READING. IV. Read the article. What sort of company is Manpower?

IV. Read the article. What sort of company is Manpower? What types of worker does the article mention?

Manpower: The world of work.

Manpower is a successful employment agency, which supplies different types of workers to companies. These include professional and administrative full-time workers in offices and manual part-time workers in factories. Twolawyers started the company when they couldn’t find temporary help with a project. Today it is a global company with offices all around the world and it’s becoming more and more popular.

Careers have changed a lot since the 1990s. A decade ago, people expected to work for the same company until they retired. Today, nobody expects a job for life anymore. There are a lot of freelance workers and people are moving from job to job, working in different companies or in different departments. Temporary workers (also called “temps”) now make up between one and three percent of the total workforce in most countries. Both multinational and small companies are using temps. People don’t want to be permanent workers anymore. They prefer to have flexible working hours so that they can spend more time with their families. Training is also important because it improves workers’ skills and can help employees to find better jobs or get a promotion.

In some jobs there aren’t enough skilled workers that is why some companies want retired people with skills to return to work. Japan, Australia and Italy are starting to employ older workers. Companies need organizations like Manpower to arrange training for older employees, for example to use computer software or to work with a younger boss.

V. Which type of worker…

a.has the same job for a long period of time?

b.works physically rather than mentally?

c.works for only some of the day or week?

d.has the same job for a short period of time?

e.works for different companies, rather than working all the time for a single company?

f.works 35-40 hours a week?

VI. Match the words from the text with their definitions.

VII. Find the English equivalents of the Russian words below in the text.

a.успешный (para. 1)

b.уйти на пенсию (para. 2)

c.предпочитать (para. 2)

d.найти работу (para. 2)

e.получить повышение в должности (para. 2)

f.квалифицированный (para. 3)