Travay, metye ak ki jan pou pale de pa ou

Prèske tout konvèsasyon an angle ak yon moun ou fenk rankontre rive nan « what do you do? » nan kèk minit. Men ki jan pou reponn li byen.

Kesyon an menm

What do you do? vle di « ki travay ou fè ? », pa « kisa ou ap fè kounye a ? ».

Konpare :

What do you do? — I'm a nurse. (metye a)

What are you doing? — I'm making coffee. (kounye a)

Ki jan pou reponn

Ak non metye a, ou bezwen atik a / an. Angle pa mache san li, alòske kreyòl la di « Mwen se pwofesè » san okenn atik.

❌ I am teacher. ✅ I'm a teacher. ✅ I work as an engineer.

Lòt fòm :

• I work in marketing. (sektè a ; « nan maketing »)
• I work for a bank. (anplwayè a ; « pou yon bank »)
• I work at Siemens. (kote egzak la ; « nan Siemens »)
• I'm self-employed. / I'm freelance.
• I'm between jobs at the moment. (fason pwoli pou di ou san travay, tankou « ant de travay »)

in / for / at fiks : in se sektè a, for se anplwayè a, at se kote egzak la. Atansyon, kreyòl la sèvi ak yon sèl nan pou sektè a ak kote a (nan maketing, nan Siemens), men angle fè diferans. Pou kreyòl la (pou yon bank) koresponn ak for.

Metye

teacher · nurse · doctor · engineer · accountant · lawyer · chef · driver · electrician · plumber · shop assistant · receptionist · developer · designer · manager · consultant

Kote moun travay

office · factory · shop · hospital · school · restaurant · warehouse · building site · laboratory · from home

I work in an office. · She works from home two days a week.

Ki jan pou dekri sa travay la konsiste

Non metye a poukont li souvan pa ase ; eksplikasyon an vini apre. Prèske tout bagay kouvri ak kat estrikti :

• I'm responsible for the monthly reports.
• I deal with customer complaints.
• I look after a team of six.
• My job involves a lot of travelling.

Ak yon presizyon itil : It's mostly admin. · It's quite hands-on. · No two days are the same.

Moun ki antoure ou yo

boss (familye) · manager · colleague (pa « workmate » nan pifò biwo) · team · department · client · customer · HR

Gen de mo pou fè diferans : client achte sèvis pwofesyonèl ou, customer achte yon pwodui. Mo kreyòl kliyan an kouvri tou de, se sa ki bay konfizyon. Epi colleague se yon mo net ; sèvi ak li nan ekriti kote ou ta di the people I work with nan oral.

Sou kondisyon travay yo

• I work full-time / part-time.
• I do shifts. / I'm on nights this week.
• I get 25 days' holiday.
• My salary is paid monthly. (yon wage anjeneral peye pa è oswa pa semèn ; mo kreyòl salè a kouvri tou de)
• I have to commute an hour each way.

Chanje travay

Ekspresyon	Sans
apply for a job	depoze kandidati
get promoted	jwenn yon pwomosyon
hand in your notice / resign	kite travay ou pou kont ou
be made redundant	pèdi travay ou akòz restriktirasyon
be sacked / fired	yo revoke ou pou yon rezon
take on someone	anboche yon moun

Diferans ant made redundant ak sacked konte sosyalman : premye a pa di anyen negatif sou ou, e moun ki pale angle depi yo piti chwazi bon mo a avèk prekosyon.

Sa yo mande apre

• How long have you been there?
• Do you enjoy it?
• What does that involve? — yon kesyon vrèman itil lè ou pa konnen metye a

Reponn ak de fraz, pa ak yon sèl. I'm an engineer fèmen sijè a ; I'm an engineer — I work for a company that makes water pumps louvri l. Se egzakteman dezyèm fraz la ki bay lòt moun nan yon bagay pou l kenbe.

Small talk nan yon konferans

A: So what do you do?

B: I'm an accountant — I work for a firm in Leeds. You?

A: I'm in logistics. I look after the warehouse team.

B: What does that involve, day to day?

A: A lot of problem-solving, mostly. I've been there six years.

Atik la ak metye a, for ak anplwayè a, in ak sektè a, look after pou domèn responsabilite a ak what does that involve, ki kenbe konvèsasyon an vivan.

Teste sa ou konnen

Tès ki anba a travay atik yo ak twa prepozisyon yo.