Job Applications: Understanding job descriptions

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  Hello, thanks for listening to the Learning English for Work podcast.

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  We're working on new episodes to help you improve your business English and we have a new series starting in the autumn.

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  For now, please enjoy our series on job applications from 2024,

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  which guides you through each step of getting a job in English,

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  from writing a CV right up to your first day.

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  From BBC Learning English,

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  this is Learning English for Work and welcome to our special series all about job applications.

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  I'm Phil.

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  And I'm Pippa.

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  In this series, we're talking about every step in the process of getting a job,

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  from search to interview to your first day, with helpful vocabulary and tips along the way.

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  And today, we're talking about how to decide whether a job is right for you.

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  You can find a transcript of this episode to read along with on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

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  OK, so today we're starting with the job search and specifically job descriptions.

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  So, what's a job description, Phil?

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  So,

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  a job description is the information that you get from a company about a job that they're advertising.

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  Right.

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  And this can be quite different depending on the job.

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  So sometimes it's really detailed and sometimes it's not so detailed.

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