The World of Work

This page will help you with ideas and vocabulary to prepare your conversation about The World of Work:

Here you have some useful vocabualry to use:

Employee - a person who works for another person or for a company for wages or a salary.
Employer - a person or company that has people who do work for wages or a salary
Apprentice - a person who learns a job or skill by working for a fixed period of time
Trainee - a person who is being trained for a job.
Intern – a student or graduate who works for a period of time at a job to get experience.
to be called for an interview: to be invited to attend an interview
- To get a raise – to receive an increase in the amount of your pay.
  - Promotion - the act of promoting someone or something
to be your own boss: to have your own business
a dead-end job: a job with no promotional opportunities
to do a job-share: to share the weekly hours of work with another person
full-time: tjob he number of hours that people usually work in a complete week
a heavy workload: to have a lot of work to do
job satisfaction: the feeling of enjoying a job
manual work: work that requires physical activity
maternity leave: time off work given to a woman about to have a baby
to meet a deadline: to finish a job by an agreed time
a nine-to-five job: a normal job that consists of an 8 hour day (approximately)
part-time: working less than full-time
to run your own business: see ‘to be your own boss’
to be self-employed: see ‘to be your own boss’
sick leave: time allowed off work when sick
to be stuck behind a desk: to be unhappy in an office job
to take early retirement: to retire early (retire: to stop working)
temporary work: work done for a limited time only
voluntary work: to work without pay
to be well paid: to earn a good salary
working conditions: the hours, salary and other entitlements that comes with the job
to work with your hands: to do manual work
To be unemployed – to be without a job.
To be out of work – to be without a job.
To be on the dole - to receive money that a government gives to unemployed people
To fire somebody - to dismiss (someone) from a job.
To sack somebody - to dismiss (someone) from a job.
To hand in one’s notice – to give your boss a statement telling someone that an agreement, job, etc., will end soon.
To resign - to give up (a job or position) in a formal or official way.
To quit - to leave (a job, school, career, etc.).
Unemployment benefit - money that is paid by a company (such as an insurance company) or by a government when someone dies, becomes sick, stops working, etc.

Watch these Videos:

Join a group of middle school students as they try and figure out what kind of jobs will best suit them. Qualcomm has developed tools to help students identify their strengths, interests and values so they can start thinking about their future in the world of work

Watch these two videos for possible questions and possible answers on the topic The World of Work

PRACTICE ON THE TOPIC:

1. Activities for the world of work topic

2. Practise with this list of Questions.

3. Here is some more practice to do in class.

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