Improving their job prospects
Work
| карьерный рост, изменение общественного положения | |
| общ. | social mobility (Dymokh) |
| карьерный рост | |
| общ. | career development (karchebnaya); career progress (angelll); career advancement (AMlingua); promotion at work (Rust71);career growth (Moriarty); moving up through the ranks (Допустимо применение как для военной службы, так и для гражданских сфер деятельности. d*o*zh); career progression (DC) |
| общ. | swimming lane (Yeldar Azanbayev); swim lane (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| корп.упр. | progress (igisheva) |
| рекл. | opportunity to advance (в объявлениях о вакансии указывается как одно из преимуществ компании VISTM) |
| труд.прав. | career path (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| чел.рес. | advancement (Alex_Odeychuk) |
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| быть уволенным | |
| общ. | get walking orders; be off the pay-roll; get the bird; get the boot; get the gate; get the hoof; get the kick; get the knock; get the mitten; get the order of the boot; get the push; get the sack; get the walking-papers; get the walking-ticket; be given cards; be off the payroll; become redundant (по сокращению штата, свёртыванию производства); get the shove; lose place; be given the sack (acrogamnon); to be given one's cards; to be off the payroll; get the bird (выгнанным с работы); get the boot (выгнанным с работы); get the chop; get the gate (выгнанным с работы); get the mitten (выгнанным с работы); get the walking orders; getone's cards (highbery); face the sack (owant http://lingvo.abbyyonline.com/ru/en-ru/face%20the%20sack); be laid off (Johnny Bravo); get sacked (Johnny Bravo) |
| амер., сл. | get the hook |
| амер. | get fired (Believe it or not, I got fired. Val_Ships); release from duty (in military Val_Ships); be shown the door (Val_Ships) |
| амер.англ. | get a pink slip (highbery); get canned (AmE slang IrynaS) |
| диал. | get the bag (Bobrovska) |
| Макаров | be out (с работы); lose one's place |
| произв. | get the ax Am. (Andrey Truhachev); get the axe разг. (Andrey Truhachev); get the boot разг. (Andrey Truhachev) |
| разг. | face the boot (Alexey Lebedev); be given the gate (Andrey Truhachev); be fired (Andrey Truhachev) |
| сл. | bounce; get the ax; shit canned (ARXTAR) |
| фраз. | get the bullet (feihoa) |
| чел.рес. | be sacked (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| шотл. | get one's jotters (to be sacked from a job (The proprietor thought too highly of the hard-working young man to give him his jotters). КГА) |
| экон. | to be discharged; to be dismissed |
| юр. | to be relieved of one's duties (from English Collocations in Use Advanced, p.30 Albina Khusniyarova) |
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| общ. | risk (чем-либо); venture; adventure; hazard; jeopardize; stake; dare; chance; gamble; pyramid; go nap on (чем-либо; сокр. от napoleon); play ducks and drakes; take risks; imperil (чем-л.); run the venture; take a chance; be on a tightrope; lay down at stake (чем-л.); lay set at stake (чем-л.); put head into the lion's mouth; put in jeopardy; run chances; run hazards; run the hazard; stand the hazard; walk a tightrope; jeopardy; wager (чем-л.); be in danger (of doing smth q3mi4); go out on a limb (Anglophile); run a danger; run the hazard of (чем-л.); stand the hazard of (чем-л.); run risks; run the risk; jeopardise (ФаинаФилиппова); chance it (enma); risk-taking (... pasha1996); take chances (Taras); take a chance; stick neck out (Ivan1992); put on the line (VLZ_58); live dangerously (sweety4156); take the risk of (impf only Gruzovik); run a chance (impf only Gruzovik) | |||||||||||||||
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| общ. | consider a proposal |
| воен. | review a proposal |
| Макаров | entertain a proposal |
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| бизн. | business integrity |
By profession
(she's a doctor/lawyer/lecturer)...
Career ladder
series of jobs through which a person can advance in a career
Earn a livelihood
work to support oneself
Hold down a job
keep a job
Qualifications
Requirements to be able to get a job, including education and work experience
Work ethic
a commitment to the value of work and purposeful activity
Rigorous assessment
testing and evaluating that is thorough and precise
A Masters
a second post-graduate degree
What you do
1. I'm a / an (+ job).
e.g. a nurse / an accountant / a builder
2. I work in (+ place or general area).
e.g. a hospital / an office marketing / social
3. I work for (+ name / place of the company).
e.g. Union Bank / IBM / Fiat / an international bank
What your job involves
4. I'm in charge of
e.g. a big company
5. I'm responsible for
e.g. some workers in that department
6. I have to deal with
e.g. any complaints / overseas clients, mainly
7. I run
e.g. the company / a restaurant
8. I manage
e.g. a shop in downtown
Daily duties / routines
9. I have to go / attend (formal)
e.g. (to) a lot of meetings / conferences
10. I visit / see / meet
e.g. patients / clients
11. I advise
e.g. people / clients and give them help...
12. It involves
e.g. writing letters / filling in forms / doing a lot of paperwork / using computers a lot of the time
Getting a job
13. It's not easy to get / find work
e.g. in big cities / round these parts
14. I'd love to do
e.g. marketing / this kind of work
15. It's difficult to make a living as a / an
e.g. freelance writer
16. I've been offered a job
e.g. in that company / in London
17. I've applied for a job
e.g. in a local company / in the accounts department
Working hours
18. I have a nine-to-five job / I work nine-to-five
(regular working hours in Britain)
19. I do / work shift work.
(nights one week, days next)
20. I am on flexi time.
(flexible working hours)
21. I have to do / work overtime.
(work extra hours)
22. I only work part-time / take a part-time job.
(part of a day or a few days a week)
23. I am a workaholic. I work full-time.
(work too much)
24. I took early retirement.
(retire at 55 in Britain)
25. I am on / take sick leave.
(a period spent away from work, etc. because of illness)
26. I am on / take maternity leave.
(expecting a baby)
27. I gave up work
e.g. in order to study
28. I was laid off(informal)
e.g. when the factory went bust
29. I was made redundant.
(no longer needed and therefore out of work)
30. I was dismissed (formal)
e.g. for refusing to obey orders
31. I was fired (informal)
e.g. for always being late
32. I am on / off duty.
(to be working / not working)
Other useful phrases
33. We usually take a break
e.g. for lunch / for ten minutes
34. We normally knock off work (informal)
e.g. about 5:30 p.m. and go off to a restaurant nearby
35. I get some rest.
(a period of time when you relax after working)
36. I was rather inexperienced
e.g. for that kind of work
37. I have a lot of experience
e.g. in this area / of this kind of problem
38. I am sufficiently qualified
e.g. for this position
39. This is a job requiring
(a period of time when you relax after working)
40. I try to be hardworking.
(work hard)
41. I'm quite competent
e.g. at my job
42. I try to work efficiently.
(work quickly without making mistakes and wasting time)
43. Efficiency is very important
e.g. in my job
44. A lot of people do voluntary work.
(you want to do it and you're not paid)
45. I was promoted.
(get a higher position)
46. It is a demanding job.
(needing a lot of effort, care, skill)
47. I fill in for / stand in for / cover for
e.g. her while she is off sick
48. I am acting
e.g. as a manager for the next couple of months
49. I will take the place of
e.g. our manager when he leaves
50. The morning shift takes over from
e.g. the night shift at 9 a.m.
51. It is great teamwork
e.g. that helps get the job done on time
52. We teamed up
e.g. with another group to finish our project
53. We cooperate
e.g. with a German firm on this project
54. I was employed
e.g. as a secretary for a couple of months
55. I do casual work.
(not regular, usually paid hourly)
56. I've got a temporary job
e.g. working in a newspaper office
57. This factory has 200 employees.
(a person who is employed)
58. The staff
e.g. are so polite and friendly
59. They promoted
e.g. me to office manager
60. I'm on leave
e.g. at the moment because...
61. The post has been vacant
e.g. for some time
62. I turned it down.
(to refuse one's offer)
Payment
63. I am paid
e.g. every months and this pay goes directly into my bank account monthly
64. My salary
e.g. is 20.000$ a year
65. I earn
e.g. 200$ a week as a hairdresser
66. With many jobs you get holiday pay and sick pay.
(when you're off duty or ill)
67. I'm going to a pay rise.
(my pay goes up)
68. My average income
e.g. has risen 2% this year
69. I'm poorly paid / badly paid / don't earn much.
(I'm paid very little money)
70. I have a high income / earn a lot / am well-paid.
(I'm paid a lot of money)
71. My take-home pay / net income is 150$.
(money left after deductions)
72. My gross income is more than that.
(before deductions)
Normal jobs:
- a 9 to 5 / desk monkey / rat race
Get fired:
- get the boot / let go / cutback / downsized
Working:
- land a job / freelance / telecommute / plug away at something / keep your nose to the grindstone
Hiring practices:
- nepotism
Business today:
- brick and mortar / mom and pop / Wall Street fat cats / the 1% (*Note: These phrases are especially current and topical today, in expressing views about America’s new president.)
Job and work
Sometimes the trickiest words are very common words. You definitely need to be able to use both these words. One way to how to use them correctly is to learn phrases. 
Career words
These words should come in useful when describing career paths. 
Companies
Money words
There are a variety of different words we use to describe money and work. 
Adjectives to describe jobs
Morning/Night shift
Example: Many industries rely heavily on shift work, and millions of people work in jobs that require shift schedules.
16. Tempting offer
Example: After graduating in economics, I got a very tempting offer from an investment bank and accepted it.
17. Land a new job: get a new (and usually a good) job
Example: After graduating, I did the usual things of putting together my CV & applying for jobs. Luckily, I landed a fantastic new job at a tourism company.
18. Living wage: enough money to live on
Example: After doing a job swap, I just got a living wage which didn’t commensurate with my experience & ability.
19. Take up the post: start work
Example: After being laid off, I went back to my old job and took up the post of editor of a leading fashion journal.
20. Carve a niche for myself: make a special position for myself
Example: After graduating, I practiced medicine for a number of years in London. I managed to carve a niche for myself as a specialist in dermatology.
21. Job swap:
Example: I want to take up some fresh challenges so I did a job swap for a year.
22. Do a job-share: situation where 2 people share equal parts of the same job
Example: I decided to go part-time and do a job-share with my friend after returning from maternity leave.
23. Lay off staff: dismiss staff because there is no work for them to do
Example: My start-up went through a difficult period and had to lay off staff
24. Volume of work:workload
Earn a good living
Example: I had a substantial volume of work – private students and marking exams – and was able to earn a good living
26. Fast-track scheme: system for rapid training and promotion of talented staff
27. Move up the ladder: being promoted
Example: I was put on a fast-track scheme and was moving up the ladder fast
28. Throw a sickie: take a day off work pretending to be sick
Example: I don’t like my job so I throw a sickie from time to time
29. Get the sack: be dismissed
Example: I want to take one weeks off from work but I’m afraid of getting the sack
Work Vocabulary
| Employee | Someone who is paid to work for someone else. |
| The company has several hundred employees. | |
| Employer | A person or organization that employs people. |
| Employers monitor their employees very carefully these days. | |
| Employment | When someone is paid to work for a company or organization |
| Due to the recession, there are thousands of people looking for employment. I was employed in the company for several years | |
| Unemployment | Not working. |
| Levels of unemployment in the economy have been rapidly increasing. He has been unemployed for 6 months now. | |
| Commute | To make the same journey regularly between work and home |
| It is taking longer for people to commute to work because of traffic problems. Commuting to work everyday by bus is tiring. | |
| Occupation | Formal way to say 'job'. |
| What is your occupation? | |
| Career | Working life or a particular job during one's working life that gets better in terms of salary and position. |
| He is retired now but he had an amazing career ( = succesful working life). He hopes to have a career in the army | |
| Profession | Any type of work which needs special training or a particular skill, often one which is respected because it involves a high level of education. |
| The teaching profession is not as good as it used to be because salaries have decreased. | |
| Salary / Wages | Money paid each month to an employee for their work. |
| Public sector salaries are not keeping up with inflation. He receives a goodwage because he works for a prestigious company. | |
| Public Sector | Businesses and industries that are owned or controlled by the government. |
| You get a good pension if you work for the public sector, but the salary is not always so good. | |
| Private Sector | Businesses and industries that are privately owned. |
| Most graduates hope to work in theprivate sectorwhen they finish university as there are more opportunities and the pay is better than the public sector. |
| Retire | To stop working because of old age or ill health. |
| The retirement agein most countries is 65. He had to retire early due to ill health. | |
| Flexitime | Working a fixed number of hours but having flexibility with start and finish times. |
| They have introduced flexitime at my work place so I usually start at 10am now and finish at 6pm. | |
| Resign / Quit | To leave a job. |
| Heresigned from his job yesterday. Don'tquit your job unless you have another one to start. |
| Fire / Sack / Dismiss | To remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong |
| He was fired / sacked / dismissed because he was late for work every day. | |
| Vacancy | A job position that is not filled and so is available. |
| I spoke to the company and they said they had several vacancies. |
| Overtime | Working more than your contracted hours. |
| The employees often work overtime but they are not given extra money so it is not fair. |
| Shift | The time worked in a job that is not normal hours. |
| She is a nurse so she has to work in shifts. One week she does the morning shift, and then the next week she will do the night shift. Shift work can be very tiring. |
Definitions
- to be called for an interview: to be invited to attend an interview
- to be your own boss: to have your own business
- a dead-end job: a job with no promotional opportunities
- to do a job-share: to share the weekly hours of work with another person
- a good team player: somebody who can work well with other people
- full-time: the number of hours that people usually work in a complete week
- a heavy workload: to have a lot of work to do
- a high-powered job: an important or powerful job
- holiday entitlement: the number of days holiday allowed
- job satisfaction: the feeling of enjoying a job
- manual work: work that requires physical activity
- maternity leave: time off work given to a woman about to have a baby
- to meet a deadline: to finish a job by an agreed time
- a nine-to-five job: a normal job that consists of an 8 hour day (approximately)
- one of the perks of the job: an extra benefit you get from a job
- part-time: working less than full-time
- to run your own business: see ‘to be your own boss’
- to be self-employed: see ‘to be your own boss’
- sick leave: time allowed off work when sick
- to be stuck behind a desk: to be unhappy in an office job
- to be/get stuck in a rut: to be in a boring job that is hard to leave
- to take early retirement: to retire early (retire: to reach an age when you are allowed to stop working for a living)
- temporary work: work done for a limited time only
- voluntary work: to work without pay
- to be well paid: to earn a good salary
- working conditions: the hours, salary and other entitlements that comes with the job
- to work with your hands: to do manual work
- pay increments
- to motivate people
- work/life balance
- to subsidise
- output
- perks (free lunches, a car)
- financial rewards
- bonuses
- incentives-other rewards
- job satisfaction
- target-related
- on the job training=while working
- ongoing training=throughout your time in a job
- productivity
- day release programs –employees spend entire days out of work
- career progression
- to advance your career
- job prospects
- to measure- to assess
- superficial
- performance reviews/ appraisals
- redundancy
- Being made redundant
- To restructure
- To downsize-to make organization smaller and employ fewer people
- To outsource their IT companies to Asian countries
- The workforce
- Human Resources
Running a business
PROS
CONS
Take a large financial risk
Example: Running your own business such as opening a restaurant means that you have to take a large financial risk.
Unstable income
Example: Being self-employed, you have to accept that your income will be unstable, for instance, it can be really high sometimes, but some months you just earn nothing.
Self-employment
Nowadays, it is easy to set up a company
The Internet provides a global marketplace
Self-employment offers greater freedom than working for a company
However, there are risks to starting a new business
Self-employed people may face financial difficulties
Many businesses fail to make a profit
There is less stability in self-employment
There are no benefits like pensions, sick pay and holiday pay
Self-employment involved hard work, long hours and total responsibility
Unemployment
Unemployment is a big problem for individuals, communities and society
Some people are unable to find a job
They may not have the sufficient level of education or qualifications
They may find themselves homeless
Unemployment causes frustration and stress
Jobless people may become involved in crime as a means to get money
The unemployed need careers advice
Governments need to provide vocational courses and retraining
Work/Life Balance
It is important to achieve a balance between work time and leisure or family time
Too much work can result in stress and poor health
“workaholics” may neglect their families and friends
People need to take regular holidays
Companies should be expect employees to work overtime
Nowadays, many people work part-time or have flexible working hours
Technology allow people to work from home
Many companies provide childcare facilities
A good work/ life balance can raise job satisfaction
Happy, healthy workers are more productive
Technology and work
Internet, fax and mobile phone technologies have revolutionized working life
Workers can communicate via email, online networks and video conferencing
Technology can connect workers in different countries
It gives people more freedom
It can also save time and money
Some people believe that offices could disappear in the future
Virtual online offices may replace them
Child labour
In some countries, children are exploited
They do repetitive jobs for very low pay
Children are often used in agriculture and factory work
The employment of children is prohibited in other countries
Many people think that children should be free to enjoy their childhood
Governments should make education a priority
They should build new schools
They should supply the resources to educate children
ESSAYS
1) In many countries children are engaged in some kind of paid work. Some people regard this as completely wrong.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
Child labor has become one of the concerning issues for many governments all over the world. Some experts have recommended that this might be a great opportunity to gain knowledge and skills for adult life. However, for ethical and children development reasons, the drawbacks far outweigh the benefits.
To begin with, the employment of children could have some ethical problems. In spite of receiving some funds for working, children are exploited in some countries. As children are often used in agriculture and factory, they do repetitive jobs for very low pay on full-time basis. A good example of this situation is Nike, which has been accused for using children for its soccer ball production, although both the US and Pakistan establish and police legislation against child labor. Another widely known child exploitation is India, who has also become the world capital of child labor over last decade.
Next, the development of children could be influence negatively. From social development aspect, children, who suffer exploitation, do not spend much time with other their age or with family members. As a consequence, this results in insecure adult and other emotional problems, including depression and stress. With regard to physical effects, these children are at higher risk for developmental delays due to dangerous working conditions and from taking on physical tasks, which exceed their capacities. For example, they are exposed to harmful chemicals, leading to other serious health and mental illnesses later in their lives.
To conclusion, immorality and severe health problem for the young generations are two major drawback of child labor. It is strongly recommended that governments should either prohibit the employment of children or police their laws effectively.
In many countries, children are engaged in some kind of paid work. Some people regard this as completely wrong, while others consider it as valuable work experience, important for learning and taking responsibility.
Do you agree or disagree?
Model Essay
Long working hours are the norm these days and that is hardly surprising. In this competitive job scenario people are forced to work harder and harder. When people spend more hours working, they get less time for themselves. This is not necessarily a positive development because it can lead to health problems as well as the disruption of families and personal relationships.
For one thing, there is absolutely nothing to prove that long working hours improve productivity. In fact, when people work longer than they should, what happens is that their productivity decreases. They fail to concentrate and take longer to finish jobs. Traveling far for work doesn’t help either. In many major cities people often have to travel several hours to reach their work place. When at last, they reach home braving the traffic and a hard-working day, they have little energy left in them. In addition, studies have proved that people who spend long hours in the office are also more likely to develop major health problems like heart disease and dementia.
We have already seen that long working hours doesn’t necessarily translate into improved productivity. Another problem with this set up is the effect it has on a person’s family and social life. When people spend long hours in the office, they get little time to spend with their dear ones. Parents, who work long hours, often fail to take proper care of their young children. This can be quite a problem in families where both parents work. When children are deprived of the attention they deserve, it will affect their emotional well-being. It can also have a negative impact on their academic performance. In extreme cases, failure to strike a balance between work and life can lead to the breakup of families.
As explained above, long working hours are in nobody’s interest. They don’t improve an individual’s productivity. In fact, they make them less productive. What’s more, when people spend more time in the office, their family life suffers. In other words proper work-life balance is absolutely essential to lead a contented life. It is hoped that companies arrange their working hours in such a way that employees also get some time for themselves.
In many countries, more and more young people are leaving school but unable to find jobs. What problems do you think youth unemployment causes for individuals and the society? What measures should be taken to reduce the level of unemployment among youngsters?
Model Answer:
Job crisis is one the most critical problems for almost all of the countries and the there are lots of negative consequences for the unemployment young and the society. The people are aware now about the education and the percentage of the people going to the colleges and universities are more than anytime it had before. So as a result, more students are graduating from the colleges and universities but with the increased population and limited opportunities, none can ensure the employment for all the graduating young people.
There are many problems concerning those unemployed young people. First of all, they become so depressed and feel dejected. They start abusing drugs and start doing unethical things that are harmful both for themselves and for the society. Since they need money but have no steady income source so they involve them with some heinous task like drug dealing, stealing, robbery, blackmailing etc. They are often misused as political pawns and thus they corrupt the society at a large.
If a society cannot ensure economic freedoms and jobs for the young, then it must suffer from numerous ethical disorders and social calamities. The rate of crimes increases and as young are the most dominating portion of any society , they gone uncontrolled and thus steal the peace of the whole society.
A government as well the individuals should take many prudent steps to reduce the level of unemployment. For instance, the government should try to increase the job fields in every sector. Self-employment should be encouraged and the opportunity of SME loan should be introduced at a larger portion. Interest-free loans should be offered to those fresh graduates to encourage them building their own businesses and companies. Again, a government can arrange to send those skilled graduates to foreign countries diplomatically and thus can earn lots of foreign revenue.
Finally, the individual should be self-motivated and hardworking to develop their own situation and help the society to become a better place to live in beside the efforts of the Government.
(Approximately 340 words)
Work
| карьерный рост, изменение общественного положения | |
| общ. | social mobility (Dymokh) |
| карьерный рост | |
| общ. | career development (karchebnaya); career progress (angelll); career advancement (AMlingua); promotion at work (Rust71);career growth (Moriarty); moving up through the ranks (Допустимо применение как для военной службы, так и для гражданских сфер деятельности. d*o*zh); career progression (DC) |
| общ. | swimming lane (Yeldar Azanbayev); swim lane (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| корп.упр. | progress (igisheva) |
| рекл. | opportunity to advance (в объявлениях о вакансии указывается как одно из преимуществ компании VISTM) |
| труд.прав. | career path (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| чел.рес. | advancement (Alex_Odeychuk) |
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| быть уволенным | |
| общ. | get walking orders; be off the pay-roll; get the bird; get the boot; get the gate; get the hoof; get the kick; get the knock; get the mitten; get the order of the boot; get the push; get the sack; get the walking-papers; get the walking-ticket; be given cards; be off the payroll; become redundant (по сокращению штата, свёртыванию производства); get the shove; lose place; be given the sack (acrogamnon); to be given one's cards; to be off the payroll; get the bird (выгнанным с работы); get the boot (выгнанным с работы); get the chop; get the gate (выгнанным с работы); get the mitten (выгнанным с работы); get the walking orders; getone's cards (highbery); face the sack (owant http://lingvo.abbyyonline.com/ru/en-ru/face%20the%20sack); be laid off (Johnny Bravo); get sacked (Johnny Bravo) |
| амер., сл. | get the hook |
| амер. | get fired (Believe it or not, I got fired. Val_Ships); release from duty (in military Val_Ships); be shown the door (Val_Ships) |
| амер.англ. | get a pink slip (highbery); get canned (AmE slang IrynaS) |
| диал. | get the bag (Bobrovska) |
| Макаров | be out (с работы); lose one's place |
| произв. | get the ax Am. (Andrey Truhachev); get the axe разг. (Andrey Truhachev); get the boot разг. (Andrey Truhachev) |
| разг. | face the boot (Alexey Lebedev); be given the gate (Andrey Truhachev); be fired (Andrey Truhachev) |
| сл. | bounce; get the ax; shit canned (ARXTAR) |
| фраз. | get the bullet (feihoa) |
| чел.рес. | be sacked (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| шотл. | get one's jotters (to be sacked from a job (The proprietor thought too highly of the hard-working young man to give him his jotters). КГА) |
| экон. | to be discharged; to be dismissed |
| юр. | to be relieved of one's duties (from English Collocations in Use Advanced, p.30 Albina Khusniyarova) |
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| общ. | risk (чем-либо); venture; adventure; hazard; jeopardize; stake; dare; chance; gamble; pyramid; go nap on (чем-либо; сокр. от napoleon); play ducks and drakes; take risks; imperil (чем-л.); run the venture; take a chance; be on a tightrope; lay down at stake (чем-л.); lay set at stake (чем-л.); put head into the lion's mouth; put in jeopardy; run chances; run hazards; run the hazard; stand the hazard; walk a tightrope; jeopardy; wager (чем-л.); be in danger (of doing smth q3mi4); go out on a limb (Anglophile); run a danger; run the hazard of (чем-л.); stand the hazard of (чем-л.); run risks; run the risk; jeopardise (ФаинаФилиппова); chance it (enma); risk-taking (... pasha1996); take chances (Taras); take a chance; stick neck out (Ivan1992); put on the line (VLZ_58); live dangerously (sweety4156); take the risk of (impf only Gruzovik); run a chance (impf only Gruzovik) | |||||||||||||||
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| общ. | consider a proposal |
| воен. | review a proposal |
| Макаров | entertain a proposal |
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| бизн. | business integrity |
By profession
(she's a doctor/lawyer/lecturer)...
Career ladder
series of jobs through which a person can advance in a career
Earn a livelihood
work to support oneself
Hold down a job
keep a job
improving their job prospects
making the chances of finding a job better
Qualifications
Requirements to be able to get a job, including education and work experience
Work ethic
a commitment to the value of work and purposeful activity
Rigorous assessment
testing and evaluating that is thorough and precise
A Masters
a second post-graduate degree
What you do
1. I'm a / an (+ job).
e.g. a nurse / an accountant / a builder
2. I work in (+ place or general area).
e.g. a hospital / an office marketing / social
3. I work for (+ name / place of the company).
e.g. Union Bank / IBM / Fiat / an international bank
What your job involves
4. I'm in charge of
e.g. a big company
5. I'm responsible for
e.g. some workers in that department
6. I have to deal with
e.g. any complaints / overseas clients, mainly
7. I run
e.g. the company / a restaurant
8. I manage
e.g. a shop in downtown
Daily duties / routines
9. I have to go / attend (formal)
e.g. (to) a lot of meetings / conferences
10. I visit / see / meet
e.g. patients / clients
11. I advise
e.g. people / clients and give them help...
12. It involves
e.g. writing letters / filling in forms / doing a lot of paperwork / using computers a lot of the time
Getting a job
13. It's not easy to get / find work
e.g. in big cities / round these parts
14. I'd love to do
e.g. marketing / this kind of work
15. It's difficult to make a living as a / an
e.g. freelance writer
16. I've been offered a job
e.g. in that company / in London
17. I've applied for a job
e.g. in a local company / in the accounts department
Working hours
18. I have a nine-to-five job / I work nine-to-five
(regular working hours in Britain)
19. I do / work shift work.
(nights one week, days next)
20. I am on flexi time.
(flexible working hours)
21. I have to do / work overtime.
(work extra hours)
22. I only work part-time / take a part-time job.
(part of a day or a few days a week)
23. I am a workaholic. I work full-time.
(work too much)
24. I took early retirement.
(retire at 55 in Britain)
25. I am on / take sick leave.
(a period spent away from work, etc. because of illness)
26. I am on / take maternity leave.
(expecting a baby)
27. I gave up work
e.g. in order to study
28. I was laid off(informal)
e.g. when the factory went bust
29. I was made redundant.
(no longer needed and therefore out of work)
30. I was dismissed (formal)
e.g. for refusing to obey orders
31. I was fired (informal)
e.g. for always being late
32. I am on / off duty.
(to be working / not working)
Other useful phrases
33. We usually take a break
e.g. for lunch / for ten minutes
34. We normally knock off work (informal)
e.g. about 5:30 p.m. and go off to a restaurant nearby
35. I get some rest.
(a period of time when you relax after working)
36. I was rather inexperienced
e.g. for that kind of work
37. I have a lot of experience
e.g. in this area / of this kind of problem
38. I am sufficiently qualified
e.g. for this position
39. This is a job requiring
(a period of time when you relax after working)
40. I try to be hardworking.
(work hard)
41. I'm quite competent
e.g. at my job
42. I try to work efficiently.
(work quickly without making mistakes and wasting time)
43. Efficiency is very important
e.g. in my job
44. A lot of people do voluntary work.
(you want to do it and you're not paid)
45. I was promoted.
(get a higher position)
46. It is a demanding job.
(needing a lot of effort, care, skill)
47. I fill in for / stand in for / cover for
e.g. her while she is off sick
48. I am acting
e.g. as a manager for the next couple of months
49. I will take the place of
e.g. our manager when he leaves
50. The morning shift takes over from
e.g. the night shift at 9 a.m.
51. It is great teamwork
e.g. that helps get the job done on time
52. We teamed up
e.g. with another group to finish our project
53. We cooperate
e.g. with a German firm on this project
54. I was employed
e.g. as a secretary for a couple of months
55. I do casual work.
(not regular, usually paid hourly)
56. I've got a temporary job
e.g. working in a newspaper office
57. This factory has 200 employees.
(a person who is employed)
58. The staff
e.g. are so polite and friendly
59. They promoted
e.g. me to office manager
60. I'm on leave
e.g. at the moment because...
61. The post has been vacant
e.g. for some time
62. I turned it down.
(to refuse one's offer)
Payment
63. I am paid
e.g. every months and this pay goes directly into my bank account monthly
64. My salary
e.g. is 20.000$ a year
65. I earn
e.g. 200$ a week as a hairdresser
66. With many jobs you get holiday pay and sick pay.
(when you're off duty or ill)
67. I'm going to a pay rise.
(my pay goes up)
68. My average income
e.g. has risen 2% this year
69. I'm poorly paid / badly paid / don't earn much.
(I'm paid very little money)
70. I have a high income / earn a lot / am well-paid.
(I'm paid a lot of money)
71. My take-home pay / net income is 150$.
(money left after deductions)
72. My gross income is more than that.
(before deductions)
Normal jobs:
- a 9 to 5 / desk monkey / rat race
Get fired:
- get the boot / let go / cutback / downsized
Working:
- land a job / freelance / telecommute / plug away at something / keep your nose to the grindstone
Hiring practices:
- nepotism
Business today:
- brick and mortar / mom and pop / Wall Street fat cats / the 1% (*Note: These phrases are especially current and topical today, in expressing views about America’s new president.)