Finding a job

Alisha needs to find a job because her family needs money for food and clothes.

Alisha did not work in her home country, but she is good at cooking and likes talking to people.

Maybe she could work in a restaurant? Alisha searches on the Internet for job postings.

She finds an advert for a chef. That is someone who cooks in a restaurant.

She goes for the job interview. The restaurant manager tells her they need someone who has trained as a chef.

Alisha is disappointed, but she takes a course called “Food and hospitality”. She hopes this will help her to get a job in a restaurant.

Alisha has to work in a restaurant as part of her training course. She does not get paid, but she gets work experience.

She adds the details of the course to her CV. A CV is a description of all the work she has done and all the courses she has taken.

Next time Alisha goes for a job interview at a restaurant, she is offered the job. It is hard work. She often has to work in the evening, when her children are home from school.

She is proud that she has got a job so that she can buy food and clothes for her family with her own money.