General words relating to jobs and work
appointment noun
a job, especially an important job
background noun
the type of career, training, or education that someone has had
business noun
used for talking about business compared to things that you do when you are not working
call noun
a strong feeling of wanting to do something, especially as a career
calling noun
a strong feeling that you must do a particular type of job, especially one that you consider morally good
career noun
a job or series of related jobs that you do, especially a profession that you spend a lot of your working life in
career noun
the time when a sports player, entertainer, or artist is active or working
career noun
connected with someone's career
career adjective
a career politician, soldier, teacher etc wants to be in their profession for a long time and to achieve success or power in it
careers adjective
connected with the process of choosing a career
career structure noun
a system for making regular progress in your career by moving to a more important job or position each time
collaboration noun
the process of working with someone to produce something
collaboration noun
something that people produce by working together
delegation noun
the process of giving some of your work, duties, or responsibilities to a less senior person or a less powerful person
division of labour noun
the way that the work that needs to be done is divided so that different people are responsible for different parts of it
employment noun
work that you are paid regularly to do for a person or company
employment noun
relating to jobs and work
function noun
someone's job or particular responsibility
gig noun
a piece of work that you do for money, especially if you are self-employed
hot desking noun
a method of working in which people do not have their own desk in an office but use any desk that is available at a particular time
incumbency noun
an official position
incumbency noun
the fact of having an official position, or the time during which someone has it
job noun
work that you do regularly to earn money. When you ask someone about their job, you usually say 'What do you do?', and not 'What is your job?' The answer would usually be 'I am a ... ' or 'I work as a ... ', and not 'My job is' ...
job description noun
a list of all the things that someone must do in their job
job security noun
the knowledge that your job is permanent as long as you want it to be
job-sharing noun
a system in which two people share the work from a single job, so that each one works for part of the day or week
labour (AmE labor) noun
work
line noun
the way that communication, authority, or responsibility is shared between people in an organization
livelihood noun
something such as your work that provides the money that you need to live
load noun
an amount of work that a person, piece of equipment, or system has to do at one time
metier noun
the type of work that you are good at, or the subject that you know most about
occupation noun
a job. This word is used especially on forms and in formal writing
occupational adjective
relating to, or caused by, your job
off-site noun
a short trip for all the employees in a particular department or company, especially so that they can learn more about each other and how to work together better
opening noun
a job that needs a person to do it
opportunity noun
a job that is available
opus noun
any piece of work that someone produces
order book noun
the total work that a company has agreed to do in the future, which shows how safe its workers' jobs are
pluralism noun
a situation in which someone has more than one job or position, especially in a church
portfolio working noun
a way of organizing your working life in which you work for several different employers and do several different jobs at one time instead of working all the time for one employer
position noun
a job in a company
post noun
a job, especially one with a lot of responsibility
probation noun
a period of time during which someone who has been given a new job is watched to see whether they can do the job well and stay in the position
profession noun
a job that you need special skills and qualifications to do, especially one with high social status
professional adjective
relating to your work or career
professional development noun
the process of obtaining the skills, qualifications, and experience that allow you to make progress in your career
professionally adverb
in a way that is connected with your work or career
prospects noun
chances of success, especially in a job or career
service noun
work or duties done for a person or an organization
situation noun
a job
slot noun
a job that someone has as part of a team of people
start out phrase
used about someone's career
tenure noun
the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
term noun
a period of time during which a politician or other official holds their job
trade noun
a job or type of work that someone is trained to do
vacancy noun
a job that is available for someone to do
work noun
a job that someone is paid to do
work noun
the things that you do as part of your job
work noun
something that someone makes or does in their job
work experience noun
the experience and skills that you gain in doing a particular job
working life noun
the period of time in your life that you work
workload noun
the amount of work that a person or organization has to do
careerist noun
someone who enters a profession in order to be successful in it, but does not care very much about its principles
a good/smart/clever career move phrase
an action or change of job that helps you to be successful in your career
what someone does (for a living) phrase
someone's job or profession