want to try everything at once. But before starting work, you will most likely have to undergo an interview ( an interview). Although no. First of all, you need to write a resume and don’t forget to write a cover letter for it.

We talked about how to write a resume in English in our articles “” and “”.

Oh cover letter a lot was said in the article “”.

Our teacher Alexey prepared our readers for interviews in English with the help of the article “”. Here you will find general recommendations on interviewing, an approximate list of questions that are often asked during an interview.

So, at any interview you will definitely be asked about your current (last) place of work. There is nothing difficult about talking about your work in Russian. But how can you talk about your work in English? Even if you are not going to a job interview, in a conversation with a stranger you can somehow touch on the issue of profession and work. Therefore, I would like to provide you with a certain set of cliches, set phrases that are used to talk about your work.

Position - position

Let's see how the teacher Rebecca talks about work. Don't forget to write down all the interesting phrases for yourself.

A job description begins with the title of the position you hold or have held. Shall we begin?

Bill was the president. – Bill was president.

I used to be in charge of the HR team. – I was the head of the recruitment team.

She is the head of the managers’ department. – She is the head of the management department.

Tasks - tasks

Job responsibilities ( responsibilities), as well as performing tasks related to responsibilities, is what interests a potential employer in the first place. Therefore, try to briefly and to the point indicate your main functions at the place of work.

My main task is to take bookings over the phone. – My main task is to take orders by phone.

She handles customer complaints. – She resolves cases with customer complaints.

I had to establish and adjust selling prices. – I had to set and regulate prices.

Time - time

After mentioning the place of work, they usually talk about how long the person has been working in this place. Suggestions will help you:

I worked there for 4 years between 2003 and 2007. – I worked there for 4 years, from 2003 to 2007.

She has been working at the company for 5 years. – She has been working for the company for 5 years.

Bob left that place after just four weeks. – Bob left there after 4 weeks.

If you no longer work there, then you need to use time Past Simple. If you are you still working somewhere, then take the offer to Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.

Hiring or employing people

Besides verbs to hire(hire) and to employ(provide work), there are a couple more phrases that will help talk about getting hired. By the way, an employer(employer) - a person who hires someone, and an employee(emphasis on the last syllable / ɪmˈplɔɪiː/) is the employee/person who was hired.

They took me about five months ago. – They hired me about 5 months ago.

A new salesperson has been appointed. - They appointed a new salesman.

She was contracted for the post of a PR manager. “They signed a contract with her for the position of PR manager.

Travel – how to get to work

Perhaps they will ask questions related to the road to work ( commuting). The most simple phrases, which are known from the level Elementary, will help answer such questions.

I get to work by bus. / I go to work by bus. – I get to work by bus.

The journey takes about an hour. – The trip takes about an hour.

She gets in early to avoid the rush hour traffic. She arrives early to avoid rush hour traffic.

Firing or telling people to leave – dismissal from work

The longest list of words can probably be found when describing dismissal or termination of employment. Here are the most frequently used phrases:

to get the sack- be fired;
to be fired– to be fired (informal option);
to give somebody a boot– fire someone (informal option);
to get a boot- be fired;
to be made redundant- get laid off;
to be laid off– to be dismissed due to reduction (informal option);
to give up work in order to study– quit your job to study;
to take maternity (woman) or paternity (man) leave- go on maternity leave;
to be on maternity (woman) or paternity (man) leave- be on maternity leave;
to be on sick leave- be on sick leave;
to take sick leave- go on sick leave;
to throw a sickie– pretend to be sick so as not to go to work (school);
to take early retirement- retire early.

Here are a few examples to illustrate the use of some phrases.

They got fired for industrial espionage. “They were fired for industrial espionage.”

My boyfriend was sacked for inappropriate conduct at the party. My boyfriend was fired for inappropriate behavior at a party.

Bill was given the boot for incompetence. Bill was fired for incompetence.

Unfortunately, their brand managers had to cut back on the workforce. “Unfortunately, their brand managers had to save on labor.

Employers laid off everyone in the London office. – Employers laid off everyone in the London office.

Contract, hours – contract, working hours

When hired, an employee must undergo training, internship or trial period. If a person shows himself to be good, he may be offered an indefinite contract ( an indefinite contract), which does not need to be renegotiated after a certain period. When you work full time, this type of employment is called a full-time job, and if you study and at the same time work several hours a day, then this a part-time job. If a person does not like working for someone else, he can be a private entrepreneur or self-employed, that is, working for oneself. In the word "freelancer" ( a freelancer), which has come into our everyday life, is called a person who works without a contract, freelance (for example, a freelance designer). If a company calls an employee when a job becomes available for him or her, then that person is working at a zero-hours contract(the company does not provide full-time work, but calls when there is a task for an individual). The most “dusty” job is considered to be office work from 9:00 to 17:00 5 days a week ( to work from 9 to 5). Those who work the morning shift are a little less fortunate ( a morning shift) or, even worse, on the night shift ( a late-night shift).

Don't forget to check out our article on business idioms "". Knowing these phrases, you will be able to show off your erudition in any conversation.

Work is what a person does for most of his life. If you know how to talk about your work in English, then you can start or maintain a dialogue with anyone. I suggest looking at examples of people’s stories about their work in the following posts. To make listening to stories even more interesting, try taking a test in which you need to choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks with prepositions that you hear in the audio recordings. Forward!

Test

Let's say you already know English quite well. Or so you think. Isn't it time to test yourself and reach a new level? We have selected 10 fascinating sites for you, where you will definitely be able to find challenging, useful and exciting information. So let's get started!

Even if you are not confident in your abilities, when you go to an interesting site, you will not be able to resist translating an article that interests you. And by the way, we have already started doing this for you! Learning English without honing your skills is, you know, not that smart and certainly not effective, so feel free to choose a website and dive with us into the world of information and interesting English!

Scientific English sites

Historical English sites

Social English sites

Entertainment English sites

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And you can check how well you know the location of the US states. Can you do that?

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