Comment on what you have just read in exercise 1.

Would you agree with what is stated there?

Can you add anything?

What makes a good logistician?

3. Your daily routine. Lorenza Müller is telling her partner about her day at the office. Match the beginning of each sentence on the left (1-13) with a phrase on the right (a-m). You can then make similar sentences to talk about your day at work.

		I looked at	__j__	a	the monthly figures to Mr Kazoulis.
		I wrote	____	b	an appointment with a client.
		I made	____	c	the minutes of the meeting.
		I went to	____	d	a representative of the safety committee.
		I took	____	e	the company magazine.
		I fixed	____	f	three or four replies.
		I met	____	g	two or three telephone calls.
		I had	____	h	the office Christmas party with Cynthia.
		I read	____	i	a $10 million deal.
		I discussed	____	j	my e-mails.
		I presented	____	k	lunch with Tom in Accounts.
		I negotiated	____	l	tired but happy.
		I came home	____	m	the weekly departmental meeting.

Tony Johansen tells us about his professional life but some of the letters are missing from the key words. Fill in the missing letters. Take care with the correct form of the verb. You can then make similar sentences about your own professional life story.

1.	I guess my C A R EE R so far has not been very typical.
2.	My first J __ __ was with Flat Earth Mechanics.
3.	I S __ A __ T __ __ with them in 1975.
4.	It was just after I had L __ F __ school.
5.	My first job was in the office but I soon M __ V __ __ to the sales department. I knew then that I was born to be a salesman!
6.	In 1980 I was P __ O __ O __ E __ to the position of sales manager.
7.	But soon after that, the company went through a bad period and most of us were M __ D __ R __ D __ N __ A __ T.
8.	It took me two weeks to find another job and at the beginning of 1981 I J __ I __ E __ Round Earth Mechanics.
9.	This was a much more successful company and in 1990 I was A __ P __ I __ T __ __ to the post of national sales manager.
10.	Things have been fine since then although I was almost F __ R __ __ once for paying my sales people too much commission.
11.	I have no plants to R __ T __ R __ before I’m 60.
12.	If someone O __ F __ R __ me a better job, I will think about it seriously!

5. Get to work – get a job! Roger is thinking about the type of work he wants. Complete his thoughts with either “job” or “work”.

a)	I definitely don’t want a part-time _______________ .
b)	I want to _______________ full-time.
c)	I might think about project _______________ .
d)	Maybe I could do some voluntary _______________ for a while.
e)	I’ve always had a nine-to-five _______________ .
f)	In my line of _______________ , I don’t expect to have much free time.
g)	I should look at _______________ -sharing opportunities.
h)	I want more _______________ satisfaction.
i)	I’m going to use the internet for my _______________ search.