Job Stories Vol. 1 – Companions

In this audio book, people from a variety of professions talk about their everyday working lives, their experiences, feelings and insights. The reader of the lively short job stories has the impression of standing face to face with the interviewees and listening to them. The stories are as entertaining as they are informative and serve as career guidance for some, while for others they provide fascinating insights into the life and feelings of the workforce. The job stories are intended to invite you to browse through them by looking over the shoulders of other people at work and finding out what they do all day and how they experience their everyday working life. This book attempts to provide a snapshot of working with all its social, economic and political conditions in an inspiring and entertaining way. Many of the statements made by the people who report here touch on topics that I encounter again and again in everyday conversations. No statement is made up. Every statement is truthful. The stories are as entertaining as they are informative and serve as career guidance for some, while for others they provide fascinating insights into the lives of the working population. What does a midwife do all day? What does a dentist experience and how does one become an mortician? What does a taxi driver think about his colleagues and what does a teacher think when she has difficult pupils? What type of person do you have to be to become a pub landlord?