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