Creative job security - Review 5

C2 Proficiency · Word Formation · Close-up C2 Workbook, National Geographic Learning

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

DISMISS

DISPENSE

CHARISMA

HIERARCHY

ACQUIRE

MANIPULATE

HYPOCRITE

OBLIGATE

One of the best ways to avoid a (1) ___ from work is to make yourself (2) ___ around the office. If a company ever decides to lay people off, managers often make emotional decisions. As such, hard-working yet (3) ___ individuals might be more likely to get the sack over those who are lazy but have a more charming personality overall. So how does one secure a position high up in the (4) ___ structure? Some good advice is to generate a buzz about yourself. Talking to everyone in the company, from the post room assistant to the CEO, can result in the (5) ___ of valuable knowledge about specific processes in the organisation. Then, making the higher-ups believe you're the only one who knows it – without seeming (6) ___ of course – might just shield you from a job loss. It takes months of the right moves to accomplish this, though, but if you genuinely like the company you work for and are not doing it just to save your job, then there's nothing (7) ___ about building this kind of rapport with your superiors. If and when that fateful day comes, they might feel they have a(n) (8) ___ to keep you on board, lest the company will suffer without the integral cog that is you.

Creative job security

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