General words relating to jobs and work / Learn English vocabulary about professions
an action or change of job that helps you to be successful in your career
a job, especially an important job
the type of career, training, or education that someone has had
used for talking about business compared to things that you do when you are not working
a strong feeling of wanting to do something, especially as a career
a strong feeling that you must do a particular type of job, especially one that you consider morally good
a job or series of related jobs that you do, especially a profession that you spend a lot of your working life in
the time when a sports player, entertainer, or artist is active or working
connected with someone’s career
a career politician, soldier, teacher etc wants to be in their profession for a long time and to achieve success or power in it
BRITISH connected with the process of choosing a career
BRITISH a system for making regular progress in your career by moving to a more important job or position each time
a way of working together where people from different backgrounds are invited to jointly produce a product or service that will benefit all of them
the process of working with someone to produce something
something that people produce by working together
the process of giving some of your work, duties, or responsibilities to a less senior person or a less powerful person
the way that the work that needs to be done is divided so that different people are responsible for different parts of it
the fact of having the relevant skills, qualifications, experience, or qualities to get a job
work that you are paid regularly to do for a person or company
relating to jobs and work
a second career that someone has after retiring from the first
someone’s job or particular responsibility
MAINLY AMERICAN a piece of work that you do for money, especially if you are self-employed
a method of working in which people do not have their own desk in an office but use any desk that is available at a particular time
FORMAL an official position
FORMAL the fact of having an official position, or the time during which someone has it
work that you do regularly to earn money. When you ask someone about their job, you usually say ‘What do you do?’, and not ‘What is your job?’ The answer would usually be ‘I am a ...’ or ‘I work as a...’, and not ‘My job is’...
a list of all the things that someone must do in their job
the knowledge that your job is permanent as long as you want it to be
a system in which two people share the work from a single job, so that each one works for part of the day or week
the American spelling of labour
work
the way that communication, authority, or responsibility is shared between people in an organization
something such as your work that provides the money that you need to live
an amount of work that a person, piece of equipment, or system has to do at one time
VERY FORMAL the type of work that you are good at, or the subject that you know most about
a job. This word is used especially on forms and in formal writing
relating to, or caused by, your job
a short trip for all the employees in a particular department or company, especially so that they can learn more about each other and how to work together better
a job that needs a person to do it
a job that is available
HUMOROUS any piece of work that someone produces
the total work that a company has agreed to do in the future, which shows how safe its workers’ jobs are
FORMAL a situation in which someone has more than one job or position, especially in a church
a way of organizing your working life in which you work for several different employers and do several different jobs at one time instead of working all the time for one employer
a job in a company
BRITISH a job, especially one with a lot of responsibility
a period of time during which someone who has been given a new job is watched to see whether they can do the job well and stay in the position
a job that you need special skills and qualifications to do, especially one with high social status
relating to your work or career
the process of obtaining the skills, qualifications, and experience that allow you to make progress in your career
in a way that is connected with your work or career
chances of success, especially in a job or career
work or duties done for a person or an organization
FORMAL a job
a job that someone has as part of a team of people
used about someone’s career
the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
a period of time during which a politician or other official holds their job
a job or type of work that someone is trained to do
a job that is available for someone to do
the job someone does or the position they have in society
someone’s job or profession
a job that someone is paid to do
the things that you do as part of your job
something that someone makes or does in their job
the experience and skills that you gain in doing a particular job
the period of time in your life that you work
the amount of work that a person or organization has to do
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