USEFUL VOCABULARY: JOBS (LEO NETWORK).

accountant(s) baker(s) barber(s)

barman (barmen) builder(s) butcher(s)

carpenter(s) cashier(s) chambermaid(s)/maid

chef(s) cleaner(s) dentist(s)

doctor(s) electrician(s) engineer(s)

fireman (firemen) fishmonger(s) flight attendant(s)/stewardess

hairdresser(s) judge(s) lawyer(s)

nurse(s) optician(s) painter(s)

photographer(s) plumber(s) policeman (policemen)

porter(s) postman (postmen) receptionist(s)

reporter(s) sales assistant(s) sales representative(s)

scientist(s) secretary (secretaries) surgeon(s)

vet(s) waiter(s) welder(s)

Leaving or Losing your job.

There are many different ways to express leaving or losing a job.

To Leave Your Job:-

To resign (rɪˈzaɪn)| To quit (kwɪt) | To leave your job = to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving.

To retire (rɪˈtaɪə) = to leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill health.

To Lose Your Job:

To be dismissed (dɪzˈmɪst) | To be fired | To get fired | To be sacked | To get the sack- To lose your job = to be asked to leave a job, usually because you have done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a way of saving the cost of employing you.

To be made redundan (rɪˈdʌndənt )t/to be laid by = to lose your job because your employer no longer needs you.

Who is who?

Employer (ɪmˈploɪə): a boss, someone who employs people to work for his firm/company.

Employee (ˌemploɪˈiː): someone who works for a boss and gets paid for it

EXERCISE. Fill in the gaps with the following terms: apply for; part-time; permanent; resigned; full-time; underpaid; fired/sacked/dismissed; salary(monthly)/wages(weekly); training course; rewarding; pay rise; retire; self-employed; references; get promoted; qualifications; temporary; contract; flexitime; self-employed; long hours; job vacancies; experience; work overtime; overworked. Solutions in the next page.

I only work mornings. I work …….. I work nine to five. I Work …….. I work only on holidays. I have a ……… job. My boss and I signed a written legal document. It’s called a ………. My brother lost his job and is now ……….. I think I’ll stay in this job until I retire. I have a ………. job. I was unskilled so I had to do a six-month …….. I went to Technical college to get the ………. I needed for this job. I had never worked before so I had no ………. I heard there were some ……… in the factory so I sent my CV. I work for peanuts! I have a very low ……… I wasn’t happy in my previous job so I ………. and looked for a new job. I work for myself, I am ……… I plan to travel around the world with my husband when I …… at 65. I organise my own working schedule. I work ……… My boss was nor happy with my work so he ………. me. The company asked for ……….. They wanted to know if my previous

employers thought I worked well. Now I have the qualifications, I feel I’m ready to …… that new job. I’ll tlak

to the manager tomorrow.

My boss wants me to ……….. today, so I won’t be home until late. He has to work long hours and is always tired. He is ……… I start work at 7 am and finish at 8 pm, so I work ………. I’m getting a …….. soon so I’ll be able to buy a car then. Working with little children is fantastic. It is such …….. work! I’m still a Junior Partner Manager, but I hope to ……… to Senior soon. He gets a meagre salary working lots. He is …….

SOLUTIONS:

I only work mornings. I work …….. (part-time) I work nine to five. I Work …….. (full-time)

I work only on holidays. I have a ……… job. (temporary) My boss and I signed a written legal document. It’s called a ……….

(contract) My brother lost his job and is now ……….. (unemployed) I think I’ll stay in this job until I retire. I have a ………. job. (permanent) I was unskilled so I had to do a six-month …….. (training course) I went to Technical college to get the ………. I needed for this job.

(qualifications) I had never worked before so I had no ………. (experience) I heard there were some ……… in the factory so I sent my CV. (job

vacancies) I work for peanuts! I have a very low ……… (salary) I wasn’t happy in my previous job so I ………. and looked for a new job.

(resigned) I work for myself, I am ……… (self-employed) I plan to travel around the world with my husband when I …… at 65. (retire) I organise my own working schedule. I work ……… (flexitime) My boss was nor happy with my work so he ………. me.

(fired/sacked/dismissed) The company asked for ……….. They wanted to know if my previous

employers thought I worked well. (references) Now I have the qualifications, I feel I’m ready to …… that new job. I’ll tlak

to the manager tomorrow. (apply for) My boss wants me to ……….. today, so I won’t be home until late. (work

overtime) He has to work long hours and is always tired. He is ……… (overworked) I start work at 7 am and finish at 8 pm, so I work ………. (long hours) I’m getting a …….. soon so I’ll be able to buy a car then. (pay rise) Working with little children is fantastic. It is such …….. work! (rewarding) I’m still a Junior Partner Manager, but I hope to ……… to Senior soon. (get

promoted) H ehets a meagre salary working lots. He is ……. (underpaid)