When you are a student it’s hard to get much free time. I study at Warsaw Schools of Economics and “PROFESJA” College, so it’s harder to get spare time for me.
After a long and tiring day at school I like to spend my free time in a nice way, with my family or friends.
When it’s sunny and warm I go out. When it’s cold, rainy and dull – I stay at home.
I like ridding my bicycle. I like to go to the forest, where the air is fresh, but sometimes I ride round the city to see if sth interesting is going on.
I often visit my friends and I like when they visit me. My friends and I often go for walks and it doesn’t matter if it rains or the sun shines. Going for long walks and cycling are favourite outdoor activities of mine.
In the evening I like going to the cinema or a discoes. Sometimes I also like going to the pub. But I like to go to discoes very much. That’s the way when I feel the most relaxed.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING IN THE NEAREST FUTURE?
It’s really hard to say anything about my future now. I still have many years of studying. I hope that I’ll finish my studies and I’ll find a good job later.
Of course I’m going to have a family in the future but I want to travel first and to build up my professional career. I want to have two children: a son and the daughter. I’d like to have big house with swimming pool and beautiful garden. If this house is in the forest it will be the best. But this is in the distant future.
Right now school is the most important for me. I also would like to visit all my family. I have big family but most of them live abroad. It will be possible in the nearest future. In July I’m going to Canada to visit my aunt. I’d like to visit monuments and places there as many as possible because I’ve never been there and I count on my aunt.
I’d also like to start learning English more. It has always been my dream to have a good skills of this language. I’d like to learn more about Englishmen, their culture, everyday life, habits and customs.
When I’m a third year student, I will write a thesis and get Bachelor’s degree.
I’m positive I’ll have a busy but comfortable life. I really hope so.
WHICH CITY IN POLAND OR IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN AND WHY?
I’d like to live in Los Angeles. It’s one of the most wonderful cities on the West Coast of America. Los Angeles is generally called “the city of dreams”.
I’d like to live in this city because I think that it’s beautiful city. My friend have been living there for five years but I’ve heard a lot of this city.
There are full of luxurious and modern hotels, banks and offices towering above the city. The walls of the buildings are made of glass reflecting the sunshine.
The greatest tourist attraction, of course is Hollywood, the glamorous centre of the film industry with numerous studios.
Visitors are also attracted by Disneyland, a fabolous playground for children and adults. I dreamed of visiting the house of Miki Mouse, Donald Duck and so on all my life.
Los Angeles, with its mild climate, unique atmosphere and interesting sights, is one of the favourite holiday destinations for all tourists. And not only tourists but many also rich and famous people decide to settle down in the elegant Beverly Hills district, Malibu or the Santa Monica suburb known for its beautiful beaches, clean air and relaxing atmosphere.
Not for away from Santa Monica is Fisherman’s Village, a well-preserved complex of old buildings with a 60-foot tall lighthouse on the coast.
Shopping in Los Angeles is an experience of Venice Boulerand full of stalls and fast-food outlets, and Olivera Street where the Mexican influence is the strongest. The city also has its own Chinatown known for numerous restaurants and colourful shops.
One more place worth seeing in Los Angeles is the magnificent Memorial Coliseum, a huge stadium which hosted the Olumpics in 1984.
I’d also like to live in Los Angeles because a lot of famous actors live there. So it would be interesting to live in “the city of dreams” and have famouse neighbours.
SELF - PRESENTATION
My name is Michał Sadowski. I’m twenty-two. I’ve been living in Pruszków since I was born. It’s about twenty kilometers from centrum of Warsaw.
I study in two schools currently: Warsaw School of Economics and “PROFESJA” College.
I am a tall and medium build boy. I have got blue eyes. My hair is dark blonde. I have a brother: Darek.
According to my friends, I’m very friendly and easy going. I like helping people. I’m rather an optimistic person. I very like smilling. I don’t like people who are unfriendly and insincere. I used to be very shy but now I overcome it.
I’m punctual and ambitious. When I do sth I try to do my best. Because I’m reliable person.
I like going to the cinema and a disco. I like to see my friends. My favourite sports are swimming, basketball and ridding a bicycle. I’m interested in computers but I don’t like computer games so much. I like to ??USIVE ?? new computer programmes.
I’ve been working as salesman since January 2004. I work for ESPRIT. It’s a subsidiary of Ultimate Fashion Ltd. in Poland. Ultimate Fashion Ltd belongs to EMPIK Media and Fashion. It is operator of famous consumers brands. It includes such shops as EMPIK, SMYK, ZARA, WALLIS, RIVER ISLAND, MEXX, GALERIA CENTRUM and SEPHORA.
ESPRIT sells clothes and accessories for everyone: women and man as well as children. This ESPRIT is located in Court Wola in Warsaw. My job involves a lot of patience and persistence. I also have to be tolerant. I’m responsible for helping people, arrangeing clothes and dusting. What I like most about my job is that I can meet new people and get to know new fashion trends.
And that’s all what I can tell.
DESCRIBE YOUR IDEAL JOB
When I was a boy as every day I was dreaming that I become a engine driver (mszynistą) or a policeman. I was playing with other boys the game in which we were pretending police and thieves. It was a lot of fun…
Then we started to grow up and change. We have changed a lot. Also we can’t forget that world and our country has changed, too. Everybody found out that there is so many different jobs we haven’t had any idea about. Increasing of technic is so fast that it’s so difficult to imagine and notice the changes. As a result of that a lot of new proffesions arise. So my ideal job has been changing many times.
I’ve started to dream about working with computers for some time now. On the beginning I wasn’t sue what exactly I want to do. There’s so many interesting jobs in this domain that it’s very difficult to decide which one is the best. During my studying computers at “PROFESJA” College it became more clear. And now I know that I”d like to be a network manager. This ise very responsible work, because working of all company’s computers will be depending on me. This job will involve a lot of patience and resistance for stress. It’s very important to be very precision, because sometimes one mistake can cause serious problems in all company. Some companies like for example banks don’t operate without computers.
I like big challaneges so I’m sure that this job is very good. Also this is a very interesting job. You just can’t be bored by it, because of fast changes on computer market. I’ll know all the news from the changing market by reading the branch papers or magazines. Work as network manager can give me an opportunity to meet a lot of interesting people – taking a part in computer seminaries or “surfing” on the Internet.
Sometimes I’d also like to run my own company. In my opinion this is the biggest challenge. But what kind of company would be I don’t know now.
I know that I will be very important person. I believe everybody wants to be useful and needed. And I wish I would be such a person…
WHAT STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT IN POLAND?
It todays world unemployment is one of the biggest problems. In Poland more and more people don’t have job and prospects for the future. The worst is that we and especially government doesn’t care about it enough and situation of people who are out of work is getting worse every day. I have some proposals how to deal with this.Firstly the Polish government should support more small and medium firm. Then they will develop faster and will become bigger and then they could give work to more employees.
Secondaly the government should create educational system which give people chance to educate in direction they would like to. This could give us more experts in concrete branch of industry, not only employees who can do many things, but nothing well.
Thirdly the prime minister should encourage foreign inwestors to invest in out country. The more people would have work and it would be of course better to our all economy.
Another way to deal with this problem is to reduce bureaucracy in founding new business. What is more the government should decrease tax for employers who form new work positions. These two postulates would certainly help unemploymed people in founding new job.
In coclusion I’d like to say that this problem is very hard to solve and we will never create an ideal work-market but in my opionion if society and the government work together on it, the situation of people without work can be improved and it should be our aim for forthcoming years.
WHAT DOES THE INTERNET MEAN FOR PEOPLE NOWADAYS?
I think that the Internet is very important in our life. Some people like for example me don’t imagine life without the Internet. Nowadays the Internet is used in everything. We can use it for transffering data, playing games, socializing with other computer users, sending electronic mail and doing shopping.
Activities which we did a long time now they can be done in soe minutes by the Internet. For example instead of going to some shlops we cany buy everything in one virtual shop.
The Internet is very comfortable for us. We can do some things at some time using it. For example we can send messages much faster than traditional or snail mail. At same time we can do such things as go on a virtual tour of a musuem or art exibition, go shopping and get travel information on hotels and holidays and so on.
Everything that can be done without leaving home.
In my opinion people are lazier and lazier nowadays. And the Internet is becoming more and more important in our life. It’s difficult to do sth fast without the Interne nowadays. In lazy world the Internet is a comfortable way of doing lots of activities .
MENTION 3 ENVENTIONS THAT HAVE CHANGED YOUR LIFE RECENTLY.
I think that the biggest enventions that have changed my life are: the Internet, mobile phone and credit card.
Some years ago people lived without them but they can’t hardly imagine how this could be.
However for me the best important inention would be a mobile phone. I always stay in touch with my friends using it. I can sens sms to echa other. The advantages of this technology are really big and I cannot see to many drawback. In spite of advantages there is a disadvatage – you must pay big bills if you have talked to much during the month.
I also can feel safer with mobile phone. I know that for example in situation when sb needs to help, I can ring. When I forget sth I can send a short message. The newest mobile phones serves not only for ringing but it has acces to the Internet, it takes photos endo so on.
Another envention that have changed my life is credit card. It is safer than money. I don’t have to carry a lot of money with myself. I carry small piece of plastic.
The Internet is also such invention which has changed my life. This is a network of millions of computers around the world, connected by phone lines, satellite or cable, so that all the computers on the net can exchange information with each other. The Internet is very comfortable in my faster and faster life. For example I can fast find information for schoolwork, job, read newaspapers, buy things, make new friends and so on.
Everything that can be done at the same time and without leaving home.
I can’t imagine my life without these enventions.
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES – IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT THEM – DOING BUSINESS ABROAD?
Yes, I think that it’s important to know about cultural differences. Not only doing business. When we don’t know about it we can cause problems, sometimes serious problems. We also can be run the risk of treating like arrogant.
In my opinion a knowledge of cultural differences plays a key role in the creation of trust, since trust is built in different ways and means different things in different cultures.
I also think that the knowledge of it is the first step toward establishing a positive working enviornment and it also can cause a succes of our business.
Lack of knowledge about the target culture can create misunderstanding, frustraction and embarrassment that can lead to loss of business.
WHAT ARE THE REASONS OF SUCH A HIGH LEVEL OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN POLAND?
I think that it is a lot of reasons of such a high level of unemployment in Poland. One reason causes a lot of reasons.
The main reason of it is the change of economical system, which took place in 1989. it resulted in a sudden, shocking change of the labour market.
Another reason of unemployment in Poland is also too high tax. To found company we also have to wait a long times and be very patience.
In Poland it is also difficult to fire employeers. So that cause that Poland isn’t very good place to invest. There aren’t a lot of companies in Poland especially small and medium firm so there aren’t many place when people can be emplyed. The governemnt especially doesn’t carry about it enough.
Lack of instituition of unemployment causes that people in Poland stop believing in life and don’t have prospects of life.
All of that cause lower and lower level of the unemploymed activity in taking the effort to find a job.
In my opinion those are the main reason of a high level of unemployment in Poland.
WHAT COMPANY PERKS MAY ENCOURAGE TO WORK BETTER AND MORE EFFECIENTLY?
In my point of view the way in which for example Semco is running causes that their workers work effeciently. They can choose what time they begin and finish their jobs, make decissions, decide their own production target end so on. Everyting that cause people like their job so they work better and more effeciently.
The best company perks which may encourage to work better are perfomance – related bonus and possibility of promotion. Some people work only for it.
Another company perks which may encourage to work better and more effeciently are for example: company car, vouchers for lunch, kino, sports facilities and so on.
In my opinion company perks cause the workers feel well and more valuable so they work better and better and more and more effeciently.
IS JAPAN ONE OF THE BEST DEVELOP COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD? WHY?
I think that Japan is one of the best develop countries in the world. Japane’s employeers are the most profitable in the whole world. There is big development of advanced technology which working in condition of the mass media and very developed of transport.
Car, electric and electronic industry is also very developed. In those industires are used the newiest technology of production. A lot of things which are produced in Japan we can buy in the whole world.
The feature of Japane’s industry is that Japan concentrates its most imprtant inustries’ centries along coast and round of the biggest cities.
WORKING FOR A BIG INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES. PROS AND COUS.
I think that working for a big international companies has both advantages and disadvantages.
The biggest advanatges of it is greater possibility of development and promotion. There are a lot of positions where we can be promoted.
We aslo can meet new people from the whole world. In the international company is also greater possibility of going to business trips.
I think that the international company is stable and it is small possibility of bankrupt.
In big international companies are also more company perks, for example: company car, private health insurance, vouchers for lunch, holidays and so on.
In my opionion workinf for a big international companies has also disadvatages. Workers have more work to do and they larger competition because a lot of people would like to get their position. So employeers must work better and more effeciently. In my opinion working for a big international companies is more stressful.