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The picture below shows two women who are looking at a smartphone. One of them is a customer who wants to change her style and the other one is a personal shopper who is giving her client advice on what she should wear. Read the text to find out more about what a personal shopper does and if it’s a well‑paid job.
Na poniższym zdjęciu widać dwie kobiety, które patrzą na ekran smartfona. Jedna z nich to klientka, która chce zmienić swój wizerunek i styl ubierania się, a druga to asystentka zakupów, która doradza jej, jak to zrobić. Przeczytaj tekst, aby dowiedzieć się więcej o tym, czym zajmuje się personal shopper i czy jest to dobrze płatna praca.
Study the text to learn more about what a personal shopper does. Is it a popular profession?
A Personal Shopper - Is It Worth ItPersonal shoppers are used by those who don't have the time or energy to go shopping for food, clothes and presents, among others. Personal shoppers search the Internet, catalogues and shopping centres for the best dealsdeals and the right products for their clients. People also employemploy personal shoppers for their sensesense of fashion and eye for a good deal to assist them with building their wardrobes and finding their style. Some personal shoppers work for exclusive boutiques or department stores which offer personalised services for their customers.
There are several ways that personal shoppers can billbill their clients: they might charge a flatflat fee, a percentage of the purchasepurchase, or they can be paid an hour. If a personal shopper works for a specific department store, they can receive their salarysalary directly from the business, or they can work on commissioncommission. The hourly rate for personal shoppers can range from $25 to $300range from $25 to $300. Even with this relatively high hourly rate, personal shoppers still rather earn an averageaverage salary. GlassDoor.com reports that personal shoppers made $26,350 on average in March 2020, with incomesincomes ranging from $19,000 to $43,000ranging from $19,000 to $43,000. Of course, an experienced personal shopper with an establishedestablished group of regular customers is likely to make a wagewage that is significantlysignificantly more than the national averagenational average.
Personal shoppers may choose their own hours of work and maintain a flexibleflexible scheduleschedule, which is one of the benefitsbenefits of running their own business. However, they also suffer fromsuffer from all the drawbacksdrawbacks, including job insecurityinsecurity and lack oflack of benefitsbenefits. Although personal shoppers don’t have to commit tocommit to a full‑timefull‑time office job, they nevertheless faceface the stress of running their company on their own and acquiringacquiring new customers. Despite sometimes working from home, personal shoppers frequently interact withinteract with customers and salespeople. They spend some time at department stores, which, if they like shopping, can be entertaining even if they don't make any purchases for themselves. Personal shoppers occasionally come to customers' homes to offer clothing advice. They travel extensivelyextensively, driving to a department store following a client meeting, then returning with the goodsgoods.
Personal shopping is a very young industryindustry. Therefore, anyone who pursues a careerpursues a career in it does so at a great risk. The career's future is not very clear, and not much information on it is accessible. The future of personal shopping is likely to be significantly impactedimpacted by how well Internet commerceInternet commerce does. Currently, online personal shoppers offer email consultations and assistance with online product purchases. Actually, no one knows exactly how this industry will develop and if it’s worth investing in. But... nothing ventured, nothing gainednothing ventured, nothing gained!
Źródło: Dorota Giżyńska, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.
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2. There are established rates for personal shoppers.
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3. Most personal shoppers earn as much as people in other professions.
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4. Being self-employed has got some disadvantages.
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5. Going shopping for other people is not as enjoyable as doing it for yourself.
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6. Becoming a personal shopper is a safe job choice.
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2. Personal shoppers can also work on income commission, which means that they get a percentage of the value of purchases made by a customer.
3. If you choose to be a personal shopper, you don’t have to commit to lack of an office job.
4. Having a regular group of customers means that a personal shopper can earn extensively significantly more than the national average.
5. Personal shoppers sometimes have to face interact with stressful situations at work.
Answer the questions. Write 2–3 sentences to each question.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of working as a personal shopper?
Do you think becoming a personal shopper is a career worth pursuing? Why/Why not?
Would you like to work as a personal shopper? Why/why not?
Słownik
/ əˈkwaɪərɪŋ / / əˈkwaɪə /
pozyskiwanie [pozyskiwać]
/ ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ /
zaleta
/ ˈævərɪdʒ /
średni/średnia
/ ˈbenɪfɪts / / ˈbenɪfɪt /
korzyści [korzyść]
/ bɪl /
wystawiać rachunek
/ kəˈmɪʃn /
prowizja
/ kəˈmɪt tuː /
poświęcać się czemuś
/ diːlz / / diːl /
okazje [okazja]
/ ˈdrɔːbæk /
wada
/ ɪmˈploɪ /
zatrudniać
/ ɪˈstæblɪʃt /
ugruntowany/ugruntowana
/ ɪkˈstensɪvli /
obszernie
/ feɪs /
radzić sobie z czymś
/ ˈfaɪə /
zwalniać
/ flæt /
regularny/regularna, stały/stała
/ ˈfleksəbl̩ /
elastyczny/elastyczna
/ fʊl ˈtaɪm /
na pełen etat
/ ɡʊdz /
towary
/ ɪmˈpæktɪd / / ɪmˈpækt /
być pod wpływem czegoś [wpływać]
/ ˈɪŋkʌmz / / ˈɪnkʌm /
dochody [dochód]
/ ˈɪndəstri /
przemysł, branża
/ ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊərɪti /
brak zabezpieczenia, niepewność
/ ˌɪntəˈrækt wɪð /
nawiązywać kontakt z
/ ˈɪntənet ˈkɒmɜːs /
handel internetowy
/ ɪˈreɡjʊlə /
nieregularny/nieregularna
/ ˈlæk ɒv /
brak czegoś
/ laɪ əˈhed /
wydarzy się [wydarzyć się]
/ ˈnæʃnəl ˈævərɪdʒ /
średnia krajowa
/ ˈnʌthetaɪŋ ˈventʃəd ˈnʌthetaɪŋ ɡeɪnd /
kto nie ryzykuje, ten nie ma (idiom)
/ ˈpɑːt taɪm /
na część etatu
/ ˈpɜːtʃəs /
zakup
/ pəˈsjuː ə kəˈrɪə /
wykonywać zawód
/ ˈreɪndʒɪŋ frəm tuː / / reɪndʒ frəm tuː /
(o dochodach) wynoszące od… do… [wynosić od… do…]
/ ˈsæləri /
pensja, wynagrodzenie (najczęściej wypłacane co miesiąc)
/ ˈʃedjuːl /
harmonogram, terminarz
/ sens /
poczucie
/ sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəntli /
znacząco, znacznie
/ stəˈbɪlɪti /
pewność, stabilność
/ ˈsʌfə frɒm /
cierpieć z powodu
/ weɪdʒ /
płaca, zarobki (wypłacane za wykonanie określonej pracy)
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