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IELTS Work Vocabulary

This document discusses work-related vocabulary for IELTS exams. It provides sample questions and answers about work experiences, career plans, and ideal jobs. Key terms are defined, such as being self-employed, job satisfaction, maternity leave, and working conditions. Sample responses describe current and past jobs, qualifications needed for dream careers, and considerations for accepting a new position.

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IELTS Work Vocabulary

This document discusses work-related vocabulary for IELTS exams. It provides sample questions and answers about work experiences, career plans, and ideal jobs. Key terms are defined, such as being self-employed, job satisfaction, maternity leave, and working conditions. Sample responses describe current and past jobs, qualifications needed for dream careers, and considerations for accepting a new position.

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IELTS Work Vocabulary

Topic Vocabulary >> Lesson 7: Work

If you’re employed, getting the necessary qualifications for a job, or still trying to decide what kind
of career you’re interested in, you’ll need to be able to tell the examiner about this if you’re asked
questions about work.

Read the following IELTS-style questions and answers below and pay attention to the phrases in
bold. Use the ‘Definitions’ section at the bottom of the page to check the meaning of any phrases
you don’t understand.

Part 1-style questions

Examiner: What do you do?


Sasha: I do a job-share with a friend in a boutique … I enjoy it … I like working with customers …
unfortunately it’s only temporary work but one of the perks of the job is I get a discount on the
clothes …

Examiner: Do you have any career plans yet?


Carly: Yes … I’d like to be my own boss one day … I’m interested in programming and I’d like to
create apps for myself or for other companies … I know being self employed would be a challenge
but the idea of doing a nine-to-five job doesn’t appeal to me at all …

Examiner: What do you see yourself doing in 10 years time?


Marie: I’d hope to be working … not a high-powered job … but I’m quite a creative person
so something where I can work with my hands would be nice … as long as I’m not stuck behind a
desk doing something boring  in a dead-end job I’ll be happy …

Part 2-style task

Describe your ideal job. You should say:

 what this job is


 whether you would need any qualifications
 whether it would be easy to find work

and say why you would enjoy this job in particular.

Max:  I’ve always loved watching wildlife programmes on TV and often thought how much I’d
enjoy working with animals … perhaps in a safari park … something like that … you’d probably
need a degree to have any chance of being called for an interview and whether there are many full-
time jobs I don’t know … I’m sure a lot of parks rely on voluntary work so it might not be easy …
and it probably wouldn’t be well-paid either but money isn’t everything … I’d get so much job
satisfaction … I can’t imagine it being the kind of job where you get stuck in a rut … and I think
I’d be good at it as well … I’d love to work with animals I enjoy manual work and I’m a good team
player … so even though the working conditions might not be the best I think that would be my
ideal job …
Part 3-style questions

Examiner: If there are a limited number of jobs available who should be given priority, young people
or older people with more experience?
Anna: Things are so different these days … a few years ago older employees would often take early
retirement or go onto part-time contracts and there were always opportunities for younger people
but now jobs are so scarce … I think younger people need to be given the chance whenever possible
…

Examiner: What are some of the important things a candidate should find out before accepting a job?
Ali: Well  … you’d need to know about your area of responsibility … and your salary of course and
then there are things like holiday entitlement … maternity or paternity leave … if you’re thinking
of having children … and what the situation is regarding sick leave … that kind of thing …

Examiner: What are the advantages of having your own business rather than working for someone
else?
Julie: Well … unfortunately being an employee at the moment is very stressful … people have very
heavy workloads … they’re always under pressure to meet deadlines … running your own
business isn’t easy … but I do think it would be far more satisfying …

Definitions

 to be called for an interview: to be invited to attend an interview


 to be your own boss: to have your own business
 a dead-end job: a job with no promotional opportunities
 to do a job-share: to share the weekly hours of work with another person
 a good team player: somebody who can work well with other people
 full-time: the number of hours that people usually work in a complete week
 a heavy workload: to have a lot of work to do
 a high-powered job: an important or powerful job
 holiday entitlement: the number of days holiday allowed
 job satisfaction: the feeling of enjoying a job
 manual work: work that requires physical activity
 maternity leave: time off work given to a woman about to have a baby
 to meet a deadline: to finish a job by an agreed time
 a nine-to-five job: a normal job that consists of an 8 hour day (approximately)
 one of the perks of the job: an extra benefit you get from a job
 part-time: working less than full-time
 to run your own business: see ‘to be your own boss’
 to be self-employed: see ‘to be your own boss’
 sick leave: time allowed off work when sick
 to be stuck behind a desk: to be unhappy in an office job
 to be/get stuck in a rut: to be in a boring job that is hard to leave
 to take early retirement: to retire early (retire: to reach an age when you are allowed to stop
working for a living)
 temporary work: work done for a limited time only
 voluntary work: to work without pay
 to be well paid: to earn a good salary
 working conditions: the hours, salary and other entitlements that comes with the job
 to work with your hands: to do manual work

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