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Work vocabulary

PEOPLE

Question: A person, company, or organization that pays someone to work for them as a member of their staff
Answer: EMPLOYER

Question: Someone who is paid regularly to work for a person or an organization
Answer: EMPLOYEE

Question: A person who works for himself or herself instead of for an employer and gets paid directly by the people he or she provides a product or service to
Answer: SELF-EMPLOYED

Question: Someone who directs the musicians of an orchestra or other musical group
Answer: CONDUCTOR

Question: Someone who works for a government department
Answer: CIVIL SERVANT

VERBS

Question: To stop working, especially when you reach the age when you are officially too old to work
Answer: RETIRE

Question: To state formally that you are leaving a job permanently
Answer: RESIGN

Question: I can't believe it. They've .............. me that job in New York City and they want me to begi next month.
Answer: OFFERED

Question: To tell someone that they can no longer work at their job
Answer: SACK (British English)
FIRE (American English)

Question: To make an official request for a job
Answer: APPLY FOR

CV

Question: So you'd like to work at our school. Do you have any previous ........... with children?
Answer: EXPERIENCE

Question: A statement or letter which describes someone's character and ability to do a job
Answer: REFERENCES

Question: Used for asking officially whether you are married or not
Answer: MARITAL STATUS

Question: Something such as a degree or a diploma that you get when you successfullyfinish a course of study
Answer: QUALIFICATIONS

Question: American word for "curriculum vitae"
Answer: RÉSUMÉ

AT WORK

Question: A written legal agreement between two people orbusinesses that says what each must do for the other orgive to the other
Answer: CONTRACT

Question: The opposite of a part-time job
Answer: A FULL-TIME (JOB)

Question: To move to a job at a higher level
Answer: GET PROMOTED
GET A PROMOTION

Question: A synonym of "salary"
Answer: WAGE

Question: Extra hours that someone works at their job
Answer: (DO) OVERTIME

MISCELLANY

Question: They gave him a job .... a manager in the shoe department
Answer: AS

Question: I'm in ................ of security in the factory so I'm responsible for it.
Answer: CHARGE

Question: It's hard to find a job. Last week I went .......... a job interview in C&A but I don't think they'll call me.
Answer: FOR

Question: Extra money or other advantages that you get in addition to your salary from your employer as part of your job e.g. The ............. include medical insurance and a company car.

Answer: BENEFITS

Question: Time before and after the birth of a baby when a woman is allowed to be away from her job
Answer: MATERNITY LEAVE