Job, work, post, position, occupation, profession, career (0)

Job, work , post, position , occupation , profession, career

Your job is the work that you do regulary in order to earn money , especially when you work for a company or public organization.

• My last job was with a computer firm .
  
• He finally got a job in a supermarket .
  

Work is used in a more general way to talk about activities that you do to earn money, either working for a company or for yourself.

• Will you go back to work when you’ve had the baby?
  
• I started work when I was 18.
  

! Do not say „what is your job?“ or „what is your work?“. Say what do you do? or what do you do for a living ?
Post and position are more formal words for a job in a company or organization. They are used especially in job advertisements and when you are talking about someone moving to different job.

• This post would suit a recent graduate.
  
• He left last summer for a teaching position in Singapore.
  

Use occupation to talk about the kind of work that someone usually does, for example if they are a teacher , lawyer, driving instructor etc. Occupation is used mainly on official forms .

• State your name, age, and occupation in the box below .
  

! Do not use occupation to talk about your own job

• I am an accountant . (NOT My occupation is an accountant).
  

A profession is a kind of work for which you need special training and a good education, for example teaching, law, or medicine

• The legal profession
  

Your career is the type of work that you do or hope to do for most of your life

• I’m interested in a career in television.
  
• His career is more important to him than his family.
  

ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING JOBS
1.contemptible – põlastusväärne
2. dangerous – ohtlik
3.dead-end – perspektiivne
4.demanding – nõudlik, paljunõudev
5. dirty – räpane,must
6. essential – hädavajalik, oluline
7. exciting – põnev
8.exhilarating – meeliülendav, vaimustav
9.fascinating – kütkestav, paeluv
10.glamorous – suurilmalik
11.hectic – pöörane, palavikuline
12.indispensable – asendamatu (hädavajalik)
13.intense – pingeline
14.intensive – intensiivne
15.low- paid – madalapalgaline
16. manual – käsitsi, füüsiline
17.mind-numbing – meelinüristav
18.monotonous – üksluine
19. never - ending – lakkamatu,lõputu
20.repetitive – korduv
21.rewarding – tulutoov, rahuldust pakkuv
22.soul-destroying – hingesööv
23.stressful – pingeline
24.tedious – tüütu, igav
25.thankless – tänamatu
26.unenviable – vastik, kadestamatu
27.unglamorous – mitte-glamuurne
28.unpleasant – ebameeldib
29.unpredictable – ettearvamatu, ootamatu
30.varied - mitmekesine