A rich English vocabulary is very important to your success. It gives you the ability to say what you mean and helps you understand what other people are saying and what you are reading. Learning English vocabulary by Topic is one of the best way to learn English vocabulary easily and efficiently.
Jobs and Works are the common Topics. We give you list of English vocabulary in these Topics below:
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1. Jobs:
- Accountant /ə’kauntənt/: someone who keeps or examines the records of money received, paid, and owend by a company or person.
- Actor /‘æktə/: someone who pretends to be someone else while performing in a film, play, or television or radio programme.
- Actress /‘æktris/: a female actor.
- Architect /‘ɑ:kitekt/ : someone who design new buildings and make certain that they are built correctly.
- Artist /‘ɑ:tist/: someone who paints, draws, or makes sculptures.
- Assembler /ə’semblə:/: someone who assembles a machine or its parts
- Babysitter /‘beibi,sitə/:someone who takes care of your baby or child while you are out.
- Baker /’beikə/:someone who makes bread and cakes for sale, or sell bread and cakes.
- Barber /‘bɑ:bə/: a man whose job is cutting men’s hair.
- Businessman /’biznismən/: a man who works in business, especially one who has a high position in a company.
- Businesswoman /‘bizniswumən/: a woman who works in business, especially one who has a high position in a company.
- Butcher /ˈbʊtʃ.ər/: someone who sells meat in a shop.
- Carpenter /ˈkɑː.pɪn.tər/: someone who make and repair wooden objects and structures.
- Cashier /kæʃˈɪər/: someone who receive and pay out money in a shop, bank, restaurant, etc.
- Chef /ʃef/- Cook /kʊk/: a skilled and trained cook who works in a hotel or restaurant.
- Computer software engineer /kəmˈpjuː.tər ˈsɒft.weər ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/: someone whose job is to create computer programs.
- Construction worker /kənˈstrʌk.ʃən ˈwɜː.kər/: someone who works in construction.
- Custodian /kʌsˈtəʊ.di.ən/- Janitor /ˈdʒæn.ɪ.tər/: someone who with responsibility for protecting or taking care of something or keep something in good condition.
- Customer service representative /ˈkʌs.tə.mər ˈsɜː.vɪs ˌrep.rɪˈzen.tə.tɪv/: a person whose job is to deal with a business’s customers.
- Data entry clerk /ˈdeɪ.tə ˈen.tri klɑːk/: someone who put information into a computer database.
- Delivery person /dɪˈlɪv.ər.i ˈpɜː.sən/: a person who delivers goods to people’s houses or places of work.
- Dockworker /ˈdɒkwɜːkər/: a person whose job is putting goods on and taking goods off ships in a port.
- Engineer /ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/: a person whose job is to repair or control machines, engines, or electrical equipment.
- Factory worker /ˈfæk.tər.i ˈwɜː.kər/: someone who works in a factory.
- Farmer /ˈfɑː.mər/: someone who owns or takes care of a farm.
- Fireman /ˈfaɪə.mən/- Firefighter /ˈfaɪəˌfaɪ.tər/: a man whose job is to stop unwanted fires from burning.
- Fisherman /ˈfɪʃ.ə.mən/: someone whose job is to catch fish.
- Food–service worker /fuːd – ˈsɜː.vɪs ˈwɜː.kər/: someone whose jobs is to prepare and serve food to people in schools, hospitals, companies, etc.
- Foreman /ˈfɔː.mən/: a skilled person who is in charge of and watches over a group of workers.
- Gardener /ˈɡɑː.dən.ər/: someone who works in a garden, growing and taking care of plants.
- Journalist – Reporter: a person who writes stories or articles for a newspaper or magazine or broadcasts them on radio or television.
- Lawyer: someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them in court.
- Manager: the person who is responsible for managing an organization.
- Musician: a skilled person in playing music.
- Pharmacist: a trained person who prepare and give out medicines in a hospital or shop.
- Pilot: a person who flies an aircraft.
- Policeman: a male member of a police force.
- Secretary: someone who works in an office, writting letters, making phone call, and arranging meetings for a person or for an organization.
- Tailor: someone whose job is to repair, make, and adjust clothes.
- Teacher/ Instructor: someone whose job is to teach in a school or college.
- Waiter/ Server: a man whose job is to bring the food to customers at their tables in a restaurant.
- Waitress: a woman whose job is to bring the food to customers at their tables in a restaurant.
- Judge: a person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished, or who makes decision on legal matters.
- Miner: a person who works in a mine.
- Doctor: a person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or hurt.
- Dentist: a person whose job is treating people’s teeth.
- Electrician: a person who puts in, checks, and repairs electrical wires and electrical equipment.
- Nurse: a person whose job is to care for people who are ill or injured, especially in a hospital.
2. Works
- CV (Curriculum Vitae): a short written description of your education, qualifications, previous jobs, and your personal interests, that you send to an employer when you are trying to get a job.
- application form /æplɪ’keɪʃn fɔ:m/: a form that you complete in order to apply for a job.
- interview /’intəvju:/: a meeting in which someone asks you questions to see if you are suitable for a job or course.
- job /dʒɔb/: the regular work that a person does to earn money.
- part-time /´pa:t¸taim/: working for only some of the day or the week.
- full-time: /ˌfʊlˈtaɪm/: done for the whole of a working week.
- appointment /ə’pɔintmənt/ (for a meeting): a formal arrangement to meet or visit someone at a particular time and place.
- ad or advert /əd´və:t/ : an advertisement.
- contract /’kɔntrækt/: a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the agreement itself.
- notice period: thời gian thông báo nghỉ việc
- holiday entitlement: chế độ ngày nghỉ được hưởng
- sick pay: tiền lương ngày ốm
- holiday pay: tiền lương ngày nghỉ
- overtime /´ouvətaim/: ngoài giờ làm việc
- redundancy /ri’dʌndənsi/: sự thừa nhân viên
- redundant /ri’dʌndənt/: bị thừa
- to apply for a job: xin việc
- to hire: thuê
- salary /ˈsæləri/: lương tháng
- wages /weiʤs/: lương tuần
- scheme / pension plan: chế độ lương hưu / kế hoạch lương hưu
- health insurance: bảo hiểm y tế
- company car: ô tô cơ quan
- to fire /’faiə/: sa thải
- working conditions: điều kiện làm việc
- qualifications: bằng cấp
- offer of employment: lời mời làm việc
- to accept an offer: nhận lời mời làm việc
- starting date: ngày bắt đầu
- leaving date: ngày nghỉ việc
- to get the sack (colloquial): bị sa thải
- working hours: giờ làm việc
- maternity leave: nghỉ thai sản
- promotion /prə’mou∫n/: thăng chức
- salary increase: tăng lương
- training scheme: chế độ tập huấn
- part-time education: đào tạo bán thời gian
- meeting /’mi:tiɳ/: cuộc họp
- travel expenses: chi phí đi lại
- security /siˈkiuəriti/: an ninh
- reception /ri’sep∫n/: lễ tân
- health and safety: sức khỏe và sự an toàn
- director /di’rektə/: giám đốc
- owner /´ounə/: chủ doanh nghiệp
- manager /ˈmænәdʒər/: người quản lý
- boss /bɔs/: sếp
- colleague /ˈkɒli:g/: đồng nghiệp
- trainee /trei’ni:/: nhân viên tập sự
- timekeeping: theo dõi thời gian làm việc
- job description: mô tả công việc
- department /di’pɑ:tmənt/: phòng ban
We will give you more English vocabulary topics in next lessons. Moreover, you can refer to and use the good Learn English Applications to learn English everywhere.