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What skills and character traits does every job require? Do you need to be reliable to work as a doctor? Do you need to be bossy to work as a head of the company? Read what people are talking about their jobs.

Nurse: Hello! My name is Anna. I have just started working as a nurse. I don’t have a lot of experience. My job requires a lot of skills. You have to be patient, reliable, friendly and easy-going. I like working with people. I can say that I’m a people person. A lot of my patients feel like I’m their friend. I’m really sympathetic. It means that I always listen to them and show that I care about their problems. I love my job! Sometimes it can be really stressful. But I know that I help a lot of people, and that’s what makes me happy!

Teacher: My name is Sam. I am a Maths teacher. I am quite talkative. Surely, I like to talk a lot, especially about algorithms and equations. I think I could talk about maths all day long! Of course, sometimes I am really bossy with my students. My job is to motivate them and keep track of their results. I like it when they are hard-working and think logically. The most important thing in teaching is to give feedback for their work. Feedback is comments on their results: what they do well and what they can do better.

Meet Mark. He’s a usual 15-year-old teenager. Last year he wanted to try a summer job. He is a very sociable and active guy, so he decided to work as a mystery shopper during his summer holidays. He really enjoyed it, that’s why he continued his career. Now he spends about 2-3 hours a day at work - his task is to make purchases at the different shops and ask questions about products or service - just like a regular customer. But nobody should guess that he’s a mystery shopper! His boss usually gives him some money to buy all the necessary items, and it’s important not to spend more and to keep all the receipts he gets during his working day. He also has to write reports about his shopping experience every day - and that’s the most boring part of his job. But in general, he is really excited to be a mystery shopper.