The document discusses key terms used in job advertisements and applications. It describes qualities companies seek like being self-motivated, organized, computer literate, and a team player. It also discusses pay and benefits, including average salaries, annual salaries, and fringe benefits provided beyond wages. Finally, it examines terms related to customers, clients, buyers, sellers, and the market economy.

1. E-GAZARCHIN UNIVERSITY
Approved by Head of Department Training Enkhjargal .D/MA/
Prepared by Orkhontuya. B /Inspector/
28th October 2014
English Language Teacher
Orkhontuya. B /MA/
Seminar 3

2. A job application

3. The right person
These words are often used in job advertisements. Companies
look for people who are:
 self-starters, proactive, self-motivated, or self-driven:
good at working on their own.
 methodical, systematic and organized:
can work in a planned, orderly way.
 computer-literate: good with computers.
 numerate: good with numbers = able to do calculations
 motivated: very keen to do well in their job.
 talented: naturally very good at what they do.
 team players: people who work well with other people.

4. Pay and benefits
Wages, salary and benefits
The average salary is $ 12,000 a year (be on a salary of
something)
John’s annual/monthly/basic/base salary is just under $
40,000
S1: How much do they pay you?
S2: They ‘re only paid about $ 4 an hour/week/day. ( be paid
weekly = get paid)
• Pay compensation /damages (give someone money because
you have done something against them)
remuneration formal (the pay you give someone for
something they have done for you)

5. The company were forced to pay $ 5,000 in compensation.
Pay (in) cash ( Can I pay by credit card?)
by cheque /credit card
for ( Mum paid for my driving lessons.)
• Fringe benefits with this job: an additional service or
advantage
given with a job besides wages:
overtime/bonus/tip/perk
such as goods, meals or a car.
I only eat here because it’s free – one of the perks of the job.

6. Buyers, sellers and the market
Customers and clients
Company Products/services Customer / client base
Auto comp products: car components Customer base: car companies
Best Travel services: package holidays customer base: general public
Dig by and Charles professional services:
architecture
 customers is someone who buys something from a particular
shop.
 A client is someone who pays for a service a hairdresser and
her clients.
 A patron of a particular restaurant, bar (is someone who eats
or drinks there/fairly formal word/)
client base or clientele:
companies, government
organizations and the pubic
Digitco products: cheap computers Customer base: general public

7.  A shopper is someone who is involved in the activity of buying
things from shop.
 A consumer is anyone who pays for goods and services. It is
used especially when you are talking about people’s rights.
 An user is someone or something that uses a product, service
road users, computer /library.
 End- users the person who uses a particular product, rather
than people who make or develop it (when a company buys
computers for its staff to use, the staff are the end-users.)
 Buyers and sellers
Buyer someone buys something expensive such as a house.
Discounts for first –time buyers. A buyer for a chain store.
 Seller someone who sells something # buyer.
 Retailer / wholesaler a person or business that sells goods to
customers in a shop.
 Merchant someone whose job is to buy and sell wine, coal,
timber = lumber AmE or small company that does this: He had
a job with an Edinburgh wine merchant.

8.  Dealer someone who buys and sells a particular product,
especially an expensive one.
He’s a dealer in modern art.
 Trader someone who buys and sells goods or STOCKS BrE
inventories AmE.
 Vendor someone who sells things, especially on the street.
The market
The market, the free market and market economy describe an
economy system where prices, jobs, wages e.c.t are not
controlled by the government, but depend on what people want
to buy and how much they are willing to pay.
Word combinations with ‘market’
forces the way a market economy makes sellers produce what
pressures people want, at prices they are willing to pay
market place producers and buyers in a particular market economy, and
the way they behave
prices prices that people are willing to pay, rather than ones fixed
by a government
reforms changes a government makes to an economy, so that it
become more like a market economy

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