jobjob /dʒɒb $ dʒɑːb/ ●●● S1 W1 AWL noun 
Do you enjoy your job? It was the first paid job I ever had. He’s been in the job for six years. I’m looking for a new job. Your pension can be affected if you change jobs. → job descriptionRegisterIn everyday English, people usually ask What do you do? or What does she/he do? when asking what someone’s job is.2duty [singular] something that you are responsible for doing: Raising kids can be a difficult job. It’s my job to make sure that the work is finished on time.the job of somebody/something The job of the jury is to assess the credibility of the witness.the job of doing something I was given the job of making sure that everyone had enough to drink. All too often councils fall down on the job (=not do what they should) of keeping the streets clean.RegisterIn written English, people often prefer to use task or duty rather than job, as they sound more formal:· Our first task was to prepare the agenda for the meeting.3something you must do [countable] a particular thing you have to do, considered as work SYN task: My parents were always finding little jobs for me to do. Filleting fish can be quite a fiddly job. Tiling the bathroom is going to be a big job. Sam does odd jobs (=small jobs in the house or garden) for friends and neighbours.the job of doing something The job of choosing the right computer for you is made easy by this magazine. We need to get on with the job of finding someone to replace him.do a good/great/marvellous etc job Whoever did the plastering did a brilliant job.make a good/bad etc job of (doing) something She hates doing the cleaning, but she always makes a good job of it.4on the job a)while you are doing a particular job: Most clerical training is done on the job. b)doing a particular job: We’ve got some of our best people on the job. c)British English spoken informal having sex5I’m only/just doing my job spoken used to say that it is not your fault if you have to do something in your work that other people do not like6it’s more than my job’s worth British English spoken used to tell someone that you cannot do what they want because you would lose your job if you did – often used humorously7do the job spoken to have the effect or produce the result that you want: A little more glue should do the job.8job done informal used to say that someone has done something that was necessary, especially quickly and easily: When we scored three times in the first half, we thought, ‘Job done.’9have a job doing something/have a job to do something British English spoken to have difficulty doing something: I think we might have a job parking in town.10do a job on somebody/something especially American English informal to have a damaging effect on someone or something: The sun does quite a job on people’s skin.11computer [countable] an action done by a computer: a print job12crime [countable] informal a crime in which money is stolen from a bank, company etc: a bank job Police believe it was an inside job (=done by someone who works for the company where the crime happens).13a nose/boob job informal an operation to improve the appearance of your nose or breasts: She looks completely different in this photo – she must have had a nose job.14just the job British English spoken exactly what is needed for a particular purpose or situation: This bag is just the job for carrying your sports gear.15type of thing [singular] spoken used to say that something is of a particular type: Jack’s got a new car – a red two-seater job.16jobs for the boys British English when someone in an important position gives work to their friends, especially when this gives the friends an unfair advantage: The council chief was suspended over allegations of jobs for the boys.17job of work British English something that you have to do even if you do not enjoy it18job lot British English a mixed group of things that are sold together: a job lot of furniture → hatchet job, → (it’s a) good job at good1(50), → make the best of a bad job at best3(9)COLLOCATIONSverbshave a job· Mark doesn’t have a job right now.apply for a job· I’ve applied for a job at the university.offer somebody a job· Well, Miss Taylor, we’d like to offer you the job.get/find a job· Eventually, Mary got a job as a waitress.land a job (=get a job, especially unexpectedly)· My husband finally landed a job in marketing.take a job (=accept a job you are offered)· I was so desperate that I took the first job that came along.hold down a job (=keep a job)· He had never been able to hold down a job.lose your job· At least there’s no danger of you losing your job.leave/quit your job· Oh, Rick, you didn’t quit your job, did you?be out of a job (=not have a job)· If the project fails, we’re all out of a job.adjectivestemporary/permanent· The job is only temporary, but I’m hoping it will be made permanent.part-time/full-time· He had a part-time job at the pet shop.a steady job (=a job that is likely to continue)· I haven’t had a steady job since last March.a dead-end job (=a job with low wages and no chance of progress)· He had a series of dead-end jobs.job + NOUNjob satisfaction (=the enjoyment you get from your job)· Levels of job satisfaction vary between departments.job security (=how permanent your job is likely to be)· As an actor, he has very little job security.job losses/cuts· The factory is closing, with 600 job losses.THESAURUSjob noun [countable] the regular paid work that you do for an employer: · a full-time job· John got a job in a car factory.work noun [uncountable] activities that you are paid for doing – used either when you work for an employer or when you work in your own business: · I started work when I was 18.· He graduated from college last year and is still looking for work.profession noun [countable] a job for which you need special education and training: · There are now a lot more women in the legal profession.· Many teachers are leaving the profession.occupation noun [countable] formal a job, or a type of job – often used on official documents: · Please give your name, age, and occupation.· a traditionally male occupationcareer noun [countable] the work you do or plan to do for most of your life: · I’m interested in a career in journalism.position noun [countable] formal a particular job within an organization: · I am writing to apply for the position of technical assistant.· We regret that the position has already been filled.· Please state the position which you are applying for.post noun [countable] formal a job, especially an important one in a large organization: · She has held the post of managing director for two years.· He applied for the post of Senior Manager.vacancy/opening noun [countable] a job that is available for someone to do: · The hospital has been unable to fill the vacancy.· There are very few openings in scientific research.appointment noun [countable] an important job which someone is asked to do: · He took an appointment as US trade ambassador in Geneva.posting noun [countable] a situation in which someone is sent somewhere to do a job for a period of time by the organization they work for: · This was his first posting outside the UK.· an overseas posting· His next posting took him to the Ministry of Defence.trade noun [countable] a job that involves using your hands, and for which you need special training: · Most of the men had worked in skilled trades such as carpentry and printing.employment noun [uncountable] the fact of having a job: · The factory will provide employment for local people.· She was offered employment in the sales office.
WORD ORIGINjob
Origin:
1500-1600 Perhaps from job ‘piece, lump’ (15-17 centuries)EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Cleaning the car's one of my least favorite jobs.
- Daniel starts his new job on Monday.
- He didn't complain or criticize, he just got on with the job.
- He does odd jobs for people in his spare time.
- Her son still hasn't been able to find a job.
- His new computer's one of those little portable jobs.
- I always take my car to York Street garage. They're expensive, but they do a good job.
- I had a part-time job while I was in college.
- If a woman is qualified, she should hold any job in government she wants.
- Irene did a nice job on those clothes didn't she?
- Let's just concentrate on the job in hand, shall we?
- Moving all this stuff is going to be a big job.
- My first job was in a record store.
- Repairing the roof -- that's going to be the biggest job.
- She's looking for a job in the music business.
- She has a well-paid job in the tax department.
- She was upset, and found it difficult to keep her mind on the job at hand.
- Ted got a job as a bartender.
- The company announced 74,000 job cuts and 21 factory closures.
- The police are convinced it was an insider job.
- I got it all right, but like I told you, it wasn't a maid's job.
- Many other jobs get handed out simply because a minister happens to know some one who might fit the bill.
- Most military jobs are essentially desk-bound and technical, clerical, or managerial in nature.
- The job of the providers is to come up with best combination of service and cost.
- There are groups of employees with specific job specialties, such as cashiers, stock clerks, and meat-cutters.
- We know that their learning curve on the job is less than anybody else that we might bring in.
THESAURUS
noun [countable] the regular paid work that you do for an employer: · a full-time job· John got a job in a car factory.
noun [uncountable] activities that you are paid for doing – used either when you work for an employer or when you work in your own business: · I started work when I was 18.· He graduated from college last year and is still looking for work.
noun [countable] a job for which you need special education and training: · There are now a lot more women in the legal profession.· Many teachers are leaving the profession.
noun [countable] formal a job, or a type of job – often used on official documents: · Please give your name, age, and occupation.· a traditionally male occupation
noun [countable] the work you do or plan to do for most of your life: · I’m interested in a career in journalism.
noun [countable] formal a particular job within an organization: · I am writing to apply for the position of technical assistant.· We regret that the position has already been filled.· Please state the position which you are applying for.
noun [countable] formal a job, especially an important one in a large organization: · She has held the post of managing director for two years.· He applied for the post of Senior Manager.
noun [countable] a job that is available for someone to do: · The hospital has been unable to fill the vacancy.· There are very few openings in scientific research.
noun [countable] an important job which someone is asked to do: · He took an appointment as US trade ambassador in Geneva.
noun [countable] a situation in which someone is sent somewhere to do a job for a period of time by the organization they work for: · This was his first posting outside the UK.· an overseas posting· His next posting took him to the Ministry of Defence.
noun [countable] a job that involves using your hands, and for which you need special training: · Most of the men had worked in skilled trades such as carpentry and printing.
noun [uncountable] the fact of having a job: · The factory will provide employment for local people.· She was offered employment in the sales office.
Longman Language Activatora job the work that you do regularly in order to earn money, especially when you work for an employer: · My first job was in a record store.· Daniel starts his new job on Monday.· She has a well-paid job in the tax department.get a job: · Ted got a job as a bartender.find a job (=get a job after trying to get a lot of different jobs): · Her son still hasn't been able to find a job.look for a job (=try to get one): · She's looking for a job in the music business.hold a job (=have a job): · If a woman is qualified, she should hold any job in government she wants.part-time job (=when you work less than the usual number of hours each week): · I had a part-time job while I was in college.job losses/job cuts (=when a lot of people lose their jobs): · The company announced 74,000 job cuts and 21 factory closures.
work that someone does regularly to earn money, either by working for an employer or working for themselves: · My father started work when he was 14.· Most people stop work when they are 65.· I usually start work each day around 9 am and finish about 6 pm.· The work's really interesting but the pay's lousy.look for work (=to try to get work): · Lena graduated from college six months ago and she's still looking for work.find work (=to get work): · He eventually found work as a labourer on a construction site.return to work/go back to work (=to start work again after several weeks, months, or years): · Women often return to work after they have had children.· His injuries have made it impossible for him to go back to work.at work (=at the place where you work): · Her mother tried to call her at home and then at work.to work (=to the place where you work): · Alexander commutes 30 miles to work each day.after/before work (=before you start or after you finish your work each day): · They sometimes play tennis after work.
work such as law, medicine, or teaching, for which you need special training and education: · Many teachers are thinking about leaving the profession for more highly paid careers.the teaching/medical/legal etc profession: · There are now a lot more women in the legal profession.go into/enter a profession: · There was a big demand for accountants in the 1980s, and many graduates entered the profession at this time.
the type of work that someone usually does - used especially on official forms: · Please write your name, address, and occupation in the spaces below.· Part-time workers often work in low-paid occupations.
the general type of work that you do, such as buying and selling a particular type of thing: · In our business the first rule is that the customer is always right.· "What type of business are you in?'' "I run a catering company.''the newspaper/used-car/movie etc business: · The used-car business has a pretty bad reputation.
spoken use this to ask what someone's job is: · What does your husband do?· She used to work for an accounting firm, but I'm not sure what she does now.
a skilled job in which you use your hands to do things, such as building houses, making furniture, or repairing cars: · Most of the men had worked in skilled trades such as carpentry or printing.· Young men and women can learn a trade in the military.be a bricklayer/carpenter etc by trade: · His father had been a bricklayer by trade.
the type of work that you do for most of your working life, which involves several similar jobs over a long period of time: · Like his father, Tommy chose a career in the Army.· Later on in his career he became first secretary at the British Embassy in Washington.· The scandal destroyed his career as a politician.career in: · I wanted to find out more about careers in publishing.
a job such as being a nurse, priest, or teacher that you do because you have a strong feeling that you want to do it, especially because you want to help people: · Nursing is hard work and often low paid, but for many people it is a vocation.· He was quite young when he decided he had a religious vocation.
the work that you do in order to earn enough money to live on or the thing that provides the work for you to do: · Most of the people here depend on tourism for their livelihood.· Fishermen are angry about the new EC fishing regulations because they feel that their livelihood is being threatened.
the type of work or job that you do: · I meet some interesting people in my line of work.· Henson had to leave real-estate, which had been his line of business since 1969.
when people work or have jobs - used especially in official documents, news reports etc: · I have not yet signed a contract of employment.· A Japanese company plans to set up a factory in the area, so this should provide some employment for local people.be in employment (=have a job): · Are you in full-time employment, Mr Edwards?
a job in a company or organization an important job in a company or organization, especially in an organization that moves its workers to different jobs: post of: · She has been offered the post of director of UNICEF.take up a post (=start doing a particular job): · When he took up his present post at the BBC he was only 23.teaching/government/director's etc post: · Environmentalists supported Murphy as the best candidate for the director's post.
a job at a particular level in a company or organization: position of: · We have decided to offer you the position of sales assistant starting next Monday.hold a position (=have a particular job): · What position did you hold at your previous company?fill a position (=to give someone a particular job): · Always look for the best person to fill any position, regardless of age, race, or gender.
formal if someone does something in a particular capacity , they do it because they have a particular job and it is part of that job: in somebody's capacity as something: · I'm here in my capacity as Union Representative.· In her capacity as war correspondent for ABC News, she has traveled all over the world.in an advisory legal/financial etc capacity: · He works for this firm in a legal capacity, giving advice on international law.
relating to a job · The salary's not very good, but there's a lot of job satisfaction.· It says in the job description that we're only supposed to work 35 hours a week.· The bad thing about working at holiday resorts is that there's no job security.
relating to a job such as teaching, medicine, or law, for which you need special training and have to pass special examinations: · The RSA course in teaching is a recognized professional qualification.· Lawyers have their own professional association, which operates a strict code of conduct.· You are advised to seek professional legal advice if in any doubt about the contract details.
relating to the particular type of job that you do: · Occupational injuries and even deaths are quite common in the coal mining industry.· The survey studied the incidence of cancer among different occupational groups.
vocational training or schools teach you the skills to do a particular job: · Not all the courses are purely vocational.· The Job Corps is a vocational training program for low-income youths.
to have a job · I've had a job since the day I left high school.· George had a well-paid job in a computer firm.have a steady job (=one that seems certain to last) · If you have a decent salary and a steady job, you can usually get a loan.
to have a job - used especially in official contexts or in writing: · To qualify for the program, at least one parent must be employed.be employed by: · Curtis was employed by a car rental agency.be employed at: · A graduate of Stanford, she is employed at Jackson, Cole, Roberts & Green, a respected law firm.
someone who is self-employed works for a business that they own or gets paid for work by various companies or people, and is not directly employed by a single company or organization: · He is a self-employed music teacher.· I've been self-employed for over 10 years.
to have a job, especially one that is for a particular period of time, or when it is difficult to keep working: · She was the first woman to hold the job of mayor.· Even men who had always been able to hold down a job found themselves unemployed.
British to have a job - use this when you are comparing someone who has a job with other people who do not have jobs: · She was the only one in the family to be in work.· It's often difficult for people who are in work to appreciate the problems of the unemployed.
to not have a job · I don't have a job yet, but I'm going for an interview tomorrow.· She's been without a job now for three months.· Many of the students who leave the course this summer won't have a job to go to.
to not have a job, especially for a long period of time: · I've been out of work for two years.· At the age of 33, he suddenly found himself out of work and without much hope of finding any.be thrown out of work (=to suddenly lose your job): · The company's bankruptcy meant that 5,000 people were thrown out of work.
an unemployed person does not have a job: · Fifty per cent of the men in this town are unemployed.unemployed teacher/clerk/factory worker etc (=some one who usually works as a teacher etc): · The accused man is an unemployed labourer from South London.the unemployed (=people who are unemployed): · The government is not doing enough to help the unemployed.
people who are jobless do not have jobs - used especially in news reports: · The factory closure will leave 3,000 workers jobless.· Jobless youths are a major cause of concern.the jobless (=people who do not have jobs): · The bill would allow the jobless to collect 4 to 20 weeks of additional benefits.
British /be on welfare/on unemployment American to be receiving money from the government because you do not have a job: · Many people on welfare don't have anyone to take care of the kids while they train for a job.· Just about everyone on the estate is one the dole. Jobs are scarce.· He spent five months on unemployment before finding a job that paid much less than his previous job.go on the dole/go on welfare (=start getting money from the government because you do not have a job): · Students used to be allowed to go on the dole in the summer holidays, but the government has stopped that.· Rivera lost his job, and the family had to go on welfare.
a job that is available a job that is available, and that someone could start doing immediately: · There might be some vacancies at the hospital.vacancy for: · A vacancy exists for an import/export sales manager at our Paris office.fill a vacancy (=find someone to do the job): · Skilled workers are few, and employers are having trouble filling vacancies.
a job that is available - used especially by managers or by people asking about jobs: · Of the fourteen openings, only one went to a minority candidate.opening for: · I was wondering if you had any openings for sales staff?job openings: · The journal has been a good way to publicize job openings.
the chance to do a job that you want to do, which could lead to a good permanent job: opportunity for: · There are several opportunities for experienced designers and researchers.career opportunities: · Career opportunities for nurses have improved in the last 10 years.
to give someone a job · If I give you the job, how soon can you begin?· After law school, he was given a job in the city's legal department.give sb a job as · Goldman gave her a job as his assistant.
also hire especially American to give someone a job and pay them for the work they do for you: · Since he came out of prison no one will employ him.· The company has been accused of not hiring enough women.employ as: · I was employed as a night-watchman by the local hospital.· She was hired as marketing director for a biotechnology firm.
if a company takes on someone, it gives them a job - use this especially about a job that might not be permanent or when a lot of people are given jobs at the same time: take on somebody: · We're not taking on any more staff at the moment.take somebody etc on: · Franklin needed an assistant, and he got funding from the department to take one on. take somebody on as something: · The director took me on as a messenger while they were filming in my village.
British formal to give someone a job: · The vet was increasingly busy and had to engage two new assistants.engage somebody as something: · Paul was engaged as a junior clerk at a very low wage.
to choose someone for a job, especially an important job: · The French president has appointed a new Minister for Culture.· The committee was appointed to make recommendations on housing development in the area.appoint somebody as director/manager etc: · When he was governor, Brown appointed Rose Bird as chief justice of the California Supreme Court.appoint somebody director/manager etc: · Schreiber was appointed director of human resources.appoint somebody to a job/post/ position etc: · This is the first time that a woman has been appointed to the post.
to find new people to work for a company or organization such as the army: · The police department is trying to recruit more black officers.· It's getting more and more difficult to recruit experienced staff.
also sign American if a football team, record company, film company etc signs up or signs someone, they agree to give them a job and make them sign an official contract: · Allegre was signed by the New York Jets.· Six episodes of the show have been taped, and the actors have been signed for six more.sign up somebody: · England soccer star Paul Gascoigne was signed up by a top Italian club.sign somebody up: · The band have just completed a highly successful US tour, and several record companies have offered to sign them up.
to move to a more important job to give someone who works in an organization a more important job than the one they had before: · The company promotes women and minorities whenever possible.be promoted: · Did you hear that David's been promoted?promote somebody to something: · Shula was promoted to head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals in 1991.
to move someone to another job, usually a better, more important one within the same organization: · No-one thought they would make him manager so soon after joining the company.· He's been made Head of Security at the Chicago National Bank.
when someone is given a more important job in an organization: · Civil service tests determine promotion in government jobs.· What are my chances of promotion if I stay here?get a promotion: · She got a promotion last year.
formal when someone moves up to a better, more important job: · Many people are forced to move from one city to another in search of better jobs or career advancement.
also work your way up the ladder to gradually become more and more successful, and get better, more important jobs: · Feldman started working for the company at age 18, and slowly worked his way up the ladder.· Education is vital to help these children to move up the career ladder.
to move someone up in a job, especially by making the job they are already doing more important, and by paying them more for it: · The women demanded that their work be upgraded.upgrade somebody to something: · After the inspector's visit all temporary workers were upgraded to permanent status.
doing something for a job, rather than for enjoyment if someone does something for a living , they do it as a job in order to get money to live - use this especially about something that other people do only for fun: · She actually tastes wine for a living!· No one in the show acts or sings for a living.
also pro informal a professional musician, tennis player, photographer etc is one who plays music etc as their job and earns money from it: · Professional basketball players can earn huge sums of money.turn professional (=become a professional musician, player etc): · He was a keen amateur photographer for many years before he turned professional.
a job that you have in addition to your main job a job that you do in addition to your main job, especially because it is something that you enjoy or are interested in: · I sometimes take wedding photographs on Saturdays -- it's a nice little sideline and it gives me a bit of extra cash.as a sideline: · Tracy intended to run the seed business as a sideline, but it soon became her full-time job.
if you do a job on the side , you do it secretly or unofficially, in addition to your main job: · It is difficult to estimate the number of people doing part-time jobs on the side.· He sometimes does a bit of gardening on the side when he is short of money.
to do another job, usually in the evenings or at night, in addition to your main job: · Carlos is an auto mechanic who moonlights fixing the cars of friends.· Sarton has been moonlighting for five years to supplement his income.moonlight as: · Some police officers moonlight as security guards.
to strongly criticize someone or something to strongly and publicly criticize a person, plan, or belief that you completely disagree with: · Several actors have attacked proposals to cut the theatre's budget.attack somebody for (doing) something: · Union leaders attacked management for eliminating employee health benefits.
to criticize someone or something very strongly in a public statement -- used especially in newspapers: · Sullivan never misses a chance to slam the tobacco industry.slam somebody for doing something: · Police slammed drivers for ignoring safety warnings.
to strongly criticize something such as a film, play, or a performance by writing about it in a newspaper, talking about it on television etc: · The movie was panned by all the critics.
to find a lot of faults in someone's ideas or arguments and criticize them very severely: · After the prosecutor had presented his case, the defence lawyer tore his arguments to shreds.
if someone is pilloried , they are criticized very strongly and publicly by a lot of people: · Harper was pilloried in the press after his team's sixth consecutive defeat.· Middleton suffered the ultimate humiliation of being pilloried by his colleagues in front of the television cameras.
informal to criticize every part of someone's character or work: · Field did a complete hatchet job on his former colleague at a cabinet meeting last week.
informal to criticize someone very strongly for something they have done: · The teacher really laid into us this morning -- told us we'd all fail if we didn't start doing some work.lay into about: · You should have heard my wife laying into me about coming home late last night.
to have problems when you are trying to do something if you have difficulty when you are trying to do something, you cannot easily do it: have difficulty/trouble (in) doing something: · It was obvious the patient was having great difficulty breathing.have difficulty/trouble with something: · A lot of Japanese students of English have trouble with the pronunciation of "b's and "v's.
to not be able to do something easily, especially because you do not have enough ability or skill: · I found the course difficult at first, but it gradually got easier.find it difficult to do something: · She always found it difficult to keep up with the rest of the class.
if you do something with difficulty , you can do it, but only by using all your strength, all your determination etc: · She spoke with difficulty, choking back her tears.
to find it difficult to do something, especially because there are unexpected problems or because you have difficulty persuading other people: · I tried to find the house but I had such a hard time, I decided to give up.have a hard time doing something: · I'm still having a hard time getting the company to pay me.
if you can hardly or can barely do something, especially something physical, it is so difficult that you almost cannot do it: · By the end of the day she could hardly walk.· The smell was so bad that I could barely force myself to stay in the room.
if a situation or job is too much for someone , it is too difficult for them to deal with: · All the bullying and back-stabbing in the office was simply too much for him.· The job was too much for any single manager to cope with.
if something is a struggle you have to try very hard and even suffer in order to do it: · Clark lived 112 days on the artificial heart, and each day was a struggle.· She managed to get her money out of the welfare office, but only after a struggle.it is a struggle (for somebody) to do something: · It was a struggle for my mother to understand our lifestyle, but she tried very hard.it is a struggle doing something: · It was a struggle trying to feed a family of five on my salary.
if you say someone would be hard put or hard pressed to do something, you doubt that they would be able to do it because you think it is too difficult: · The two girls look so similar that you'd be hard put to tell the difference between them.· The governor will be hard pressed to find more money for schools while dealing with a $6 billion budget deficit.
also have your work cut out informal to have to work very hard if you are going to succeed in doing something: · I'll have my work cut out to get this design finished by this afternoon.· Rice hopes to break the record during tonight's game, but he'll have his work cut out for him.
informal to have to start doing something difficult such as a new job without people making it easier for you because you are new: · When I first started teaching I was really thrown in at the deep end -- I had a class of forty six-year-olds all on my own.
British spoken if you have a job doing something , it takes a lot of time or a lot of effort, and you may not be able to do it: · You'll have a job persuading him to give you any more money.· There was some kind of festival going on, and we had a job finding somewhere to park the car.
to do something in a careless or unskilful way · I think I did pretty badly in the exam today.· They packed the glass and china for us, but they did it very badly and a lot of stuff got broken.
informal to do something badly because you have made mistakes, often so that you do not get the result you wanted: · I've practiced all week, but I'm still afraid I'll mess up.mess something up: · Don't ask Terry to do it - she'll probably just mess it up.mess up something: · Danny messed up three plays and made us lose the game.
also make a hash of British informal to do something badly and make a lot of mistakes, especially when it is important that you do it well: · Let's be honest. Most people make a mess of handling money.· She picked herself up and started the dance again, determined not to make a hash of it this time.make a complete hash of something: · I made a complete hash of the interview - I don't stand a chance of getting the job.
informal to spoil something you are trying to do, by making stupid mistakes: · If you screw up too many times, they'll kick you off the team.screw something up: · I was so nervous about the driving test that I screwed the whole thing up.screw up something: · My audition was going really well until I screwed the last part up.
to do something badly, especially a job you have been asked to do: · Most people think the mayor is doing a pretty bad job.do a bad job of doing something: · He did such a bad job of labeling these envelopes I don't think I'll ask for his help again.
if an organization or someone in authority bungles what they are trying to do, they fail to do it successfully because of stupid or careless mistakes: · The plan seemed simple enough, but the CIA managed to bungle the operation.· Analysts agree that the company bungled its response to the crisis.
to do something badly, especially a practical job such as making or repairing something, as a result of being too careless or not having enough skill: · They were supposed to fix the roof, but they completely botched the job.botch something up: · We hired someone to fix the computer system, but he botched it up even more.botch up something: · I wouldn't take your car to that garage - they botch up the simplest jobs.
if someone who is in charge mismanages a system or planned piece of work, they do it badly because they did not organize and control it properly: · The whole project was seriously mismanaged from the beginning.· Many people accused the government of mismanaging the environment and indirectly causing the flooding.
informal to do something badly because you are not paying enough attention, especially when it is your turn to do something in a play or in a game: · I was so nervous that I fluffed my lines.· It should have been an easy catch, but he fluffed it.
British to do something less well than you could, in an examination, game etc: · My grandfather was very intelligent, but he never did himself justice at school.· There were a couple of good performances, but most of the players didn't really do themselves justice.
to do something skilfully or carefully · Don't worry about the test - I'm sure you'll do well.· She enjoys her job and does it very well.· If a firm does a job well, we use them again.
especially spoken to do something well, especially a job that you have been asked to do: · You can always rely on Brian to do a good job.· You're doing a good job there, Sally. I don't know what we'd do without you.do a good job of doing something: · They did a really good job of decorating my bathroom.
British to do something well, especially a piece of practical work, so that it looks good or works well: · The hairdresser made a good job of your hair. It looks lovely.· We've just had a new heating system installed, but unfortunately they didn't make a very good job of it.
to do something much better than most other people, especially because you have a natural ability to do it well: · I didn't exactly excel academically and I left school as soon as I had the chance.excel at/in: · He played cricket for Middlesex but it was football that he really excelled at.· Many parents put too much pressure on their children to excel in school.excel yourself British (=do even better than usual): · Costner has excelled himself in this movie - definitely his best performance yet.
to be better or more successful than someone else at doing something: · The Canadian hockey team has outdone all its rivals.outdo somebody in something: · Each state seems to be trying to outdo its neighbors in cutting health services.outdo yourself (=do even better than usual): · The singer outdid himself at the festival, singing for almost three hours to noisy applause.not to be outdone (=so that no one else does better than you): · Not to be outdone, Stern went on television and made a speech of his own.
to do something very well, so that people notice you, praise you, and remember you: · Bradley has distinguished himself as the top scorer on the team.· After joining the newspaper, she quickly distinguished herself with a series of hard-hitting exposés.
method/plan/system a method, system etc that is effective succeeds in achieving the result that you want: · The advertisement was simple but remarkably effective.· Our training programme covers a range of effective management techniques.an effective way of doing something/to do something: · There are many effective ways of using videos in language teaching.highly effective: · The new system has proved to be a highly effective way of extending trading hours.
if a plan or method works , it produces the result that you want: · "I can't open the jar." "Try putting it in hot water. That sometimes works."work well: · The recipe works just as well if you cook the fish in the microwave.work with somebody (=make someone react in the way you want): · That type of sales talk doesn't work with me.work like magic/like a charm/like a dream (=have exactly the result that you want, especially when this is surprising): · I bought a bottle of stain remover, and it worked like magic.
to produce the result or effect that is intended: · You may have to take two pills in order to achieve the desired effect.have the desired effect of doing something: · The meetings had the desired effect of driving home the urgent need for change.
an action, or piece of work that is successful produces very good results: · Their new advertising campaign has been very successful.· Did you have a successful shopping trip?· It was one of the President's most successful speeches.highly successful: · Freire introduced highly successful literacy programs in Brazil.
spoken say this about a tool or method you think will be effective: · An electric saw will do the job at twice the speed.· Exercise and a low-calorie diet should do the trick.
to be extremely effective in dealing with a difficult problem or situation: · Many elderly people need to get out more, and often a new hobby works wonders.work wonders for: · The team's recent successes have worked wonders for their morale.
if the way you do something or the methods or people you use make a difference , they make something much more effective and successful: · If you're a young energetic college graduate who wants to make a difference in the world of media, this is the job for you!make all the difference: · The kind of technology you choose will make all the difference to the success of your business.
done quickly because you are hurrying done very quickly because you are in a hurry: · After a hurried dinner, the boys do their homework or watch TV.· They made a hurried search for the missing letters, but they couldn't find them.· Her handwriting looked shaky and hurried.
a quick look, meal, visit, decision etc is done very quickly, because you do not have much time: · Do I have time for a quick shower?· Could I just make a quick phone call?· The house is priced for a quick sale.
something that is rushed is done very quickly, often too quickly to do it carefully or properly; someone who is rushed does things very quickly, often so that it is not done carefully or properly: · People have complained that the doctors seem rushed, with too many patients to see in a day.· The actors' performances were needlessly rushed.
done very quickly and without much care or attention, because you have very little time: · He only had time for a hasty glance at the papers.· "I have to go now,'' said Alex, bidding them a hasty goodbye.
in a frantic situation, people are rushing around in a confused way, especially because they are worried that they will not have time to do something or get something: · Before the game there was a frantic rush to get the last few remaining tickets.· The staff spent three frantic days trying to get everything ready.· Throughout the night, everyone mopped floors and washed walls in a frantic effort to clean the place up for the inspectors.
: feverish activity/preparations/ haste etc when people are hurrying to finish something, in an excited way, and when there is not much time to do it in: · The show was about to begin and behind the stage there were scenes of feverish activity.· Feverish preparations were being made for the arrival of the President.
informal a piece of work that is done too quickly and therefore not as well as it should be done, especially because there is not enough time: · I don't want a rush job. I want this work done right.· Getting back into condition after a serious injury can't be a rush job.
when someone is forced to leave their job · After she lost her job, she got more and more depressed and started drinking heavily.· Many people won't complain about pay and conditions because they're terrified of losing their jobs.
also dismiss formal to make someone leave their job, especially because they have done something wrong: · He was just impossible to work with, and in the end they fired him.· Harris was caught stealing, and was dismissed immediately.· You're fired!fire/dismiss somebody for something: · She was fired for serious professional misconduct.fire from: · When Max was fired from his job the whole family had to pack up and leave town.· A New York art teacher who refused to take part in the daily flag ceremony was dismissed from her post.
British to make someone leave their job, for example, because they are not good enough at it, they are no longer needed, or they have done something wrong: · We can't really give him the sack just because he's unpopular.sack somebody for something: · He was sacked for being drunk in the office.get the sack (=be sacked): · He had the good luck to work in an old family firm when nobody ever got the sack.
to make workers, especially workers in a large factory or organization, leave their jobs, because there is not enough work for them to do, or not enough money to pay their wages: lay off somebody/lay somebody off: · 3000 car workers have been laid off at the factory in Cleveland.
British to make someone leave their job, and usually pay them some money to do so, because they are no longer needed: · At least 2,000 computer programmers have been made redundant in the past year.· We lost our home when my husband was made redundant five years ago.
British a situation in which someone has to leave their job, and is usually paid some money to do so, because they are no longer needed by their company: · These redundancies are necessary for the company to be able to survive.· The board are planning a restructuring which could mean hundreds of redundancies.voluntary redundancy (=when a company asks workers if they want to leave their jobs, and offers to pay them money to do so): · We hope to achieve staffing cuts through voluntary redundancy and a freeze on recruitment.
to make someone leave a job or organization temporarily, either as a punishment for doing something wrong, or while the organization tries to find out whether they have done something wrong or not: · Two senior officials have been suspended on full pay pending a second internal inquiry.suspend from: · The Police Department has suspended six officers from duty while they investigate claims of fraud and corruption.
to tell someone that they must leave their job, either immediately or in a week, a month etc: · The company are planning to close down, and we've all been given two weeks' notice.· In the course of restructuring, over half the workforce were given their notice.
if someone with an important official job is relieved of their duties or post , their job is taken away from them, especially for a short time because people think they have done something very bad and this is being checked: · The Chief Inspector has been relieved of his duties pending another investigation by fellow officers.· The authorities have decided to relieve the professor of his post at the university until further notice, after complaints were made by one of his female students.
something that is your job or your duty to do something that you have to do because it is your job or your duty, for example dealing with something or looking after someone: · The house is my responsibility, and I can't just let it fall apart.· Having children is a big responsibility and I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet.responsibility to do something: · It is a manager's responsibility to set clear expectations for his or her employees.take on a responsibility (=accept a responsibility): · I have a bad habit of taking on more responsibilities than I can handle.
spoken something that someone is responsible for doing: · I'm not doing the shopping - that's your job.· Agency employees must enforce regulations once they're approved. That's their job. it's somebody's job to do something: · It's my job to make sure all the guests are comfortable.
something that someone is officially, morally, or legally responsible for doing: · I don't give out parking tickets because I like to - it's my duty.it is somebody's duty to do something: · I think it's your duty to tell her what you know.· My duty as a police officer is to find out the facts and communicate them to the proper people.do your duty: · As the families wept openly, the prosecutor urged the jury to do its duty and convict Ballenger.
something difficult or worrying that you are responsible for: · Running the business on my own can be a burden at times.burden of doing something: · The minister has the burden of explaining why he must raise taxes.heavy burden (=a very difficult burden): · She has three children and heavy financial burdens at home.carry a burden (=have that responsibility): · Carrying the burdens of leadership is never an easy task.
when you should do something because it is your duty or is right if you should do something, it is your duty to do it, or it is the best thing to do because it is right, fair, or honest: · I don't feel like working late tonight but I suppose I should.should do something: · I think you should tell her the truth.· You really should go see him while he's in the hospital.· Should we contact Joe's parents and tell them what's happened?should not/shouldn't do something: · You shouldn't talk to your father like that.should have done something (=it was the right thing to do, but someone did not do it): · They should have given you your money back.shouldn't have done something (=it was the wrong thing to do, but someone did it): · I'm sorry. I shouldn't have shouted at you.
use this to say that someone should do something because you think that it is right or that it is the best thing to do: · "Do you think we should tell him?'' "Well, we ought to really.''ought to to do something: · You ought to go to church more often.· Do you think we ought to call the police?· The Government ought to spend more on education.ought not to do something: · I think animals have rights, and we ought not to use them for experiments.
especially spoken use this to say that you think someone should do something because it would be the correct, polite, or fair thing to do: · I had better phone Alan and tell him I'm going to be late.· You'd better apologize to your mother for forgetting her birthday.had better not do something: · We'd better not tell anyone about this just yet.had better: · "Do you think we ought to tell Jane about the money?" "Yes, I think we'd better."
use this to say that someone should do something because there is a rule that says they should, because they have been told to do it, or because it is part of their job: · You're supposed to knock before you come in.· Put that cigarette out! You're not supposed to smoke in here.· What time are we supposed to meet?· I don't know why they're blaming him -- he only did what he was supposed to.
use this to say that people think someone should do something because of their position, age etc: · In many societies women are expected to stay at home.· The employees are well-paid but they're also expected to work long hours.
spoken use this to say that someone is responsible for doing something, because it is officially part of their job, or because they have agreed to do it: · It's my job to check that the equipment is in good working order.· I thought we'd agreed it was Mike's job to send out all the invitations.
spoken say this to emphasize that a particular person is responsible for doing something: · It's up to parents to teach their children the difference between right and wrong.it's up to somebody (=a particular person is responsible for making a decision): · I really don't think we should have to work on Saturday but it's not up to me.
use this to say that someone should do something because it is their legal or moral duty: · It is the judge's duty to give a fair summary of both sides of the case.· The government has a duty to provide education for every child.
when someone steals something when someone enters a house or other building illegally and steals things: · Call the police -- there's been a burglary.· Most burglaries occur when a house or apartment is empty.
when someone steals money or other things from a bank, shop etc, especially by using threats or violence: · I took part in my first robbery when I was only thirteen years old.· In the first nine months of this year there were 9611 street robberies involving violence.robbery of: · Police claim to have found the gun used in this morning's robbery of a downtown convenience store.bank robbery: · The police are investigating a series of bank robberies.
when someone breaks a door or window in order to enter a place and steal things: · There was a break-in at the college last night -- they took all the computers.
also stick-up American informal when someone goes into a bank or shop with a gun and demands money: · A man was shot dead in a hold-up at a downtown bank.
formal when something is stolen: · If your passport has been stolen, report the theft to your nearest embassy immediately.theft of: · Security has been tightened since the theft of a $150,000 oil painting.car/bicycle etc thefts: · Police believe they have found the man responsible for a series of car thefts in the past year.
a violent attack on someone in the street in order to rob them: · There have been a number of muggings outside downtown hotels recently.
when someone goes into a bank or shop while it is open, and steals money or other things using threats or violence: · The police accused the woman of planning a huge armed bank raid in Scotland.raid on: · Detectives managed to catch the gunman who had taken three hostages in a raid on a jeweller's shop.carry out a raid: · Police have released a photo of a man they believe carried out a raid on a supermarket.
informal a crime that involves stealing: · Her boyfriend was put in prison after a bank job (=theft from a bank).inside job (=done by someone within the organization): · The police are convinced it was an inside job.
a piece of work that you have to do a specific piece of work that you have to do, often one that you are not paid for: · Repairing the roof -- that's going to be the biggest job.· Cleaning the car's one of my least favorite jobs.do a job: · Well, I must go now. I've lots of jobs to do around the house.do a good/nice/beautiful etc job (=do a job well): · I always take my car to York Street garage. They're expensive, but they do a good job.· Irene did a nice job on those clothes didn't she?get on with a job (=continue doing a job): · He didn't complain or criticize, he just got on with the job.odd jobs (=jobs of different kinds that are not regular): · He does odd jobs for people in his spare time.the job in/at hand (=the job you have to do at the moment): · Let's just concentrate on the job in hand, shall we?· She was upset, and found it difficult to keep her mind on the job at hand.
formal a piece of work that you have to do - use this especially about a difficult or unpleasant job, or about a specific part of your work: · One of the first tasks Eva set herself was learning the local language.impossible/difficult/arduous etc task: · The UN Peacekeeping Force faces an almost impossible task.· We knew what had to be done, but it wasn't an easy task.task of: · Recovery crews continued the grim task of retrieving bodies from the wreckage. face/begin/continue a task: · By 2001, we had begun the task of collecting the materials and information needed for the study.· This is one of the most difficult and complex tasks we face.perform a task/carry out a task: · Most of the workers did not have the skills required to perform the most basic tasks.· The massacre was never fully investigated because the police were incapable of carrying out the task.thankless task (=one that no one wants to do because they will get no satisfaction from it): · Who on earth would volunteer for such a thankless task?
a job that you have to do, either for your work or for yourself, especially things that you have to leave your office or house to do: · I'll pick the laundry up on Saturday -- I have some shopping to do anyway.· I've got some work to do this evening.
something that you have to do, especially something that involves writing or drawing and a lot of thinking: do/hand in/submit a piece of work: · Do you actually fail the year if you don't hand in a piece of work?· I've got a merit for every piece of work I've done.good/excellent etc piece of work: · I think this is a very fine piece of work and it deserves a first class mark.· Look at that piece of work and ask yourself the question -- 'Is this the best I can do?'
a piece of work that someone gives you to do, as part of your job or as part of your studies: · Bart's first assignment for the newspaper was to report on the French elections.· This is a really tough assignment, and I believe you're the only person who can handle it.finish/complete an assignment: · She stayed late to complete a class assignment.history/homework/school/military etc assignment: · Robin spent many lunch hours poring over her math assignments.· I eventually got a teaching assignment at Xibei.one-year/two week etc assignment: · 'I figure this will either make or break us,' Cheyne said of the 1-year assignment to get the camp up and running.
an unpleasant or boring job, especially one that you have to do regularly in your home: · Washing the kitchen floor was a daily chore, and it was the one I hated most.· When we opened the store, our ambition was to make shopping less of a chore, more of a pleasure.· When I got old enough I started to have chores around the house.do the/your chores (=do all the cleaning etc that needs doing in a home): · Michael, come on. Do your chores, bud.household chores (=chores in the home, such as cleaning or cooking): · Husbands should be prepared to do their share of the household chores.
a small job that you need to do or that someone has asked you to do, such as buying something, posting something, taking somebody to a place etc: do/run an errand (for somebody): · Before you disappear, I want you to do an errand for me.· Peter cleaned equipment, ran errands, answered the phone -- it was all routine.· I used to pick up her dry cleaning and run errands for her.
something that you have a responsibility to do, especially as a regular part of your job: · For the most part, there was not much to do, other than cleanup duty around the prison camp.· Part of a park ranger's official duties is to ensure public safety.· clerical and secretarial dutieshave a duty to do something formal: · Teachers have a duty to ensure that students are not injured whilst they are in their care.perform a duty: · And now I have a very pleasant duty to perform. I am going to present the prizes to the winning competitors.tour of duty (=a period of time that a soldier or other member of the armed forces spends in a particular place): · He recently completed a tour of duty in Seoul as assistant to the US ambassador there.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs the administrative costs of health care systems an administrative assistant staff who provide technical and administrative support to the college He did a bang-up job fixing the plumbing. a batch job The whole thing was a botch job. The workmen did a competent job. a job creation scheme She did a creditable job of impersonating the singer. I’d love to be a professional writer, but I’m not giving up my day job just yet. a demanding job He accused opposition leaders of doing a demolition job on the president. The local authority is falling down on the job of keeping the streets clean. Fixing the TV was a fiddly job. We aim to double the number of young people in full-time study. The ground was too hard to dig so I gave it up as a bad job (=stopped trying because success seemed unlikely). They were afraid I was going to do a hatchet job on them. the prisoners’ humdrum routine Many missionaries were forced to leave the country. It seems that Tony has left the band for good (=permanently). David’s very upset about losing his job. The company is closing down two of its factories, leading to 430 job losses. low-paid manual jobs People in manual occupations have a lower life expectancy. Making notes is the best way of keeping your mind on the task at hand. The centre provides a job placement service. When are you going to settle down and get a proper job? As the economy weakens, more and more jobs will be made redundant. a regular job (=a job that you do during normal working hours) repetitive tasks like washing and ironing health problems caused by our sedentary lifestyles a brilliant politician and a ruthless power-seeker Cooking every day is a thankless task. the unenviable task of informing the victim’s relations You can’t expect to walk straight into a job.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Mark doesn’t have a job right now.
· I’ve applied for a job at the university.
· Well, Miss Taylor, we’d like to offer you the job.
· Eventually, Mary got a job as a waitress.
(=get a job, especially unexpectedly)· My husband finally landed a job in marketing.
(=accept a job you are offered)· I was so desperate that I took the first job that came along.
(=keep a job)· He had never been able to hold down a job.
· At least there’s no danger of you losing your job.
· Oh, Rick, you didn’t quit your job, did you?
(=not have a job)· If the project fails, we’re all out of a job.
adjectives· The job is only temporary, but I’m hoping it will be made permanent.
· He had a part-time job at the pet shop.
(=a job that is likely to continue)· I haven’t had a steady job since last March.
(=a job with low wages and no chance of progress)· He had a series of dead-end jobs.
job + NOUN (=the enjoyment you get from your job)· Levels of job satisfaction vary between departments.
(=how permanent your job is likely to be)· As an actor, he has very little job security.
· The factory is closing, with 600 job losses.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· She was desperate for money so she accepted the job.
the administrative costs of health care systems an administrative assistant staff who provide technical and administrative support to the college· Jo was reading the job advertisements in the newspaper.
· He's made twenty-three job applications and had five interviews.
He did a bang-up job fixing the plumbing. a batch job The whole thing was a botch job.· He was unable to carry out simple tasks.
· He was unable to carry out simple tasks.
(=a place in Britain where jobs are advertised)· I got the job through an advertisement at the job centre.
The workmen did a competent job. a job creation scheme She did a creditable job of impersonating the singer.· The bank announced that it was cutting 500 jobs.
· There have been falling sales and job cuts at the newspaper.
I’d love to be a professional writer, but I’m not giving up my day job just yet. a demanding job He accused opposition leaders of doing a demolition job on the president. (=working mostly at a desk in an office)· He left his desk job to become a gardener.
(=not giving someone a job because of their race, sex etc)· Progress has been made in eliminating job discrimination.
· On Saturdays I usually do a few jobs around the house.
The local authority is falling down on the job of keeping the streets clean. Fixing the TV was a fiddly job. We aim to double the number of young people in full-time study. The ground was too hard to dig so I gave it up as a bad job (=stopped trying because success seemed unlikely). (=do something well) Mike’s done a good job of painting the windows.
Mike’s done a good job of painting the windows. British English She’s gone, and a good thing too.
She’s gone, and a good thing too. They were afraid I was going to do a hatchet job on them. the prisoners’ humdrum routine· He faced the impossible task of paying back huge debts.
· Try to predict the questions you might get in your job interview.
(=be good at and know all you should about a job or subject)
Many missionaries were forced to leave the country. It seems that Tony has left the band for good (=permanently). David’s very upset about losing his job. The company is closing down two of its factories, leading to 430 job losses. low-paid manual jobs People in manual occupations have a lower life expectancy. Making notes is the best way of keeping your mind on the task at hand.· I still did not have a formal job offer.
· What skills do you need to perform this task?
The centre provides a job placement service. When are you going to settle down and get a proper job? As the economy weakens, more and more jobs will be made redundant. a regular job (=a job that you do during normal working hours)· It looked like a simple repair job to me.
repetitive tasks like washing and ironing (=enjoyment of your job)· In general, job satisfaction among farm workers is extraordinarily high.
health problems caused by our sedentary lifestyles a brilliant politician and a ruthless power-seeker· The bank continued to shed workers.
(=a detailed description of what a job involves)
· She said she couldn’t face tackling the job on her own.
· I was soon to take up my first teaching post.
Cooking every day is a thankless task. (=while doing a job rather than in a classroom)· On-the-job training was seen as more important than formal education.
· The college provides vocational training for nurses and theatre technicians.
the unenviable task of informing the victim’s relations· I’ve got some urgent tasks to finish before I leave tonight.
· He searched the newspapers regularly for job vacancies.
You can’t expect to walk straight into a job.· The dealer contemplated suing the recruitment agency until he found a better job.· I want to get a good job.· And now I have a good job, one I like.· Ask if they did a good job.· Notching is a good way of checking that your stringer is doing a good job.· I did a better job with the neighborhood theme; we used the river for science and local jobs for math.· He always does a good job.· Every one of them insists our public policies must do a better job of supporting and accommodating and encouraging the family.
· Prisons offer hundreds of new jobs and an influx of capital to areas faced with stagnation and long-term decline.· And he said that many of the new manufacturing jobs are in electronics, typically a high-paying industry.· What excites planners most is how many new jobs their fiber-optic network could create.· They were anxious about how much they would like and how well they would perform the new job.· Enterprising people, in Thatcherism's view, are those who create new jobs.· It's already secured two million pounds worth of business, and hopes to create fifteen new jobs.· However, with one exception, none of these new jobs were permanent; some were part-time, and all were low-paid.· And the money was good ... very good. 3 Karen and Drew At first Karen liked her new job.
· Never use wicker chairs to stand on for odd jobs around the house.· He was unemployed, and did odd jobs.· She kept herself alive working odd jobs until she landed a position managing advertising accounts for a local magazine.· Tock the butler and odd job man about the school.· Does odd jobs for Domestic Contacts.· From then on there were no more odd jobs or useful activities.· I started out as a gofer, running errands for him and doing odd little jobs.
· If existing lenders or trainers are getting it wrong, why don't new firms come in and do a better job?· In a profession where nearly everyone is always looking for a better job, Zampese is content.· Sometimes, it wondered whether dinosaurs wouldn't have made a better job of civilisation.· The groups are asking the U. S. Department of Agriculture to do a better job of identifying sick animals before slaughter.· Business people say technological change will mean fewer but better jobs.· The people who can leave and find a better job in business are doing it.· The Factory Commission might find them all better jobs, or change the way the mill was run.· What better jobs will open over the summer?
NOUN· The working party outlines the extent, character and location of job creation in services.· But the policy emphasis was always on job creation stimulated by economic development rather than on direct assistance to the unemployed.· The scheme offers a tailor-made development package involving support for job creation, project development and training.· The latter is specifically for revenue expenditure for activities such as training; the emphasis is on job creation.· That is already improving our competitiveness and we shall see its effects on job creation before much longer.
· The job cuts bring the total across all BAe firms to 43,000 since 1990.· It is too early to say exactly how many job cuts each agency would absorb, defense officials said.· All the job cuts will be within the Dayton, Ohio office, which employs about 5,200.· In December, about 935 job cuts were announced by Illinois-based corporations, according to the firm.· The job cuts are planned because the government ordered the Council to cut spending by ten million pounds.· Most of the job cuts will come from the sales and marketing units, and some from administration, Apple said.· It expects lower extraordinary spending this year, since it has taken charges for job cuts as well as depreciation already.· No jobs cuts are expected from the acquisition, the firms said.
· Examine and agree on a job description first and a contract of employment which you are satisfied with and understand.· The Judge, accustomed to hearing unconventional job descriptions, none the less appeared perplexed.· Your job description outlines the main duties that you will be carrying out in the course of your work.· Subsequently qualifications which indicate the holder's ability to carry out the elements defined in the job description are identified.· One of the unwritten job descriptions of a basketball coach is as second father to the players.· Once again, the desirability of clear terms of contract, coupled perhaps with an unambiguous job description, is plain.· The plus factors are all the intangible attributes that are additional to the job description.
· Does this sound more your sort of job interview?· Q: What was your first job interview like?· I've never even managed to get through a job interview, even if it's a woman doing the interviewing.· These contexts would include a formal job Interview, meeting an important person, and standing before a court of law.· More and more companies are now using psychometric tests as back-up to the job interview.· Christopher Rollinger, a Newbury Park computer programmer, snared a few job interviews during the day.· He was afraid his uncle might say something about the job interview at town hall.
· Then, in a fit of excess, he ratcheted it up to a full 2 million job losses.· But most economists now agree that the overall job loss from a modest minimum-wage hike is relatively small.· Its estimates of job losses in the ferry ports are still broadly accepted although there is little evidence of much decline as yet.· In the year to March they resulted in job losses of more than 110,000.· Some cuts, but steering a way from too many job losses is the option favoured by the liberal democrats.· In Cramlington there were actual job losses for women in full-time employment.· He blamed what he called the painful kick-back of recent economic problems for the latest spate of job losses.· The company is not saying how many job losses are forecast for 1992.
· Mr Lamont announced five specific initiatives designed to help those out of work re-enter the jobs market, particularly the long-term unemployed.· How do I re-enter the job market after being a full-time mom?· On the lower end of the job market, the most popular employer, certainly for girls, was Lyons.· Partly, the boom in direct selling is fueled by the uncertain job market.· After all, he hadn't taken degrees in astronomy expecting a hot job market after graduation.· In a changing job market, employees are hesitant.· This brief letter should provide you with some guidance concerning the United States job market and your best way of approaching it.· Low unemployment, a competitive job market and difficulties in recruiting and retaining sailors created the manning problem.
· She turned down the job offer but wondered if she would regret it.· Then as they look at careers or get job offers, they can weigh them against their list of values.· Does your present job offer you sufficient challenge?· Coming out of college, she turned down several lucrative job offers and made just $ 17, 000 two years ago.· Good attendance, alongside achievement of the other Compact goals is rewarded by the guarantee of a job offer. 7.· One such twenty-two-year-old chemical engineering graduate had six job offers.· He says no company of that size can be run without some bureaucracy, and turned down job offers in big corporations.· Salomon Brothers, he said, never made job offers.
· The final system design is evaluated on the basis of job satisfaction of those working on it as well as its efficiency.· This leaves little chance of obtaining job satisfaction.· Waiting times are coming down in most places and staff report improved management and job satisfaction.· But the job satisfaction of the workers increases dramatically.· Your job satisfaction ensures your customer satisfaction; - and it shows.· Working hard is a personal objective, to obtain job satisfaction and potential rewards of career advancement.· If so, then the response to a question about job satisfaction will be in these terms.
· I have a poor salary, no job security, and scant recognition of my skills.· But workers here are accustomed to lifetime employment and see the provisions as a major threat to their job security.· Flexible skilling will give more job variety to individuals and increase job security.· School principals in Chicago sued to eliminate the reform program that took away their lifetime job security.· It was the only way he believed that both company performance and job security could be assured.· They had more job security and were less likely to be laid off or made redundant.· With job security comes increased consumer confidence.
VERB· When applying for a job, make sure you emphasize the interests and leisure activities that an employer would find relevant.· When he applies for a job, Deane, a partner in his firm, advises him to begin at the bottom.· BHis biggest hurdle, however, may come when he applies for a job.· Lillian and Monica and Joe were applying for jobs in the school district.· Employers know a lot about their businesses, how to apply for jobs and other work-related issues.· Mariah applied and got the job.· What made you apply for this particular job?· Last fall, Kaczynski applied for a job at the Blackfoot Market, but Potter had already filled the position.
· Is he further aware that many industrialists believe that those high premium rates will cost us business and jobs?· It was a hesitation that would ultimately cost Sculley his job.· Yet the Government's spending assessment requires savings of £4m that will cost 140 teachers' jobs.· Labor Secretary Robert Reich said the report proved that raising the minimum wage does not cost jobs.· The Professional's wife, acting as Steward, was dismissed for bad language and automatically it cost her husband his job.· If the current situation does not cost Frieder his job, it should at least force him to re-examine recruiting practices.· I believe that it would cost jobs and cost prosperity in this country.· Having this child would cost her her job.
· The investment will create 750 jobs directly and a great many more indirectly.· As the population grew, business services increased, creating more job openings and luring more people.· And it has created a new job, that of quality assurance manager, to ensure that standards are maintained.· But they produce virtually nothing and create precious few jobs.· Critics have charged Sniffen with setting up the center to supplement his income and create a job for himself.· It's already secured two million pounds worth of business, and hopes to create fifteen new jobs.· In manufacturing, those small businesses with four or fewer employees were the only ones to create net new jobs.
· He knew that Joyce, in order to look good as a project leader, needed him to do the job.· If you do your present job well and build a fine reputation, your good work will be rewarded.· Some new chips incorporate tiny electromechanical or electrochemical devices to do jobs that used to be done by more expensive electronics.· A similar team subsequently then returned to do the same job.· I do my job, and I do my job well.· We do a job a day, and you have to finish the job.· When duty calls, Bob Dole does his job.
· Finally, after Green died, Dorothy Wordsworth helped Green's son to find a job.· This is especially so. if a general shortage of demand keeps him from finding a job elsewhere.· Is it helping those made redundant to find new jobs, and immigrants to fit in?· Let him find a job where he can build things.· For quite some time many people will find a job to be a workable stopgap solution to the need for an income.· However, for the last 6 months or so he had ceased to make regular efforts to find a job.· I assure you he won't have trouble finding another job.
· A few fear that the outcome could be harmful; they foresee a new underclass, unable to get jobs or insurance.· I said I could get a job for Johnson&.· Then I got another job, the same kind as a machinist, and I put the baby in a nursery.· In this there was a lesson: To get the best job, you had to weather the most abuse.· What he should do is chill out, get a job and pay off his debts, but he doesn't.· First, get rid of jobs.· It was okay painting window frames, but it wasn't going to help me get a job when I got outside.
· All went well and Chris was given the job.· He liked to give job applicants timed tests containing 150 questions dealing with science, history, engineering, and other subjects.· At the most it may mean giving up a job.· Hendricks give him a job to help him get out and the boy worked one week and quit.· As the first businessman to be given the job, his £125,000 salary could reach £167,000 with bonuses.· Soon, they give the job back to you.· This survey revealed that 11 percent of carers had given up their job to care.· But he would not commit himself to giving the job to the Sharps.
· Depending on your contract of employment, your employer probably has to hold your job open for you during your treatment.· Hirsh was a hospital pharmacist who needed to hold down two jobs to save money to start a family.· You report that the Hindus of Kashmir hold the top government jobs in Kashmir.· In addition, she did all the housework, her graduate studies, and held down two part-time jobs.· Mr Quiles is probably more concerned to hold on to his job.· For example, anytime / anyplace programs allow prison inmates to hold outside jobs.· They'd been engaged twice but she kept breaking it off because he couldn't hold a job down.· Something over 6 percent of the workforce currently reports holding more than one job, although that figure is undoubtedly too low.
· Now the message is that keeping the job is a triumph - never mind the extra stripes!· Many political analysts believe that Clinton can not keep his job without winning the states' 54 electoral votes.· In the meantime, he earned his keep with a part-time job in a toyshop.· Meanwhile, the 30-something gals are keeping their crummy day jobs.· None expects to keep his job after 1999.· They have to meet payrolls that keep and create jobs.· In part two: Clean round the bend.Sweepers offer to take take a pay cut to keep their jobs.· Initially, Simpson said, King and Ryan expressed sympathy for her and vowed she could keep her job.
· Those who can also show some engineering or other relevant qualifications are, of course, more likely to land a job.· Telbis-Preis landed a job as an engineer at McDonnell Douglas.· In a year's time or less she would land herself a good job, and a place to live.· White has already landed a warehouse job.· Current boss Ray Hankin is waiting and hoping he will land the job on a permanent basis.· If you let him send his resume on a pizza box, he will land a job.· But Bruce-who won every domestic honour during his time at Manchester United-is the favourite to land the job.· True as that might be, the process of landing a job with the firm had been suspiciously pleasant.
· The pits close, leaving thousands without jobs in pit-head villages that they or their fathers once came to for work.· They had already paid him some $ 22 million to leave his last job.· The big, direct New Zealander may have to leave this job half done.· At thirteen he left that job and started his own sign-painting business.· She and her best friend cried when they heard I was leaving for another job.· But just wait until they leave their jobs!· Why did you leave your last job?· Avent is leaving her job this week to spend more time with her family in Phoenix.
· Failure to do so may put the management team at risk of losing their jobs if the buy-out attempt is not successful.· Meanwhile eight-tenths of a percent of all low-wage earners would lose their jobs over three years.· Patricia Lee has left Barnard Castle after losing her friends and job, the town's magistrates were told.· Sixty people have already lost their jobs at the Norfolk Smokehouses food processing plant.· Lost his players, lost nine games, lost his job with Tampa.· Tom says he hopes his success will give heart to those who've lost their jobs.· Nearly 300 employees lost their jobs in the fallout.
· His doubts only increased when he performed another job, midway to finally making up his mind about the Bolt play.· Under such a system, workers have the opportunity to increase their base pay by learning to perform a variety of jobs.· Ultra-violet light sterilisers perform a similar job to ozone without so many possible side effects.· Since they learn to perform more jobs, they are more valuable to their company because they are more flexible.· His wife was the chairman of a health authority and she performed that job excellently for many years.· Everyone seems to know how to perform every job and is willing to do so.· The computer revolution may have a significant effect upon the way in which you are able to perform your job.· They were anxious about how much they would like and how well they would perform the new job.
· It provided jobs for at least 160,000 people, mostly rural women who have moved to the cities and towns.· Second, sufficient funding should be provided to do the job properly.· Progress can provide an interesting job for the right person with the opportunity to rise.· The employers pledged to provide summer and after-school jobs for young people and to give priority hiring to public school graduates.· The idea of contract is made explicit by the more senior manager providing resources for a job to be done.· The Clef Club was key in providing jobs and dignity for many exploited black musicians.· The systems analysts are encouraged to provide opportunity for increasing job satisfaction when redesigning the system.· The program helps small businesses provide job training opportunities.
· Unhappy with the working environment, she decided to quit the job to pursue her interest in alternative therapy.· Their husbands say they will quit their jobs later, if the business proves a winner.· Long had quit his job because of the incident and was unlikely to get another.· Llanos quit his job at the bookstore Dec. 28, saying he was moving back to Los Angeles.· But following the ordeal, he's decided to quit his job.· Obviously, you do not need to quit your job because of these fears.· She quit her job as manager of the Automoto Insurance Company.· Neither will have quit jobs, left families or lugged belongings across the country.
· Women had come to take over men's jobs as platform, goods, and parcel-porters, ticket-collectors, and engine cleaners.· He left to take a permanent job.· Will she be forced to drop out of college and take whatever job she can find?· They forget I took the job on the understanding that management of a national team can only be part-time employment.· On Thursday evening Reed called Kemp and got an assurance that he would take the job if offered.· Unemployed workers may take alternative jobs elsewhere, but will not permanently leave the sector.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► job done► have a job doing something/have a job to do something► I’m only/just doing my job► it’s more than my job’s worthPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► dead-end job► it’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it► good job► job-hunting/house-hunting/flat-hunting► be one crazy woman/be one interesting job etc► pink-collar jobs/workers/industries etc
- A little more glue should do the job.
- But society should not expect those outside influences to do the job a parent should, nor should a parent expect that.
- It is not age in itself which is important; it is people's ability to do the job.
- It was obvious, however, that he could not do the job while he remained in the space pod.
- Next time, I'd do the job properly.
- She should not have mentioned Mrs Skipton, must learn to do the job, just the job and no more.
- So can we do the job tonight?
- The equipment that lets you do the job at home turns home life into moonlighting.
- You have to trust that they want to do the job well and that when you delegate something it will be done.
- The sun does quite a job on people's skin.
- I watch Maintenance do a job on a paper machine, shut the whole thing down to change a secondary valve.
- If you tell Spider yuh out, he may do a job on you.
- He may have had a nose job at Edith Piaf's request, but that was a long time ago.
- If I hung around here any longer, it would all go on a nose job for Emily Quigley.
- Jackson must've been under the effects of the anaesthetic after a nose job to come out with something so bad.
- Not only is she incredibly slim, she's also allegedly had a nose job to improve her looks.
- Tries to put her best face forward, even if it means a nose job.
- A bit of companionship with fellow climbers and walkers is just the job at the end of a hard day.
- Clinique, though, say their new Electric Shave Primer is just the job.
- Computerised databases are just the job for any record storage as many of you may know.
- She should not have mentioned Mrs Skipton, must learn to do the job, just the job and no more.
- The Cajun Kings were just the job, as was John.
- This could be just the job for her - and it would generate some new income to replace what we've lost.
- To decide which one is right for you, you have to consider more than just the job you do.
- It smacks of jobs for the boys.
- The hon. Gentleman is always talking about jobs for the boys.
- From then on it was just a job of work to be done.
- He had an enjoyable job of work waiting for him, and asked for no more than that.
- In that sense, it is like any other job of work, or like being any parent.
- Then he would put his quill pens aside and consider an honest job of work.
- This is a two-man job of work since you need one to hold the ferret securely while the other ties the knots.
- You should treat it as a straight forward job of work and get on with it.
- Even kitchen utensils are being sold along with a job lot of washing machines, dryers and ironing machines for £200.
- He would, he said, take care of film and theatre reviews as a job lot if he got free tickets.
- I've still got 300 sets left over from that job lot I got the other Christmas.
- on-the-job training
- Today's my first day on the job.
- He was making posters after hours on the job and sending them to the Socialist Workers Party.
- However, he also concentrated on the job in hand, sending Dodgy Dancer ahead well inside the final furlong.
- I put in the day on the job, which I like, and I go home at night.
- If any employee is sinking on the job, you need to respond in a businesslike way.
- She would concentrate on the job in hand instead, and get it done as quickly and cleanly as possible.
- They were on the job, see, your mum and Stephen's dad.
- When they go on sick leave, their aggregate take-home pay is actually higher than when they are on the job.
- Why else would they take on the job?
- And a T'ang is not just any man.
- And, for those who work in the travel and tourism industry, this tax could cost them their jobs.
- His plans to slash defence budgets by £6 billion would cost 100,000 more their jobs.
- I believe that it would cost many people their jobs and would cause far more damage than good.
- It could cost them their lives.
- The most far-reaching internal investigation in Phoenix police history cost four officers their jobs Friday for purchasing banned rifles under false pretenses.
- But I've always found the Flying V and its derivatives a devil of a job to sit down with and play.
- He was taking a devil of a time to change.
- If he filled those in they'd have a devil of a job lifting them!
- It took me a devil of a time to find it I can tell you.
- A palace, Carolyn told herself, a dream house.
- But just a couple of days after they moved into their dream home in Quedgeley, it was stolen and torched.
- Cracking up ... the dream home that's become a couple's nightmare.
- Finally, my family had a dream home and I had my own room with a view of Mount Fuji.
- It was all preparation for her dream job: a foreign correspondent, roaming the world in a trench coat.
- John Combes and his wife lived out their lives in their dream house, and their children stayed here until the 1760s.
- Sadly, they were forced to rent their dream house to tenants for the $ 25 monthly mortgage.
- Her hair had been re-styled and had nothing of the incompetent dye job that had once been her most eyecatching feature.
- One visit to a nursing careers fair will convince you of this.
- The number of stalls and the range of employers represented at careers fairs has dwindled sharply.
- The report is backed up by anecdotal evidence from careers fairs.
- The workers also were given the chance to participate in a job fair.
- But looking after the wear and tear was a full-time job.
- But most people in Hanoi could not afford consumer luxuries, and even acquiring necessities was a full-time job.
- C.-it was a full-time job and there was no choice in the matter.
- It really was a full-time job.
- It was a full-time job and if the husband was gone, it was a major loss.
- Job hunting is a full-time job.
- Managing diversity will be a full-time job for anyone with a niche in the interlinked economy.
- Now it really is a full-time job.
- Clarke holds down two jobs to support his family.
- Kelly wants to prove to his father that he can hold down a job.
- But if you are schizophrenic, you can not think straight, concentrate, hold down a job.
- During the day they held down jobs as, respectively, a waitress and delivery driver.
- Frye was expounding on the dangers of holding down a job while taking a full load of courses.
- People with long-term mental disorder have many problems in holding down a job.
- Rella could hold down jobs, when she wanted to.
- Who would employ her and how would she hold down a job?
- And the labour market is the invisible global bazaar where survival-life itself-is traded for work.
- By focusing on wage profiles it is possible to show contrasts between different segments of the labour market.
- For some who can work, corporate downsizing and increased competition in the job market have led to self-employment.
- How do I re-enter the job market after being a full-time mom?
- However as she grows older, and perhaps re-enters the labour market, domestic tasks are shared more equitably.
- I first entered the job market more than 30 years ago.
- In particular, the real wage will adjust spontaneously soas to prevent the emergence of excess supply in the labour market.
- This trend is likely to continue, restructuring the job market into two distinct tiers.
- For me, it was a plum assignment.
- He took over the £60,000-a-year plum job only three weeks ago.
- The good news was he had landed a plum job on the mortgage trading desk.
- Now he walks on crutches and holds a responsible position with a magazine in New York.
- One or two had quite responsible positions in their employment.
- Or normally have had not less than three years' experience in a responsible position in an approved specialist field within the industry.
- So far his strategy seems to be working: although younger than William, he occupies a more responsible position.
- The five-year MEng honours degree course is for particularly able students who expect to assume responsible positions in industry immediately after graduation.
- What had those educated women in that church, many of them with responsible jobs in London, in common with that story?
- Yet Margaret holds a responsible position in marketing and is by no means untalented.
- A steady income stream is required to meet the costs of the syndicated lending department.
- And we receive a steady income from interest on Third World debts.
- He appears to have given up steady work.
- I wish he had taken up some steady work.
- Maybe you are heading toward retirement and therefore need investments that can provide you with a steady income.
- Sethe was laughing; he had a promise of steady work, 124 was cleared up from spirits.
- She chooses whatever is available, probably a slightly older man with no more money but a steady job.
- The only ones with a steady income were teachers, storekeepers and local officials.
- The country is in such disorder that a successor may be unequal to the task of putting it right.
- A reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer had just walked off the structure when the catastrophe occurred.
- Emotionlessly she kissed me in the vineyard and walked off down the row.
- He walked off disconsolate: he knew he had played well enough to win and had not.
- It makes the software easier to display and harder to walk off with.
- Stewart walked off with the look of one who was the sole survivor of a particularly nasty plane crash.
- The sergeant was tempted to walk off but did not.
- We had quite literally walked off the map.
- When he walked off towards the car park Henry didn't bother following.
WORD FAMILYnounjobjoblessadjectivejobless
1work [countable] the regular paid work that you do for an employer: Do you enjoy your job? It was the first paid job I ever had. He’s been in the job for six years. I’m looking for a new job. Your pension can be affected if you change jobs. → job descriptionRegisterIn everyday English, people usually ask What do you do? or What does she/he do? when asking what someone’s job is.2duty [singular] something that you are responsible for doing: Raising kids can be a difficult job. It’s my job to make sure that the work is finished on time.the job of somebody/something The job of the jury is to assess the credibility of the witness.the job of doing something I was given the job of making sure that everyone had enough to drink. All too often councils fall down on the job (=not do what they should) of keeping the streets clean.RegisterIn written English, people often prefer to use task or duty rather than job, as they sound more formal:· Our first task was to prepare the agenda for the meeting.3something you must do [countable] a particular thing you have to do, considered as work SYN task: My parents were always finding little jobs for me to do. Filleting fish can be quite a fiddly job. Tiling the bathroom is going to be a big job. Sam does odd jobs (=small jobs in the house or garden) for friends and neighbours.the job of doing something The job of choosing the right computer for you is made easy by this magazine. We need to get on with the job of finding someone to replace him.do a good/great/marvellous etc job Whoever did the plastering did a brilliant job.make a good/bad etc job of (doing) something She hates doing the cleaning, but she always makes a good job of it.4on the job a)while you are doing a particular job: Most clerical training is done on the job. b)doing a particular job: We’ve got some of our best people on the job. c)British English spoken informal having sex5I’m only/just doing my job spoken used to say that it is not your fault if you have to do something in your work that other people do not like6it’s more than my job’s worth British English spoken used to tell someone that you cannot do what they want because you would lose your job if you did – often used humorously7do the job spoken to have the effect or produce the result that you want: A little more glue should do the job.8job done informal used to say that someone has done something that was necessary, especially quickly and easily: When we scored three times in the first half, we thought, ‘Job done.’9have a job doing something/have a job to do something British English spoken to have difficulty doing something: I think we might have a job parking in town.10do a job on somebody/something especially American English informal to have a damaging effect on someone or something: The sun does quite a job on people’s skin.11computer [countable] an action done by a computer: a print job12crime [countable] informal a crime in which money is stolen from a bank, company etc: a bank job Police believe it was an inside job (=done by someone who works for the company where the crime happens).13a nose/boob job informal an operation to improve the appearance of your nose or breasts: She looks completely different in this photo – she must have had a nose job.14just the job British English spoken exactly what is needed for a particular purpose or situation: This bag is just the job for carrying your sports gear.15type of thing [singular] spoken used to say that something is of a particular type: Jack’s got a new car – a red two-seater job.16jobs for the boys British English when someone in an important position gives work to their friends, especially when this gives the friends an unfair advantage: The council chief was suspended over allegations of jobs for the boys.17job of work British English something that you have to do even if you do not enjoy it18job lot British English a mixed group of things that are sold together: a job lot of furniture → hatchet job, → (it’s a) good job at good1(50), → make the best of a bad job at best3(9)COLLOCATIONSverbshave a job· Mark doesn’t have a job right now.apply for a job· I’ve applied for a job at the university.offer somebody a job· Well, Miss Taylor, we’d like to offer you the job.get/find a job· Eventually, Mary got a job as a waitress.land a job (=get a job, especially unexpectedly)· My husband finally landed a job in marketing.take a job (=accept a job you are offered)· I was so desperate that I took the first job that came along.hold down a job (=keep a job)· He had never been able to hold down a job.lose your job· At least there’s no danger of you losing your job.leave/quit your job· Oh, Rick, you didn’t quit your job, did you?be out of a job (=not have a job)· If the project fails, we’re all out of a job.adjectivestemporary/permanent· The job is only temporary, but I’m hoping it will be made permanent.part-time/full-time· He had a part-time job at the pet shop.a steady job (=a job that is likely to continue)· I haven’t had a steady job since last March.a dead-end job (=a job with low wages and no chance of progress)· He had a series of dead-end jobs.job + NOUNjob satisfaction (=the enjoyment you get from your job)· Levels of job satisfaction vary between departments.job security (=how permanent your job is likely to be)· As an actor, he has very little job security.job losses/cuts· The factory is closing, with 600 job losses.THESAURUSjob noun [countable] the regular paid work that you do for an employer: · a full-time job· John got a job in a car factory.work noun [uncountable] activities that you are paid for doing – used either when you work for an employer or when you work in your own business: · I started work when I was 18.· He graduated from college last year and is still looking for work.profession noun [countable] a job for which you need special education and training: · There are now a lot more women in the legal profession.· Many teachers are leaving the profession.occupation noun [countable] formal a job, or a type of job – often used on official documents: · Please give your name, age, and occupation.· a traditionally male occupationcareer noun [countable] the work you do or plan to do for most of your life: · I’m interested in a career in journalism.position noun [countable] formal a particular job within an organization: · I am writing to apply for the position of technical assistant.· We regret that the position has already been filled.· Please state the position which you are applying for.post noun [countable] formal a job, especially an important one in a large organization: · She has held the post of managing director for two years.· He applied for the post of Senior Manager.vacancy/opening noun [countable] a job that is available for someone to do: · The hospital has been unable to fill the vacancy.· There are very few openings in scientific research.appointment noun [countable] an important job which someone is asked to do: · He took an appointment as US trade ambassador in Geneva.posting noun [countable] a situation in which someone is sent somewhere to do a job for a period of time by the organization they work for: · This was his first posting outside the UK.· an overseas posting· His next posting took him to the Ministry of Defence.trade noun [countable] a job that involves using your hands, and for which you need special training: · Most of the men had worked in skilled trades such as carpentry and printing.employment noun [uncountable] the fact of having a job: · The factory will provide employment for local people.· She was offered employment in the sales office.