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Hello everyone and welcome to English Pod. My name is Marco.

My name is Katherine. And today we have a new lesson in our series about interviewing for a new job. This is of course at the elementary level.

That's right. So this is part four of our interview series. Remember we are taking a look each week at giving you tips and also the proper language for when you have an interview in English. And on this occasion, we're going to talk about our work experience.

Okay. You'll remember we talked a little bit about educational experience and educational background. Well, today is all about your last couple of jobs.

Mhm. All right. So, I think we should just listen to the dialogue for the first time and we'll be back in a bit with language takeaway.

The DialogueInterviewer: Right, Rebecca? Now I see that after graduating from university, your first job was...

Rebecca: ...for a local paper in York called the York Herald. Actually, I started with them as an intern. I was really keen on getting some experience in journalism and this seemed like a good first step.

Interviewer: Certainly. And after your internship?

Rebecca: They seemed impressed and offered me a position as a junior local news reporter. I ended up staying 2 years there. Actually, I was in charge of the sports news section of the newspaper. I really enjoyed it there and it really helped me build my skills.

Interviewer: Yes, I see. But you decided to leave them in 2006, right?

Rebecca: Yes, that's right. My husband and I moved to London and so I managed to find a position with a national newspaper based in London.

Interviewer: The London Weekly, right?

Rebecca: Yes. In some ways, it was a step down from my previous job, but it did offer me much better prospects for the future.

Language TakeawayAll right, we're back. So, now we've picked out a couple of key words and we're going to take a look at those now on language takeaway.

Voiceover: Language takeaway.

So, Marco, a lot of people don't start out as a professional with a job. They have something else first. What is this?

That's right. A very popular way to begin your work experience. You become an intern or you work as an intern.

Okay. So, the name of the job we could say is intern. I'm an intern or he's an intern at my company.

Exactly. So, usually interns work at a company. Usually they're not paid, or if they are, it's very, very little pay. And the purpose of an internship or to work as an intern is to gain experience.

That's right. So, it's basically like a study opportunity for a job that you know you want. I could be an intern at a media company and I could learn all about media, but it's not really a full job.

Exactly. And usually it serves as an opportunity to maybe continue working at that company in a full-time job. So, you become an intern and the noun, or what you are doing, is called an internship.

So, I'm an intern but what I have is an internship.

Right.

It's like saying I have a job. I have an internship but I am an intern.

Exactly. All right. So we've covered those two words. Now, let's move on to when she's describing her work experience in the York Herald. And she described it as a very good first step.

Okay. So, a first step, you think about your foot, your step, you're moving. It means the very first thing you do when you're heading in some direction, right?

Right. And professionally, I guess your first steps are maybe becoming an intern.

Right. Or you could say my first step was working in the mail room at this big movie studio, but later I became a famous movie producer.

Exactly. So that's kind of like the way that you began your professional life. And well then they started talking about the newspapers and actually Rebecca was offered a position as a junior local news reporter.

Okay. So junior means usually lower ranking or not experienced, someone who is just starting out. And of course after junior we have senior. So, a senior news reporter is someone who's worked for many, many years as a reporter.

Mhm. Usually I guess a junior news reporter would make less money than a senior news reporter.

Exactly. You could also say junior executive or senior executive.

Junior manager. These are ways of describing length of experience. And in this case, she's junior, but what kind of a job does she have? Well, she is a news reporter for local issues.

Okay, so she's a local news reporter. Now, what exactly does that mean? If you're a local news reporter or for local issues?