Less than fifty per cent of the working population in Britain has a full-time, long term job with a permanent employment contract. People have become attracted to or forced into part-time work, self-employment, temporary employment, job sharing and freelance contracts. And this is happening all over Europe. The “job for life” is dead. Our parents and grandparents may have walked into jobs which offered them security and a regular salary, but the whole economic climate has changed. Natasha Jacoby, unemployed, gave up on her teaching career and tells us about her new job: “I’ve always enjoyed photography and it is something where you learn a lot from experience. I graduated in English and French but I couldn’t find a job as a teacher. I was feeling very frustrated and depressed. Some of my friends told me that my pictures were good and encouraged me to try and make a living at it. I started in October and I’m building up confidence and contacts. I’ve also had work assisting other photographers, which is a good way to learn. I’ve done various commissions regularly but at the moment I’m developing my portfolio so that I can get work doing album covers and magazine photography. I like doing portraits and I enjoy black and white photography, but what I really like best is colour work.” (abridged and modified) Answer the questions below according to paragraph 3 of the text: What did Natasha study to be? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Is that her present job? Why? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ How did she feel when she was unemployed? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ How did she decide to become a photographer? _________________________________________________________________________________________________