BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: Word of the day is CAREER. How is your Career Going?

Need a career change?

BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: What is the story of your Career? Is Your Career Evolving the Way you Want? Is there anything you would like to change?

French Translation is carrière


Hello darlings!

I am up and quickly scribbling a new post for you. It is already 6:08 in the morning so I am running behind schedule with my planning for today. But at Business English Paris, there is no excuse for missing a day of blogging! …..actually, don't be surprised if my blog posts don't follow a tight formula and schedule. For the moment, I have pledged to throw up a post every day. But let's all just hold our collective breaths to see what develops.  :)

So today the word is CAREER. I think the french translation is carrière but I am actually not certain about that. I don't have time to go to Google translate because it's late. But if it is not, please leave a comment and correct me. My french is just notoriously very very atrocious and I don't mind learning from you.

So the idea with these words of the day is to simulate a conversation with Business English learners because with Business English Paris, a huge focus is just simple conversation. It's just about, "let's talk." When I write, I imagine as if I were actually speaking with one of my students. And so I might ask, "can you describe your career history for me?" What I mean by that is to ask the student to tell me all about the different jobs he or she has had in the past and the responsibilities that he or she has enjoyed along the journey. A lot of times, the student is on the verge of a career change when I pose the question and so it can be a very timely question, and a great way for the student to self-reflect as well as wow me with their achievements and accomplishments.

Obviously, if the student is very young and has had only one job, it is a tougher question than if the student has had a couple of jobs. So you do have to judge who this question is appropriate for. But even if the student is entry level in their "career" I would just switch that to, "tell me about your job and the responsibilities that you have."  It usually would take up a few minutes of discussion because everyone has their own fascinating story to tell. Often, for a lot of people, their careers, even more than their family, can define who they are.

So, what about you? What is the story of your career? I would love to talk about it with you one day….

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Oh, and excuse any typos as I am quite an expert at those.

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BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: What Are Your Skill Sets That Gives You a Competitive Advantage?

BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: Do You Have a Professional Skill Set that Sets You Apart From the Pack?

French Translation: compétence


Hello from Business English Paris! Happy Monday :)

 Today we are talking about job skills. This is really just an excuse to use the word "skills" in English and to get you using your English vocabulary. This word, SKILL, appeared in the post before this one, actually, and I thought I would highlight it for that reason. I think it is the kind of word that I could use when I work with students of Business English Paris to introduce an interesting discussion thread to the student.

I could say to a student for example, "tell me about your soft skills.  And how do you think those skills give you a competitive advantage at work?"

BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: The Job Interview

BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: Will Your Level in English Affect Your Job INTERVIEW?

French translation: entretien profesionnel

A lot of my students over the years have had job interviews while they were studying with me and they almost universally were scared stiff about what their prospective new employers would think about their English level. Usually, their English was fine; but they always expressed  fear that it was not up to snuff.  There is a tremendous amount of pressure in Paris for professionals to speak "good English."  I keep telling my students that their English is a lot "gooder" (this is not good English!) than my French.

BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: Word of the Day is GROW

BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: Word of the Day is GROW

To grow means to increase in quantity and size over time.
French translation is croître, grandir
*It's a verb. (growth is the noun)

Continuing with this word of the day trend at BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS, I have selected the word GROW. I think this is a good word for entrepreneur types or bosses in companies rather than entry level employees; and people working in Finance and Economics will also appreciate this word, I think.

BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: How ANALYTICAL do you need to be for your job?

BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS word for discussion: ANALYTICAL

French translation: analytique.

So, as I said, with Business English Paris, the whole point is the get French speaking professionals to just relax and speak in English without being intimidated and being obsessed with speaking perfectly on day one. I have found that french learners love new vocabulary words and the love to talk using their newly discovered words rather than sitting there doing vocabulary drills and grammar drills. It makes sense. Right? They are not trying to master English Grammar. They want to know how to speak!

BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: Who has had the biggest INFLUENCE on your career so far?

BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: Word of the Day is Influence

French translation: Influence

Teaching Parisian professionals (I work for BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS) is very dynamic and fun and for me it is a way to really understand French professionals and what makes them tick.  You just never know what drives people or who motivates them to succeed and how they have overcome odds in their lives and in their careers. And the longer you do this you begin to realize that people are the same wherever you go. It does not matter what language they speak.

BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: How are you with "Brainstorming" at work?

BUSINESS ENGLISH PARIS: WORD OF THE DAY: Brainstorming
French translation: remue-méninges.

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At Business English Paris, we focus a lot on just speaking in English with our students. When I speak with my students, I always like to throw questions up at them such as "do you like to have brainstorming sessions with your colleagues and what was the last brainstorming session you had?"