money that the government pays for unemployed people who are looking for a job
unemployment benefit
15
a short written description of your education, qualifications, previous jobs, and sometimes also your personal interests, which you send to an employer when you are trying to get a job
Curriculum vitae (CV) / résumé
15
the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn more money
career
15
someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity
entrepreneur
15
a job that no one is doing and is therefore available for someone new to do
vacancy / job opening
15
to refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses
go on strike
15
a system of working in which people work a set number of hours within a fixed period of time, but can change the time they start or finish work
flexitime / flexible hours
15
the act of leaving your job and stopping working, usually because you are old
retirement
15
a period of time during which someone works for a company or organization in order to get experience of a particular type of work
internship / practice
15
an amount of money paid regularly by the government or a private company to a person who does not work anymore because they are too old or have become ill
pension
15
an increase in wages or salary
raise
15
one who is learning by practical experience under skilled workers a trade, art, or calling
apprentice / trainee
15
one employed by another usually for wages or salary and in a position below the executive level
employee
15
of, relating to, or constituting the class of wage earners whose duties call for the wearing of work clothes or protective clothing
blue-collar
15
the act or fact of being raised in position or rank
