The survey section of the Engineering Industry Training Board conducted this telephone survey of Personnel managers in engineering companies to find out their attitudes to career breaks for women engineers.  The survey resulted in 157 completed interviews.  Thirty–one of the employers interviewed had had experience of women engineers taking career breaks and returning to work
A further 16 had had career break levers but as yet no returners.  The majority (110) had had no experience of career breaks.  Those that had had experience generally dealt with each case individually; few firms had a stated company policy on the issue.
 

In conclusion, this generally positive response to career breaks for women engineer indicates that the introduction of career break schemes may allow highly skilled women to remain in the work force.  The cost of training an engineer is considerable.  This investment is normally recovered within about five years, but if an engineer then leaves, the company will not receive a full return on its investment.  Career breaks can be used to make sure that the investment in training women engineers is not lost.

  a. Who were interviewed in the survey?
  b. How was the survey conducted?
  c. Why was the survey conducted?
  d. How many employers were interviewed?
  e. How many companies had a stated policy regarding career – breaks?

  Question Number Two?
  Write the word "True" if the statement is true. 
   If the statement is false, write the word "False".

  A. The cost of training an engineer is not a lot.
  B. Targeted companies would have experienced career breaks

  Question Number Three:
  Find a word in the third paragraph which means "profit". 

  Question Number Four:
  What does the word "personnel" mean?

  Question Number Five:
  What do the following words refer to:
     Those 
     Its

  Question Number Six:
  The underlined words (further) means.

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