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Unit 10 Work Vocabulary

Unemployment is the topic of this unit. It discusses what the state of unemployment is in the country and asks if the reader knows anyone who is currently unemployed. It also inquires about how unemployment makes those individuals feel. Key vocabulary terms are defined relating to work, different types of jobs and professions, people related to work, forms of monetary compensation, and common work-related verbs.

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Unit 10 Work Vocabulary

Unemployment is the topic of this unit. It discusses what the state of unemployment is in the country and asks if the reader knows anyone who is currently unemployed. It also inquires about how unemployment makes those individuals feel. Key vocabulary terms are defined relating to work, different types of jobs and professions, people related to work, forms of monetary compensation, and common work-related verbs.

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Unit 10

Unemployment
Discuss...
What is the state of unemployment in your country?

Do you know anyone who is unemployed?

How does it make them feel?


Vocabulary: Work
Job:
the job someone does in order to earn money; employment
Profession:
A type of job that requires special training, skill, education,
etc.
Occupation:
any job or profession
Career:
The job, or series of jobs and assignments, one has in a
particular area.
Labour
Work with especial reference to physical work
Duty:
The work that someone is responsible for getting done
Trade:
A job, especially one that involves physical work and requires
special training and skills
Vocabulary: People related to work
Employee:
A person who is paid to work for a company or another person.
Employer:
A person or company that pays people to work for them.
Colleague:
A person you work with
Assistant:
A person whose job is to help/support sb in their work.
Associate:
A person that you do business or work with.
Applicant:
A person who formally requests to be given a job.
Entrepreneur:
A person whose job is to start and/or run business, usually
involving financial risks
Vocabulary: Money
Salary:
Money that employees receive each month/year for doing their job
Wage:
Money received according to the number of hours/days/weeks that
they work
Income:
MOney sb gets from work or receives from investments
Profit:
Money that somebody gets in business.
Fee:
Money sb pays for professional advice and/or services
Compensation:
Money that is given to sb because they have been injured at work
Pension:
Money that is given to sb regularly after they have retired.
Vocabulary: verbs
Hire
To engage the services of someone
Fire:
Dismiss someone from a job
Quit:
(informal) to leave a job
Resign:
To leave a job
Pay rise:
Increase a salary/wage

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