- to be called for an interview: to be invited to attend an interview
- a heavy workload: to have a lot of work to do
- a high-powered job: an important or powerful job
- job satisfaction: the feeling of enjoying a job
- semi-skilled: neither skilled nor unskilled
- blue-collar worker: manual labor workers
- freelance: self-employed
- demanding job: a job that requires physical force
- downsizing: cutting the size of employee numbers
- workaholic: requiring a lot of work
- made redundant: no longer a need for the company(employee)
- perks: benefits
- fill in: replace somebody
- a nine-to-five job: a normal job that consists of an 8 hour day (approximately)
- to be/get stuck in a rut: to be in a boring job that is hard to leave
- to be well paid: to earn a good salary
- working conditions: the hours, salary and other entitlements that come with the job
- a dead-end job: a job with no promotional opportunities
- to do a job-share: to share the weekly hours of work with another person
- a good team player: somebody who can work well with other people
- knuckle down: start working hard
- lay off: cut employment
- step down: Leave the job to somebody else
