Job Applications: Understanding job descriptions

职位申请:了解职位描述

Learning English For Work

语言学习

2024-09-02

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Pippa and Phil talk about how to know if a job is right for you with advice from BBC World Service recruitment expert Amy Evans. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories They're all available by searching in your podcast app.

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  • From BBC learning English.

  • This is learning English for work.

  • And welcome to our special series all about job applications.

  • I'm Phil.

  • And I'm Pippa.

  • In this series, we're talking about every step in the process of getting a job, from search to interview to your first day with helpful vocabulary and tips along the way.

  • And today we're talking about how to decide whether a job is right for you.

  • You can find a transcript of this episode to read along with on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

  • Okay, so today we're starting with the job search and specifically job descriptions.

  • So what's a job description, Phil?

  • So a job description is the information that you get from a company about a job that they're advertising.

  • Right.

  • And this can be quite different depending on the job.

  • So sometimes it's really detailed and sometimes it's not so detailed.

  • So that makes it a little bit difficult, doesn't it, when you're reading a job description?

  • Yeah.

  • So job descriptions are often written in quite formal language.

  • They can use a lot of jargon, so it can be difficult to understand exactly what they're trying to say.

  • And because of that, it can be difficult to know from a job description whether you should apply for the job.

  • So we're going to try and help you with that today.