Are you qualified for this job

[fenglish]

Hi,

A new job has many prerequisites and responsibilities, can I say:

A. Are you qualified for this job?
B. Do you have full qualification for this job?

Are A and B all correct?
How do native speakers ask the same question usually?

Thanks.

 

[Tarheel]

"A" is okay. I am not sure what "full qualification" means.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hi,

A new job has many prerequisites and responsibilities.

Are A and B all correct? No.

A. Are you qualified for this job? That's fine.
B. Do you have all the qualifications for this job?

How do native speakers ask the same question usually?

Thanks.

It's not natural. An employer would not use those open-ended questions. An employer would ask about specific qualifications. For instance, if the job is teaching English as a second language, an employer might ask:

- How long have you spoken English?
- How much experience do you have teaching English?
- Where did you study teaching ESL?

And so on. Anyone can say "I'm fully qualified." An employer wants specific information.

 

[Tarheel]

Two things. Say:

Are A and B correct? (Not "all correct".)

Charlie is right. An employer will ask about specific qualifications. For example, he might say: "Do you have a driver's license?"

 

[fenglish]

Thanks.

If one person's job is English Teacher, and he/she wants to change to another completely and unfamiliar job like IT Administrator.

What word(s) can be used to express this job change?

A. He wants to <what word(s) can be used here?>.
B. He wants to change his job career.

Option B can only express he wants to change a new job, but it doesn't express if that new job is related to the old job or not. So I think B can't express the original meaning of changing to a new completely and unfamiliar job.

Thanks.

 

[Matthew Wai]

He wants to change to another line of work.

 

[tedmc]

He wants to change/switch career.

 

[fenglish]

He wants to change to another line of work.

He wants to change/switch career.

It sounds not natural. I think it may be a noun but I don't know.

 

[tedmc]

fenglish

Are you looking for a verb or a noun?

You asked for a word which fits: He wants to < >

The noun is career change.

 

[Matthew Wai]

He wants a change in occupation.

 

[Tarheel]

Thanks.

If one person's job is English Teacher, and he/she wants to change to another completely and unfamiliar job like IT Administrator.

What word(s) can be used to express this job change?

A. He wants to <what word(s) can be used here?>.
B. He wants to change his job career.

Option B can only express THAT he wants to change TO a new job, but it doesn't SAY if that new job is related to the old job or not. So I think B can't express the original meaning of changing to a TOTALLY NEW and unfamiliar job.

Well, a career change does indeed mean getting into a different line of work. Four possibilities:

He wants to change careers.

He wants to get into a different line of work.

He wants a new job.

He wants to do something different.

 

[Tarheel]

It sounds not natural. I think it may be a noun but I don't know.

Say:

It does not sound natural.

 

[fenglish]

Say:

It does not sound natural.

Thanks so much.

May I know why is "It sounds not ...." wrong? Is it related to grammar error? If you don't point out the error, I will nerve use "It does not sound ...". Thanks again.

Is there any good website link / document can be used to review ALL English grammars in one place?

 

[GoesStation]

May I know why [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] "It sounds not ...." is wrong? Is it related to a grammar error? If you don't point out the error, I will [STRIKE]nerve[/STRIKE] never use "It does not sound ..."

Forming negatives in English is a little tricky. I found a good explanation of how to do it here.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Thanks.

If one person's job is English teacher, and he ​or she wants to change to another completely ​different and unfamiliar job like IT ​administrator​, what word ​or words can be used to express this job change?

A. He wants to​:

- find a new career.
- get into a new line of work.
- change job direction.
- learn a new trade.
- enter a different profession.

B. He wants to change his job career.

There's no such thing as a "job career." He either wants to change his job or his career.

Option B can only express that he wants to change ​to a new job, but it doesn't ​say whether that new job is related to the old job or not. So I ​don't think B expresses the original meaning of changing to a new completely and unfamiliar job.

If you say "job," it doesn't. If you say "career," it does.

Thanks.

You're welcome!

Now, does that make sense? Job and career mean two different things. For example, you might be an IT person at one company, then quit to become the IT person at another company. Now you have a new job but the same old career.

 

[Tarheel]

Fenglish, with the help you are getting on this thread, you should learn a great deal. I don't want you to develop bad habits, which is why from time to time I point out how something should be said.

As for GRAMMARS, you can use the plural form when referring to books about grammar. Otherwise, "grammar" is not usually pluralized.

 

[tedmc]

It sounds not natural.

This is a literal translation from Chinese. There is no "do" and "does" in Chinese, so Chinese learners of English are not used to the "changing over".

 

[Matthew Wai]

A better literal translation would be 'It sounds unnatural'.

 

[fenglish]

All my words were not simply translated from my native language when I ask questions. I am thinking and writing all in English now, but I will check Oxford or Longman dictionary to find out the exact explanation of every unfamiliar word.

Just as Tarheel said, it is my bad habits, I will try to overcome it.

 

[Matthew Wai]

All my words were not simply translated from my native language when I ask questions. I am thinking and writing all in English now

You have to think about tenses too because 'were' does not agree with 'ask'.