Work, Employment – Vocabulary List
1. General vocabulary
- a regular job
- commuter
- employee
- employer
- He took a job as a waiter.
- job
- occupation
- profession
- to earn one's living
- to run a firm
- trade
- What do you do for a living?
- worker
2. Application
- application
- application form
- apprentice, trainee
- apprenticeship
- CV (curriculum vitae)
- job interview
- skilled worker
- to apply for a job
- training
- training course
- vacancy
3. Unemployment
- period of notice
- o be unemployed, to be out of work, to be on the dole
- to fire somebody, to sack somebody
- to give somebody notice, to dismiss somebody
- to hand in one's notice, to resign, to quit
- unemployment
- unemployment benefit, dole money
4. Working hours, Pay
- a full-time job
- a part-time job
- continued payment of wages
- flexitime
- pay slip
- salary
- to get a rise, to get a raise
- to work in shifts
- to work overtime
- wage cut
- wage demand, claim wage
- group wages