Vocabulary related to WORK

Personal Qualities There are jobs that give you To have:

opportunity to:
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Punctual  A sense of humour
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Reliable  Work on your own  (A lot of) imagination
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Cheerful  Work in a team  (A lot of) self-confidence
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Efficient  Meet people  (A lot of) common- sense
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Resourceful  Help people  ( A lot of) energy
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Gentle  Have long holidays
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Disciplined  Retire on a good pension To be good at:
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Imaginative  Take responsibility  working in a team
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Understanding  helping people
 Get job satisfaction
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Tough  organising people and events
 Do creative work
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Willing to learn  taking responsibility in a
 Gain prestige
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Strong group
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Patient  giving advice
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Firm with others  memorising
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Tolerant of views which  working with numbers
clash with yours  making decisions
SOME ASPECTS
 Friendly OFstrangers
to total WORK  solving problems
 creating artistic things
 To go out to work  designing things
 To get/ find a job  constructing things
 To work on your own  thinking up new ideas
 To be self-employed  catering
 To open/set up a firm
 To set up with a partner
 To go into DIY
 To run your own business
 To be your own boss
 To work full time/ part time/ on flexitime/ in Occupations
shifts
 To do a full time/ part time job  Actor  Firefighter
 To be well paid/ poorly paid  Actress  Gardener
 To stay away from work  Architect  Hairdresser
 To take a day off/ a leave of absence  Artist  Housewife
 To ask for leave of absence  Athlete  Magician
 To be well-qualified to do a job  Baker  Nurse
 To be poorly qualified for a job  Ballerina  Painter
 To be promoted  Builder  Photographer
 To be dismissed from work/ given the  Businessperson  Pilot
sack/sacked/ made redundant/lose one’s job  Cashier  Police officer
 To resign/ hand in one’s resignation  Carpenter  Reporter
 To get fringe benefits/ commissions on sales/  Cleaner  Scientist
bonuses  Clown  Secretary
 Interesting work  Coach  Singer
 Long holidays  Cook  Student
 Short working hours  Dancer  Teacher
 Easy work  Dentist  TV star
 A good salary  Doctor  Vet
 Prospects of promotion  Employee
 Waiter
 Opportunities for creative work  Farmer
 waitress
 Job security
 Meeting people
 Friendly colleagues
 Variation in work