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WORK VOCABULARY
What do you do for a living?
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WORKING PEOPLE
(job types)
job hunter/seeker/head hunter
freelancer
Computer-literate
self-employed
be your own boss
team leader
workmate/manager/boss
employer/employee
breadwinner
blue collar worker / white collar worker
human resources
close-knit team/community
intern
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opposite number
entrepreneur
commuter
WORKING HOURS
work full-time
work shifts
work part-time
To work flexitime/flexible hours
To work/to do overtime
do voluntary work
work long hours
nine to five job
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WORK PHRASAL VERBS/VERB+PREPOSITION
set up a business
take over a business
close down a business
be in charge of
turn down an offer
bring out a new product
some jobs have died out
take on new staff
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SALARY AND MONEY
minimum wage
make a salary+comission
ask for a payrise
To be underpaid
A job with good perks
salary rise
bonus/fringe benefits
expenses
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JOB HUNTING
vacancy/job opening
job centre / recruitment office / job centre
CV
head hunter
look for a job
job offer
apply for a job /job application
position
work placement
appointment
job interview
internet search/surf the internet
meet the requirements
OTHER WORK/JOB COLLOCATIONS
found
a company
A pecking order
A nine-to-five job
dead end job
to run a business
be on strike
vocational profession
commute from... to...
working partnership
investigation and development (I+D)
menial task
establish a good rapport
job satisfaction
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OUT OF WORK/GIVE UP WORK
be fired
To be shortlisted
To be dismissed
be laid off
to be made redundant
change jobs
be sacked
be hired
unfair dismissal
retire/retirement/pension
to be on sick leave
to be on maternity/parental leave
lose your job
take an early retirment
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WORK IDIOMS
the rat race
back to the grind/back to the salt mines
To hit a glass ceiling
teach/learn the ropes
make ends meet
save for a rainy day