IELTS Speaking for Success - ⚖️ Dream jobs and career choices (Part 3) + Transcript

Episode Date: September 11, 2026

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Hello, hello, dear listener, and welcome into AIL speaking part three. We are discussing jobs in general. What kind of job can be called a dream job? Well, anything that people think would work well for them in the most ideal way, probably. For a lot of them, that might be related to their salary, but it could also be about flexible working or being able to pick and choose who you work with and how. It's a very individual thing. Can you explain as further? Yeah, people have different drives and motivations in life along with differing aims and objectives, so it would make sense

the criteria for a dream job would be similarly broad. How can people find a perfect job? Well, I don't know, really. I'm not sure the perfect job exists for a lot of people, but they can get close to it by maybe looking for things in a field related to their interests. and researching what the work conditions might be like before agreeing to them to reduce any potential stress. What kind of jobs are the most popular in your country? I don't know, to be honest. I guess I'd say ones that involve service compared to manual labor, just because that's what you see most people doing these days.

Do you think that can change? Well, that's been the trend for a while, but it might reverse if there's some kind of shes. shift in the economy and a lot of people find themselves out of work. Well, then they might have to reinvent themselves. What jobs do children want to do when they grow up? Well, probably the ones they chose from the limited selection they're exposed to, and the ones that seem most fun for them. So being a vet is quite popular because kids love animals, for example. And what evidence do you have for that? Well, they can't make choices in a vacuum, can they? There has to be some input from the

outside or they'll have no clue about anything that's on offer. Do people's ideal jobs change as they grow up? Well, probably. They become aware of other options and their own strengths and limitations in terms of character and temperament and knowledge. So it makes sense they would adapt to these changes. Some of them might stick at it, like if they're determined or ambitious. Otherwise, no one would do anything complicated like being a doctor or a lawyer. Will this be true in the future? Yeah, as long as people are finding things out about themselves and the world and what the possibilities are,

logically, they will change with the times and their context. What should people consider when choosing jobs? Well, the salary is the most obvious, but they might also want to give some thought to the responsibilities or any particularly onerous regulations they have to stick to. Some jobs can be quite demanding that way. and there's also the impact it might have on other parts of their lives, like the ability to raise a family or if it conflicts with other goals they have. Has that always been true?

Well, some things more than others, perhaps. I think payment of some kind has always been a consideration, but some people haven't given much thought to the detrimental impacts of some lines of work on family life until very recently, just as we've become more conscious of mental health. Is salary the main reason people choose a certain job? It could certainly be a big factor for a lot of people, and why shouldn't it be you've got to pay for basic necessities somehow,

but there will be other things like the working hours or conditions, like whether the employer is reputable or even sustainable or ethical. These are growing considerations nowadays, especially in light of climate change and environmental issues. Are people's interests more important, than money. I mean, a certain degree of financial security is important to allow people to do other things, but money isn't the be-all and end-all, is it? There's much more to life than that.

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It's just ideal. It's great. They like it. It could be about flexible working hours. Flexible, like, they change. Well, they change to suit you. Yeah, to suit you. they're not set in stone, they're not fixed, but they can change.

It could be about the salary, it could be about flexible working hours, and it is about being able to choose who you work for and how you work. People have different drives. Her drive is your motivation, so I should probably not have said drives and motivations. Yeah, but you can say like, people, have different drives. So people have different motivations, like the force that moves you forward. And they might have different aims and objectives, which is a collocation. It's a binomial. Aims and objectives. Things they want to achieve. Very similar. Like aims, purposes, objectives. Your objective is kind of your aim.

Oh, speaking of binomials, I said you could have flexible working conditions. or you'd be able to pick and choose, which is another binomial. If you can pick and choose, you can choose what you want to do. So a dream job is about being able to pick and choose who you work for. It could be. And this structure you see. So like a dream job is about being able to choose. A dream job is about choosing who you work for, how you work, when you work,

where you work, how much you work, how much you work, how much, much you earn. How much you get paid for working? You can say that I'm not sure the perfect job exists. So there is no such thing as a perfect job because people will always find something to be disappointed about, you know? Even if you are a caretaker of an island, like it is supposed to be a perfect job, you just relax on an island, you take care of the island, you clean the island, you know, you live in a paradise. Even there, people can be depressed, miserable, and they may not like something. But they're still living on an island. They're lucky them. The sea is too clean. The sun shines every day. I'm tired of it. The sand is too perfect. I'm depressed.

Oh, it's too beautiful. I can't take it anymore. However, they can get close to it. So if you get close to something, it's almost right. In your country, dear listener, what job? Jobs are popular. Well, you can say, at a guess. I'm not sure, but like I'm guessing. I'm taking a guess. At a guess, I'd say that IT specialists, manual labor.

Labor is like work, manual, something that you do by hand. Manual labor. Like construction, more construction. Construction and more construction. Yeah, like manual work done with your hands. Well, it could be being a plumber or an electrician, for example. Usually unskilled manual labor. Yeah, or it's a manual job.

So manual jobs or better say unskilled manual labor. So people without a degree, they just build a house or help you around your house fixing things. Yeah, I think like on IT specialists, manual labor and people in marketing and services like shop assistants, people who work in cafes, restaurants. So what do you call them? Like people who work in services? Service workers. Service workers, yeah, there you go.

However, if they're not popular or if they lose their jobs, they might be out of work and they might have to reinvent themselves. So if you reinvent yourself, that just means you change your life radically. You would go from being, I don't know, someone who works in a coffee shop to someone who does plumbing. That's a massive reinvention. Yeah. So some people might be unemployed, might become unemployed, out of work. And a very good example, you know, and it's connected with technology.

You know, Everest, the highest mountain. And there are Sherpas there. They carry heavy weight on top for people. They carry oxygen. They carry people's stuff. So people don't carry everything themselves. So this year, drones. Drones, this is a flying machine, a drone.

Drones carried some weight. Can you imagine? On Everest, drones carried the weight. And Sherpas were very sad and actually quite annoyed and upset. So they stopped this business. The government says that, no, no, no, no, drones. They stopped it for some time. But then, again, some drones still carried weight.

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I don't know. I mean, if it works, I always think the air would be very thin, so it would be difficult to use them. But maybe if they can, then it's not such a big deal. But what about Sherpas, who could lose their jobs? Okay, that's not so great. But on the other hand, it's probably a lot safer than for them. I would mean, I might need to reinvent themselves. Yeah, we see, like, they'll have to reinvent themselves.

People grow up and their preferences change. So they should know about their own. strength like strong points if you can't pronounce strength just say strong points and limitations

limitations what you are not good at and also you should know your character what's that word temperament oh temperament that's just like your character like if you're prone to being

angry or calm temperament yeah just like you're like your mood, how you behave, character temperament. And this makes you adapt to different things. And people keep finding things out about themselves as they grow up. So things change with the times. Like people change or people will change with the times.

Article, The Times. I think it's a fixed expression, change with the times. People's preferences change with the times. Language changes with the times. Yeah, like people's character will change with the times, right? So maybe people are hardworking, then they're lazy, then they are ambitious to do different things. They're not ambitious. Yeah, things change.

What doesn't change, though, is the salary for your job. So how much money you get paid. That's the most obvious. But then you could talk about other things too. Responsibilities. regulations. Like people check out responsibilities. Regulations, like rules you have to stick to, like we stick to regulations.

Onerous regulations. That means very demanding regulations. Oh, that's a strange word. Is it? Yeah, it is very strange. Owners. Very demanding. Difficult to do or needing a lot of effort.

For example, onerous tasks, difficult tasks. Rory could you give us another example with. this onerous, like one and rose. Yeah, if you want to be a police officer, then you have to follow onerous regulations. Yeah, no, if you don't like this onerous word, you can say taxing. Taxing tasks. Difficult needing a lot of effort. Yeah, some jobs are really demanding, right? So if you're chief executive officer, like if you're a super director, president, minister, so that would be very demanding. some people don't choose demanding jobs, right? So they prefer like regular positions.

So payment, salary, wages, but we use this word for unskilled manual labor, usually wages. They are paid every week. And normally we say payment, salary, the pay. The pay is good. My salary is good. But you might have other considerations,

like ethical ones, sustainable ones. Ethical just means are they morally good choices and sustainable means they're not wasting things. Ooh, or it could be about the employer and having a good reputation. So if they have a good reputation, then they are reputable. Ooh, reputable companies like Nike, Google, Apple. To know about Nike. Oh, really? Do you think Nike got in trouble for having slave labor or something? Are you joking? Really? Oh, wow. for Nike, that reputation will disappear if you pay us to advertise for you.

Yeah, yeah, we can, you know, I own lots of Nike clothes. All of these are things that people think about, and if they think about them more, then they are growing considerations. We are selling our souls to Nike and the McDonald's and all the brands. Oh, the deal is, we are horrible, right? Only if you care about money the most, and if you do care about something the most, then that is the be all and end all, which is a nice expression that just means it's the most important thing. But I said money isn't the be all and end all.

Yeah, so it's not the most important thing. And the question is like, is money more important than interest or is the salary the most important thing? And you say money isn't the be all and end all. It's not the main aim in life. There's much more to life than money. And on that happy note. Yay. Thank you very much for listening. We'll get back to you in our next episode.

Bye. What kind of job can be called a dream job? Well, anything that people think would work well for them in the most ideal way, probably. For a lot of them, that might be related to their salary, but it could also be about flexible working or being able to pick and choose who you work with and how. It's a very individual thing. Can you explain as further? Yeah, people have different drives and motivations in life,

along with differing aims and objectives, so it would make sense the criteria for a dream job would be similarly broad. How can people find a perfect job? Well, I don't know, really. I'm not sure the perfect job exists for a lot of people, but they can get close to it by maybe looking for things in a field related to their interests and researching what the work can, might be like before agreeing to them to reduce any potential stress.

What kind of jobs are the most popular in your country? I don't know, to be honest. I guess I'd say ones that involve service compared to manual labor, just because that's what you see most people doing these days. Do you think that can change? Well, that's been the trend for a while, but it might reverse if there's some kind of shift in the economy and a lot of people find themselves out of work.

Well, then they might have to reinvent themselves. What jobs do children want to do when they grow up? Well, probably the ones they chose from the limited selection they're exposed to, and the ones that seem most fun for them. So being a vet is quite popular because kids love animals, for example. And what evidence do you have for that? Well, they can't make choices in a vacuum, can they? There has to be some input from the outside,

or they'll have no clue about anything that's on offer. Do people's ideal jobs change as they grow up? Well, probably. They become aware of other options and their own strengths and limitations in terms of character and temperament and knowledge. So it makes sense they would adapt to these changes. Some of them might stick at it, like if they're determined or ambitious. Otherwise, no one would do anything complicated like being a doctor or a lawyer.

Will this be true in the future? Yeah, as long as people are finding things out about themselves and the world and what the possibilities are. Logically, they will change with the times and their context. What should people consider when choosing jobs? Well, the salary is the most obvious, but they might also want to give some thought to the responsibilities or any particularly onerous regulations they have to stick to. some jobs can be quite demanding that way. And there's also the impact it might have on other parts of their lives,

like the ability to raise a family or if it conflicts with other goals they have. Has that always been true? Well, some things more than others, perhaps. I think payment of some kind has always been a consideration, but some people haven't given much thought to the detrimental impacts of some lines of work on family life until very recently, just as we've become more conscious of mental health. Is salary the main reason people choose a certain job?

It could certainly be a big factor for a lot of people, and why shouldn't it be you've got to pay for basic necessities somehow? But there will be other things like the working hours or conditions, like whether the employer is reputable or even sustainable or ethical. These are growing considerations nowadays, especially in light of climate change and environmental issues. Are people's interests more important than money? I mean, a certain degree of financial security is important to allow people to do other things,

but money isn't the be-all and end-all, is it? There's much more to life than that.