Many people want a good career. Some achieve their goals quicker than others. How do they do it?

Here are a
few tips that will help you get ahead in your career:

1. Successful people are organised. Decide what you need to do first. Don’t put important things off, do
them as soon as possible and your manager will notice it.
2. Take on some extra responsibilities to show that you can do many different things.
3. Learn something new. Sign up for a course. Ask your company if they have any training programmes you
can join.
4. Get along with your co-workers. You will need their support in the future.
5. Don’t work too much. Working hard is important but if you work too hard you will burn out. Relax when
you have time.

get ahead - achieve success

put off – do something later, delay something.

take on - accept some work or responsibility, especially a difficult one

sign up for - agree to do something or to join a course or organization.

get along – when people like each other and are friendly to each other

burn out - make yourself ill or unable to continue working because you have worked too hard

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Many people want a good career. Some achieve their goals quicker than others. How do they do it? Here are a
few tips that will help you get ahead in your career:

1. Successful people are organised. Decide what you need to do first. Don’t put important things off, do
them as soon as possible and your manager will notice it.
2. Take on some extra responsibilities to show that you can do many different things.
3. Learn something new. Sign up for a course. Ask your company if they have any training programmes you
can join.
4. Get along with your co-workers. You will need their support in the future.
5. Don’t work too much. Working hard is important but if you work too hard you will burn out. Relax when
you have time.
 burn out get along

sign up for take on

put (smth) off get ahead

do something later, delay

become successful
something

accept some work or agree to do something

responsibility, especially a or to join a course or
difficult one organization

make yourself ill or unable to

like each other and be
continue working because
friendly to each other
you have worked too hard
Gist questions:
1. How do you decide what to do first at work?
2. Why do you need to take on extra responsibilities?
3. Who do you need to get along with?
4. Which advice did you find most useful and why?

Answers:
1. Important things
2. To show that you can do different things
3. Co-workers
4. Answers will vary