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тщательный
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работа
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нанимать
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искать
искать
рассмотреть переезд
немедленно подать заявку
вакансия
иметь работу
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Exercise 76. Read the text and discuss.
Celebrities Who Had Surprising Jobs Before They Got Famous.
Whoopi Goldberg worked as a Morgue Beautician (косметолог). She took the
job because she was trained as a beautician. Reportedly (якобы), her boss once
hid (спрятался) in one of the drawers and jumped out at her as a way to
reassure (заверить) her that ‘there’s nothing to be scared of (здесь нечего
бояться).’ Hmm, we wonder how well that worked!
Exercise 77. Watch the video 1.9 and answer the questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNgB-j4-5HY
Answer the questions:
1. What is the “information asymmetry”?
2. How can an employer save a lot of money?
3. What do economists warn us about?
4. How many percent of people who were surveyed said that they were
underpaid?
5. If you were part of this survey, what would you say? Are you underpaid?
You see, keeping salaries secret leads to (ведёт к тому, что) what economists
call “information asymmetry”. This is a situation where, in a negotiation
(переговоры), one party has loads more information than the other. And in
hiring or promotion or annual (ежегодные) raise discussions (обсуждения
поднятия зарплаты) an employer can use that secrecy to save (сберечь) a lot
of money. Imagine how much better you could negotiate (обсудить) for a

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