JOBS / EMPLOYMENT

Nouns Skills

accountant computer skills

administration language skills

agency leadership skills

application for a job organisational skills

architect people skills

assistant practical skills

builder

call centre manager

candidate

career

careers advisor

catering industry

chef

cleaner

colleagues

commitment (to a job/company)

communications skills

construction industry

customer services

decorator

doctor

dry cleaner

electrician

emergency services

employee

experience

firefighter

health service

hotel and catering

information technology

job

kitchen/nursery assistant

lab assistant

legal services

leisure and sport industry

lifeguard

lorry driver

management

mechanic

nurse

occupation

optician

opportunities

pension

plumber

police officer

promotion

psychologist

qualifications

rat race

rate of pay

receptionist

resources

retirement

routine

salary

sales manager

scientific research

secretary

shift (work)

software engineer

solicitor /lawyer

staff

summer job

supervision

supply and demand

team

top dog (in a suit)

training (course)

uniform

vacancy

volunteer

wage

work

Adjectives

ambitious

bad-tempered

big-headed

bossy

burning (ambition to do sth)

challenging

cheerful

(in)considerate

creative

demanding

dynamic

easy-going

efficient

energetic

enthusiastic

exhausting

flexible

friendly

full-time

fun

generous

hardworking

(dis)honest

(un)imaginative

knowledgeable

lazy

legal

modest

moody

off-duty (hours)

open-minded

(im)patient

part-time

permanent job

physically fit

(im)polite

(un)reliable

reluctant to do sth

responsible for doing sth

rewarding

rude

scientific

seasonal (job)

secure (income /job)

self-motivated

(un)sociable

strenuous work

stressed

strong-willed

suitable (for the job)

talented / gifted

talkative

temporary

thoughtful

thoughtless

unemployed

well-liked

well-off

well-organised

worthwhile

Verbs / Verb phrases

allow s.o. to shine

apply for a job

be made redundant

be out of work

be promoted

be qualified to work as a manager

be responsible for sth

become an editor

climb up the ladder

commute to work

cope with stress

deal with people / handle people

develop /get into bad habits

discuss performance

do / work overtime

drift into a job

earn a living by …ing

everything is planned down to the tiniest detail

get involved with sth

get promotion

get things right/wrong

give sth a try

give up a job

have a good head for maths/figures

have some days off

involve helping people

keep my boss informed

lack confidence in her staff

lose the respect of her colleagues

make a living out of sth/doing sth

make a profit

make contacts

make decisions

make up my mind to be a doctor

put a lot of pressure on s.o./sth

put off sth / put off doing sth

retire

resign fom a job

run around

run my own business / run courses

run out of patience

run round in circles

run through details

run up against a problem

run yourself into the ground

set up a company / business

settle down into a job

spend time answering the phone

stand in for s.o.

take early retirement

take on (a position as a nurse)

take time off work (for sth/to do sth)

take up teaching as a career

take over (someone’s job / a business)

train as a ….

train high-level staff

turn a job down

turn s.o. down

undergo a rigorous training programme

work as a civil servant

work behind the scenes

work full time

work in teams / work as part of a team

work on your own

work out how to do sth

work part time

work shifts

work unsocial hours

work with all kinds of people

work with completely different people

write sth down