Vicki from the United States wants me to talk about work and career. I'll try.

It all starts of course with a good education. For example you can study at a university. Or you do an internship, so it works for some time at a company in order to learn something. Then begins a difficult time: you must in fact apply to different companies. This one looks as on the Internet or in the job market of the newspaper for ads. Many companies seek new employees through advertisements.

If you would like to write to this company then you have to send her an application portfolio. Included in the portfolio are a curriculum vitae, usually a photo, plus diplomas and work samples. If the personnel department of the portfolio is good, you will be invited for an interview. Here we attempt to present themselves as positively as possible. Because if it's going well,
one gets the job. If not, then he gets another candidate.

Before you start work, however, one must usually sign only one contract. This contract is held, how do you work long hours and how much money you earned.
Sometimes this agreement is negotiable - that is, you can specify in a conversation, how high are the totals. But sometimes, especially in certain sectors, the prices are already set. This is called collective bargaining. These rates have been negotiated in the past and will apply to all people working in this field. For example: If I hold a workshop at
a company, then I can tell you how expensive it is, and the company then decides whether they want to pay that price. But if I work for a radio station as the Bavarian Radio, then get
I get exactly the same money as my colleagues. I can not negotiate or ask for more.

Those who want to earn more money and will always be more important in his company, called in Germany a careerist. He wants to climb the career ladder. Often these are very ambitious people. And many companies have a clear hierarchy in which one can climb step by step. Important to most people is, of course, how much money they earn. This amount is called content. We often speak of the net salary. That is the money that you actually get from employers. Because of moves starting amounts, for example for health or pension insurance. The tax is paid equal to the tax office. An employee receives for each year from the tax office a tax card. This card delivers it with his employer. At the end of the year on this card
has registered as many taxes paid to the worker.

For me it's different. I am not an employee. I'm freelance and independent. This means I have to take care of everything themselves, to health insurance and pensions and also to the tax. For that I can work for many different companies and am flexible. I have no fixed working hours, as other people. Many people who work as a salesman working on commission by the way. So they get a share of what they sold for themselves.

So, I hope I could teach you a lot of new words. You know, if you do not understand something, simply click on the website www.slowgerman.com the word with the mouse, two times, then
You can see the English translation. Or do you let all the text translated into your native language, by your clicks in the right column on the flag of your country. But beware: So true, of course not the grammar!

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Vicki from the United States wants me to talk about work and career. I'll try. It all starts of course with a good education. For example you can study at a university. Or you do an internship, so it works for some time at a company in order to learn something. Then begins a difficult time ...