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What type of job do you want to have? Is it a highly paid and high-profile conventional job most people like? Yes, you can have it. It is matter of your choice and an important decision that would help you advance in your life. But have you ever thought of other types of jobs out there--- cool, fun, exciting, even strange or weird jobs you never knew existed? What are they? Did you ever wonder who picks up the chewing gum left on a park bench or who assesses whether a piece of furniture is comfortable enough or who constructs glass eyeballs or who farms oysters in the middle of the ocean? These are all odd, unexpected, wild, unconventional, strange or just plain weird jobs and careers. They are not your traditional career choices, but somebody out there does all these things, gets paid for it, and enjoys life like anybody else. There are hundreds of such jobs to take if you want to travel the less taken ways of life. You have to decide on several questions:

  • What companies will recruit/ hire me?
  • Do I actually get å paycheck?
  • What type of education/ diploma will I need?
  • Can I make a living doing this?

Your answers to these questions will help draw your career roadmap and help you decide if you are ready to take the challenge. Decide if you want a change. A lot of strange jobs also allow you to work part-time or towards a freelance when it fits your schedule. This way you can get a taste of freedom, a secondary income, and gain experience at the same time.

Do you have interests beyond writing memos and attending boring meetings? If so, you may wonder how you can find a strange job. Hobbies are a good place to start. What do you do for fun? Do you stuff animals, act like Charlie Chaplin, or make model cars? There are people out there working in fields, making money off their hobbies. Maybe they are testing mountaineering equipment, developing fragrances, or saving sea turtles. And they are getting paid good wages too.

Fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text.

Thore are so many people who do not like (a) _______ jobs. The reason behind their avoiding those types of jobs is (b) ________ They think they may not be (c) __________ with such types of jobs on regular basis. And if it happens, their life will be at (d) _______ . But it is universally true that the number of people doing these types of jobs is no less than those doing conventional jobs. In fact, it depends absolutely on personal (e) __________.

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(a) unconventional (b) security (c) provided (d) risk/ stake (e) view/ choice

Thore are so many people who do not like (a) unconventional jobs. The reason behind their avoiding those types of jobs is (b) security They think they may not be (c) provided with such types of jobs on regular basis. And if it happens, their life will be at (d) risk/ stake . But it is universally true that the number of people doing these types of jobs is no less than those doing conventional jobs. In fact, it depends absolutely on personal (e) view/ choice.

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Unconventional Jobs

Learning outcomes
After we have studied this unit, we will be able to

  • describe familiar objects
  • read intensively and extensively
  • participate in debate, discussion
  • Write about jobs and situations
  • read for skimming, scanning, and inferring

[Skimming = to read quickly to get the gist of a text
Scanning= to read quickly to get specific information Inferring = to read text to be able to make logical conclusions.]

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Hore "other types of jobs" refers to the jobs that are not conventional and liked by most people, rather challenging and funny or odd or crazy or wacky.

Among the mentioned four particular strange and weird jobs, farming oysters in the middle of the ocean seems to be most weird to me. Because it is challenging and risky to farm and collect oysters in the ocean.

3 What do you think about the job like "picking up the chewing gums left on a park bench"? And why?

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I think picking up the chewing gums left on a park bench is rather a funny job. Anybody can enjoy it. And if it pays. I think it is fine.

4 What advantages does an odd job allow?

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An odd job allows some advantages such as working part-time or freelance, getting freedom, secondary income, building experience, etc.

5 What should you do/think to choose an unusual form of employment?

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To choose an unusual form of employment, we have to think about several matters such as recruiting company, good wages, type of education, etc.

6 Describe the benefits of part-time odd jobs.

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Part-time odd jobs have a number of benefits. They can give us a taste of freedom, can be a source of secondary income and can help us build experience at the same time.

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