Nouns, noun expressions

a bonus, a career choice, a CV, challenges, experience, a job interview, job/labor market, job opportunities, a job satisfaction, perks, prospects, qualifications, references, responsibilities, a salary, a vacancy, working hours, a workplace

Adjectives describing jobs

dull, dead-end, exciting, full-time, monotonous, motivating, nine-to-five, part-time, permanent, perspective, remote, repetitive, rewarding, temporary, varied

Verbs

to deal with, to demote, to dismiss/discharge/sack (BrEng)/fire (AmEng), to hire/employ, to promote, to resign/quit, to retire

Verbal expressions

to apply for a job, to be experienced, to be on a sick leave, to be on maternity leave, to be sacked/fired, to be self-employed, to be unemployed, to be in charge of/to be responsible for, to do a job-share, to do night shifts, to do paperwork, to do/work overtime, to do shift work, to get promoted, to give / provide a reference, to get a job, to get holiday pay, to get sick pay, to get a pay rise, to give the sack,  to have an interview, to look for a job, to make redundant, to meet a deadline, to run a company, to send a CV, to work flexitime, to work on commission

People involved

a colleague, deputy, a director, an employer, an employee, a job seeker, a head, an HR specialist, a shift worker, a trainee

Jobs

An architect, a lawyer, an engineer, an accountant, a university lecturer, a broker, a sailor, a pilot, a police officer, a firefighter, a carpenter, a plumber, an electrician, a teacher, a manager,  a doctor, a mechanic, a nurse, a surgeon, a vet, a programmer, an IT specialist, an actor, a real estate agent

Phrasal verbs

knock off, knuckle down (to something), lay off, to snow under (to be snowed under), take on

Idioms

be thrown in at the deep end, it’s not rocket science, to pull your socks up, to put your feet up, take the rap for something

Additional Vocabulary

Exercises

Vocabulary with definitions

Vocabulary with translation

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