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Vocabulary: Work and employment

General
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
Application
application
application form
apprentice, trainee
apprenticeship
CV (curriculum vitae)
job interview
skilled worker
to apply for a job
training
training course
vacancy
Unemployment
period of notice
to be unemployed
to be out of work
to be on the dole (BE)
to fire somebody
to sack somebody (BE)

to give somebody notice


to dismiss somebody
to hand in one's notice
to resign
to quit
unemployment
unemployment benefit, dole money
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

Vocabulary: Jobs
Jobs
(chimney) sweep
(fashion) model
actor/actress
astronaut
author/ess
baker
barber
beautician
biologist
bricklayer, brickie

bus driver
butcher
caretaker
carpenter
chemist
coach
construction worker
cook
cosmetician
dentist
doctor
electrician
engineer
engineer
explorer
farmer
fireman
florist
gardener
glazier
hairdresser
hairstylist
hunter/huntsman
mechanic
miner
nurse
nursery-school teacher
painter
physiotherapist
pilot
plumber
policeman/policewoman
research scientist
roofer
secretary
shepherd/ess

shop assistant
singer
slater
surgeon
taxi/cab driver
teacher
thatcher
tiler
tiler
undertaker
vet
vocalist (AE)
waiter/waitress
zoologist

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