1. What do you do?” or “What do you do for a living?”
1.1. EMPLOYEE
1.1.1. I work… I’m a/an… (your job title).” I’m a teacher. I’m an accountant.
1.2. NON EMPLOYEE
1.2.1. I’m unemployed.
1.2.2. I’m between jobs at the moment
1.2.3. I’m a student.
1.2.4. I’m a stay-at-home mom/dad
2. DESCRIBING YOUR JOB
2.1. POSITIVE
2.1.1. interesting exciting. very rewarding. quite challenging
2.2. NEGATIVE
2.2.1. tough / tiring / demanding. rather dull / boring / repetitive.
3. ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT VOCABULARY
3.1. ROLE
3.1.1. hired
3.1.2. employee
3.1.3. company
3.1.4. employer
3.1.5. colleagues or coworkers.
3.1.6. boss or supervisor.
3.2. TIME
3.2.1. full-time (usually about 40 hours per week)
3.2.2. part-time (usually 15-25 hours per week). flex-time ( can set his/her own schedule)
3.2.3. shifts (the hours aren’t the same every day)
3.2.4. overtime (work extra hours in addition to normal schedule)
3.2.5. work remotely
4. ACTIONS
4.1. hired
4.2. fired
4.3. laid off
4.4. retired
5. WHERE DO YOU WORK?
5.1. I work at…
5.1.1. I WORK AT.… (NAME OF COMPANY)
5.2. I work in…
5.2.1. A PLACE I work in an office. I work in a school. I work in a factory.
5.2.2. a city/country: I work in Paris. I work in France.
5.2.3. a department: I work in the marketing department. I work in human resources. I work in sales.
5.2.4. a general area/industry: I work in finance. I work in medical research. I work in consulting.
5.3. I work for…
5.3.1. I WORK FOR… (NAME OF COMPANY)
5.4. I work with…
5.4.1. I WORK WITH… (THINGS / PEOPLE THAT ARE THE OBJECTS OF YOUR DAY-TO-DAY WORK)
5.4.1.1. I work with computers. I’m a teacher. I work with special-needs children.