VOCABULARY

7ª - work experience
 career
• The progression of your professional life; it
doesn´t include your studies .
 Have a career IN ……
• * POLITICS
• *FINANCE
• *JOURNALISM
• * ENGINEERING
• *MEDICINE ETC ETC…
EMBARK on a career
(begin)
 PURSUE a career
(Do a lot of effort to GET one)
Have a PROMISING CAREER
Varied career
Career prospects
(Opportunities)
SWITCH CAREER
(Change career)
 if Your career takes off

YOU START TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL

AT THE PEAK OF YOUR CAREER
(you made it ¡)
RUIN YOUR CAREER
 JOB
• Regular and official activity you do and that
you get some money from it.

Job = occupation = profession

Full-time job
PART TIME JOB
LOOK FOR A JOB
 JOB HUNT
(The action of looking for a job)
 Job listings
(the part of the newspapers where you
can find a job)
 Job opening
In the job listings you can find lots of
job openings¡
Apply for a job ¡
Offer a job
GET THE JOB¡
 Demanding job
(requires a lot of effort)
 A fulfilling / rewarding job
when you feel you make an impact
where you work.
A dream job
 Entry-level job
a job for beginners
A dead-end job
 A high –powered job
a rather important and dynamic job
 A lucrative job
(a job where you can make lots of
money)
 WORK
• Verb: trabajar
• Noun: the efforts you do to achieve a goal
• The context of your PLACE of employment.
• WORK IS MORE GENERAL THAN JOB, though it
can not be replace it.
Work for a company
Work on a …….
 Start work at ……
• I START WORK AT………

• I FINISH/ LEAVE WORK AT…..

• I GET OFF WORK AT……
“We go to work by car.”
“I can’t access Facebook when I’m at
work.”
To be in charge of …..
To be responsible for
 To fire/sack someone

Pablito got fired from the job

 work AS a …….

She works as an Engineer

 To be out of work

I’ve been out of work for 10 years

 To earn a living

Some people are able to earn a living

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