This document provides vocabulary related to work and employment. It defines common terms used to describe jobs, employers, employees, and expressions used when applying for jobs or discussing unemployment. Key terms defined include regular job, commuter, employee, employer, job interview, skilled worker, training, to be unemployed, to fire somebody, and expressions used to discuss working hours, pay, wages, salaries, overtime and shifts.

1. VOCABULARY ABOUT
WORK AND
EMPLOYMENT
NEF Unit 8B

2. GENERAL WORDS TO TALK
ABOUT WORK
- A regular job: it’s similar to a permanent
or fixed job
- Commuter: It’s somebody who lives in a
place and works in a different one
- Employee: It’s similar to worker
- Employer: It’s the person who gives you
a job
- Take a job as: Means to work at

3. - What’s the difference among work, job,
occupation and profession?
- To earn one ‘s living: Ganarse la vida
- To run a firm: to be the boss in a company
- Trade union: Sindicato
- What do you do for a living?: It’s similar to
“What’s your job?
- Worker: It’s somebody who works in a
Factory

4. EXPRESSIONS TO USE WHEN
APPLIYING FOR A JOB
- An application / and application form:
solicitud
- Apprentice / trainee: Becario
- job interview: It’s the previous step to
get a job
- skilled worker: trabajador cualificado
- training: any kind of formation done in a
company

5. EXPRESSIONS TO TALK
ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT
TO DESCRIBE THE
STATE
- TO BE UNEMPLOYED
- TO BE OUT OF WORK
- TO BE ON THE DOLE
- UNEMPLOYEMENT
TO TALK ABOUT
THE PROCESS
- TO FIRE SOMEBODY
(UNVOLUNTARY)
- TO SACK SOMEBODY
- TO GIVE SOMEBODY A
NOTICE
- TO DISMISS SOMEBODY
- TO RESIGN: DIMITIR
(VOLONTARY)
- TO QUIT: ABANDONAR
(VOLONTARY)

6. EXPRESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT
WORKING HOURS AND PAY
- A FULL TIME JOB
- A PART-TIME JOB
- WAGE (WEEKLY) / SALARY (MONTHLY)
- FLEXITIME
- PAY SLIP: EXTRA
- TO GET A RISE: CONSEGUIR UN AUMENTO DE
SUELDO
- TO WORK IN SHIFTS: TRABAJAR A TURNOS

7. - TO WORK OVERTIME
- WAGE CUT
-WAGE GROUP