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Dialogue :

job hunting season, 2021

dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, you're ______.　What's ______?

Mark: Uh, I thought I would have ______; but it______.

Jingjing: What ______?

Mark: It's______.

Jingjing: I have_____.　Take a seat.　______.

Mark: Alright.　Well, it _____ when I sent my résume to_____.

Jingjing: ______ did you you do that?　Wait, let me guess: you were______ and just______ the wrong mailbox.

Mark: Right.　I was going to wait______ a new job offer came through______ before______.

Jingjing: That would have been______.　But now you have to_____, right?

Mark: I wouldn't mind______ and trying to______ for______.　I might still do that.

Jingjing: Yeah, that doesn't sound____.　It's a little embarrassing_______.　But I don't see any ______.

Mark: Well, here's the thing______.　About a year ago, my boss asked me to______ recruitment and training.　I really _____it at first, and______ a lot.

Jingjing: How did your boss______ to that?

Mark: Nobody likes ______.　I really should have______.　Recently, I've started to like ______ and showing people______at our company.　But, ______promoting me and ______, my boss just hired a new HR person.

Jingjing: So, your high salary ______and left you feeling bitter______.

Mark: Yep.　And in my ______, on my résume, I said I wanted a job that______ recruitment ______ project work—which really ______what I had told my boss the whole time.

Jingjing: Wow, you really ______.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, do you have any other job interviews______?

Mark: Yeah, actually,______, I'll ______.

Jingjing: That sounds______, considering your______.　How's the ______?

Mark: It's worse than what I ______ now—______, to tell the ______.

Jingjing: ______ what you've told me, it doesn't sound like you have to______.

Mark: I don't.　But what makes the new opportunity ______ is that they pay ______.

Jingjing: So, if you design something and it sells______, they keep _____, even between _____?

Mark: That's right.　As long as a new edition hasn't______, or if I've helped with the new edition, I keep ______ from work I've completed ______.

Jingjing: Good on you, Mark.　You're one of the people I ______ to see ______.

Mark: Hey, I'm not that______!　Anyway, at the interview, I'll see if they have ______.　Their listing only ______ full time.

Jingjing: Don't you think it'd be a ______, keeping your current full time job and _____ with the new employer?

Mark: It might be, but everybody does it—or else they______, or some ______ of those three.

Jingjing: Hey, you're ______, Mark.

Mark: Well, thanks for ______.

Jingjing: Huh, I thought you______.　But it sounds like______.

Mark: I hope things _____ in the next few days.

Jingjing: Me too.　______, good luck!

new words and phrases

fall through:

put in <one's> notice:

crawl back to <someone>:

smooth things over:

<an idea> goes out the window:

shoot <oneself> in the foot:

<have something> in the works:

be at bat for <something>:

jump ship:

residual income:

live hand to mouth:

moonlight:

preach to the choir:

<be> in dire straights:

<have one's> bases covered: