surgeon/ airline pilot/ construction worker/ school bus driver/ telephone operator/ farmer/ football

manager/ carpenter/ newspaper reporter/ student advisor/ war correspondent/ home maker/ army
officer/ investment consultant/ factory worker
solicitor: the official in a local government who deals with legal matters.
probation officer: an official charged with supervising convicts at large on suspended sentence or
probation.
approachable employer/ comfortable working enviroment/ financial rewards/ flexible working hours.
ambivalent: having two opposing feelings at the same time, or being uncertain about how you feel.
work under the microscope: being examined very closely
child delinquency
woes: afflictions, trouble
avalanche: a lot
damning: very critical, or showing clearly that someone is wrong or guilty// cursing, criticizing.
reigns: most important factor.
bangs on and on: nonstop.
cautions: warns
angst: anxious, unhappiness
nine-to-five: working hours in an office job.
affiliations: connections
dispersed: spread
window to our souls: a way of telling what we're really like
salience: outstanding, relevance, importance
deification: worship, regard with great respect
income: $$
keenly: deeply, intensively
intrinsically: basically
mixed messages: contradictory things
margins: the outer edges
work overtime

be made redundant
prospects of promotion
work part-time/ full-time
be on temporary contracts
there may be a vacancy for (job)
workforce
to increase productivity
work as a freelance journalist/translator/singer/stripper (xD)
to be given a $xxx bonus
serve as an incentive
white-collar work: office job
blue-collar job: people who do work needing strength or physical skill.
few: hardly any
a few: more
labourer: a person who does physical work
ironmonger: someone who sells tools for use in homes and gardens
clerk: a person who works in an office, dealing with records or performing general office duties
stationer: a person or business that sells stationery (tonteras de cartas, post-its, lapices boni, etc)
civil servant: a person employed in the civil service (government)
PA: personal assistant
typing pool: where the typists sit to do their work
accountant: works in a office, in charge of financial records
headquarters: main offices of a company
warehouse: large building for storing shit
picket line: a line of striking workers standing outside their place of work in order to prevent other
workers entering the building or to get them to join them.
branch: (of a company) one of the offices or shops which belongs to it and which is located in a
different place from the headquarters.
boardroom: large room used for meetings

department: section of a company which deals with a specific aspect of the company's business
conference room: see boardroom... for formal meetings... but for people of other companies also.
demote: to be given a less important position (punishment)
downgrade: to reduce someone or sth to a lower rank or position// to cause sth to be considered
less important or valuable
come out on strike: to stop work to protest about sth
delegate: to pass some of your work onto someone else
take over: take control of a company
sign on: to officially agree to do some work or a course of study, or to officially inform the
unemployment office that you are out of work (informal)
apply for: to ask for sth officially
make a profit: to make $$$$ over and above what it cost to produce a product
assembly line: an arrangement of workers, machines, etc, in which the product being assembled
passes consecutively from operation to operation until completed
retail trade: the functions and activities involved in the selling of commodities directly to consumers
fringe benefits: an employment benefit given in addition to one's wages or salary
industrial relations
cheap labour
state pension: $$ paid regularly as a retirement benefit or by way of patronage
minimum wage
project leader
remuneration package: total compensation a person will earn for a specific job, it includes salary,
bonuses, commissions, etc.
unemployment benefit: jobseeker's allowance
work to rule: a job action in which employees do no more than the minimum required by the rules of
a workplace in order to cause a slowdown.
AT: a glance/ the latest/ the expense of/ odds with/ random/ an advantage/ peace/ a loss/ first hand/
all events/ a distance
BY: nature/ surprise/ far/ chance/ accident/ law/ now/ all means/ degrees
ON: behalf of/ paper/ good terms with/ the whole/ no account/ the point of/ demand/ purpose/ loan/
account of/ principle/ your own/ the increase

UNDER: the weather(to be sick)/ the impression/ control/ arrest/ pressure/ discussion/ your
breath(to whisper)
idioms
gave a golden handshake: money given to a retiring employee (good terms)
it's a good job: it's fortunate
just the job: exactly what is needed
hand in your notice: resign
to be given the sack: to be fired, to be dismissed
to break even: cost and income are equal// make just enough money to cover what you spent
shift work: morning shift, night shift, etc
the shop floor: the ordinary workers in a factory// the place where they work (also)
Phrasal verbs
take in: deceive
tell off: reprimand
take sb up on sth: discuss// challenge or question them on what they have said (because you think
it's wrong)
tell apart: distinguish, recognize the differences
take on: to fight, confront
tell against: spoil someone's chance of success
take up: start doing sth
take over: to become responsible for sth
take sth out on someone: to behave badly towards someone because you feels upset about sth
else
tell on: accuse// to give info about sth sb has done wrong to a person in authority
Fixed phrases
Only time will tell
As far as anyone can tell
Took me by surprise
You'll just have to take my word for it

It is taken as read that (blah)

empowering (people): something that makes you more confident and makes you feel that you are in
control of your life
effective coaching: to train, or tutor
awareness: knowledge that sth exists
fostering innovation// to foster: adopt
to cultivate teamwork
survival stress: caused by a dangerous/challenging situation
internally generated stress: caused by a tense, hurried approach to life
environmental/job stress: caused by tension in one's living/working environment
fatigue-induced stress: caused by tiredness from long periods of overwork
type A personality: person who find stress exciting/stimulating
type B personality: person who prefers to relax and avoid stress
eradicate: to get rid of
deadline: a time or day by which something must be done
to thrive on sth: to enjoy sth
mellower: relaxed
crop up: appear
out of the blue
butterflies in the stomach
Verb/noun/adj/abstract noun
officiate/officer/official/office
industrialize/industrialist/industrial/industry
collaborate/collaborator/collaborative/collaboration
administrate/administrator/administrative/administration
organise/organiser/organised/organisation
differ/differences
notice/noticeable

bargain/bargaining
renew/renewal
content/discontent
legal/illegally
relate/relatively
assemble/assembly
resolve/resolution
negotiate/negotiations
compromise/compromising