Jobs/ Career

How to start to work:

- After the secondary school, students take a school leaving exam. (Maths, Hungarian
Litareture and Grammar, History,special subjects: Foreign Languages, Science
Subjects)
- You can enter to the university. or You can go to work.
- If you have a university degree/diplom, you can apply for lot of jobs and get a well-
paid job.
Applying for a job/ find a job advertisment:
1. You have write a very good CV and covering letter/motivation letter.
2. You can registrate job searching services, search on the Internet and ask around
the friends/family members.
3. You have to send email and attech your CV and covering letter.
4. We have to wait for the answer or the phone call.
5. The employer looks for you and phones you. This is the first interview. They have
some questions to get information about. If the phones was successfull, the
employer wants a personal interview as well. You arrange the time for the next
interview.
6. You prepare for the interview, think over your answers, get information about
the company, dress up nicely.
7. You go to the interview. You have to talk to your future boss. (studies,
experiences, future plans, personal skills…etc)
8. You have to wait for the phone call.
9. If they want to employ you, you have to sign the contract.
Manual jobs (physical work)

Advantages
- you don’t have to study at
university (long time, very hard
work)
- you don’t need to speak a
foreign language (save money)
- no strees, less responsibility
- you can leave your family earlier,
and start your own life
- you can manage your daily
routine
- you can have an own family
- you can start an own business
Disadvantages
- it is badly-paid job
- it is physically very tiring and
hard
- you have to work outside in bad
weather conditions
- you will reduce your skill with
giving up learning
- You don’t have so many
possibilities and choices.
- You have to work in shifts, at the
weekends or at night.
- Running an own business needs
some money
 Professional work

advantages
- learn new skills continuously,
improve yourself
- it is well-paid job
- you don’t have to work at night
- physically not tiring
- you can gain a career
- you can meet a lot of people and
travel abroad
- higher quality life
disadvantages
- invest money, take a lot time and
money
- learn foreign languages
- more responsibility
- stressfull
- work overtime at home
- you miss your family
- you can burn out easily

I work as a ………… at a multinational company. I studied at University of Debrecen. I have a

biochemical master degree. I really like my job because I work in a good team where I get a
lot of support. I work a laboratory from moning till afternoon. I always start my day with a
team meeting. Then I always check my emails on my computer. I have to make diagrams and
a report. I deal with antibodies in my job. I don’t really like my job because it is sometimes
stressfull and tiring. I have learn a lot more in the future but I am very enthusiastic to get
more experiences.