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 get a raise – to receive an increase in the amount of your pay.
- 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.
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