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4. Read about job-sharing. Write these headings into each paragraph.;(3) ___________________ Plan the system for handing work over carefully and play to each other’s different strengths. Delegate the workload according to each other’s particular skills and qualities. (4) ___________________ Manager should clarify what they expect in terms of hours, availability and results, and employees should manage their employer’s expectations. Sue Osborn, a job-sharer for 21 years, says, ‘We’re often asked to do five-day weeks. Eventually you just have to say no.’ (5) ___________________ Agree in writing arrangements for holidays, parental leave, retirement, etc. everyone should know where they stand from the beginning. (6) ___________________ Do not work until 1am at home to make up for not being in the office every day. (7) ___________________ Clients may not like having to deal with two people working closely together. As Savage says: ‘A job-share should be like a marriage one voice, one unit.’;1.2Reading;6. A. run B. control C. produce 7. A. speak B. know C. be 8. A. do B. see C. make 9. A. socializing B. work C. extra 10. A. talk B. with C. success;Task 1: Read the following article. What benefits and incentives does the article mention for employees at Xerox?; Human resources is taken seriously at Xerox, Palmer says, and the company has a policy of promoting from within (which would explain Moloney’s amazement at her colleagues’ longevity). The company takes on only fifteen to twenty graduates each year and Moloney was part of an intake who joined having already acquired a couple of years’ work experience. She started as a project manager for Xerox Global Services before moving into sales. Now her responsibility is to ‘grow and maintain customer relationships’. Moloney is based at the head office in Uxbridge. ‘It’s great in terms of working environment,’ she says. ‘We’ve