Guess the Profession
This person flies planes and helicopters.
Pilot
The money you receive every month or week for doing your job.
Salary
If you work very late into the night, you are "burning the midnight ______".
Oil
To officially tell your employer that you are leaving your job.
To resign
The difference between "Job" and "Work": Which one is a countable noun? (e.g., I have three ______).
Job
This person designs buildings and oversees their construction.
Architect
A meeting where someone asks you questions to see if you are right for a job.
Job interview
When you finish working for the day, you "call it a ______".
Day
To get a higher position or a more important job within the same company.
To get promoted
This person is your boss or the head of the department in a company.
Manager
This person repairs water pipes, toilets, and sinks.
Plumber
Plumber
A document that lists your education, work experience, and skills when applying for a job.
Resume (or CV)
If you are dismissed or fired from your job, you "get the ______".
Sack
To give someone a job; to employ someone.
To hire
The people you work with in a company are called your __________.
Colleagues
This person helps people with legal matters and represents them in court.
Lawyer
To stop working permanently, usually because you have reached a certain age (e.g., 60 or 65).
Retirement
To learn the basics or understand how to do a specific job means to "learn the ______".
Ropes
To be the leader or the person responsible for a project or a group of people.
To be in charge of
This word describes work done outside the regular office hours, for which you usually get paid more.
Overtime
This person studies stars, planets, and the universe using telescopes.
Astronomer
A financial benefit or "extra money" given to an employee for excellent performance.
Bonus
This idiom means to work extremely hard, often until you are completely exhausted.
To work one's fingers to the bone
When a company reduces its staff because of financial problems, they ______ people off.
Lay
This type of worker is not employed by one company but sells their services to different clients.
Freelancer