Speaker A. My cousin worked as a tour guide and once she was going to show a group of Japanese students around the city. She usually delivers excursions in English but that time she asked me to go with her as I know some basic Japanese phrases. I enjoyed helping her very much and the next day I decided to take a training course for tourist guides. I've been working as a guide for a year already and I love it!

Speaker В. Many young people nowadays want to start working early, while they are still at college. I think that's good as early careers give them work experience and they can find better jobs after graduation. It's certainly difficult to learn and work at the same time but, surprisingly, young people who work usually achieve better academic results than their non-working classmates.

Speaker С. I started to learn Spanish recently and I'm planning to take up Italian too. The thing is that I want to find a job in the tourist business. Working in that sector means that I'll have to communicate with people from different countries and the more languages I know — the more opportunities I'll have. At the moment I can speak English — it's my native language — and I'm pretty fluent in French.

Speaker D. A career choice is one of the most difficult decisions teenagers have to make. It was difficult for me too but fortunately I found a place where I got friendly and professional help in choosing a future job. First, I filled in a questionnaire online. Then I was interviewed by teachers and psychologists. They selected the most appropriate lines of business for me, which were medicine and engineering, and arranged for me to visit a hospital and a chemical engineering company!

Speaker E. My parents wanted me to become an accountant like them. I didn't know much about the profession but applied to the Economy Faculty. Then I got a job with a financial company. Soon I understood that the job was definitely not for me — I make mistakes, have difficulty in working with financial computer programs and ... I simply don't like it! I want to make a new career start but I'm afraid of making another mistake.