English work and jobs vocabulary

The English words for jobs, offices, meetings, pay and careers, each with its CEFR level.

For anyone who uses English at work or is looking for a job in English.

About work vocabulary

Work vocabulary sits higher than most topics: more than half of these words are B1 or B2. They are the words in job adverts, contracts and meetings, where a guess can cost more than it would in a shop.

Who this list is for

Professionals who write emails and join meetings in English, and job seekers preparing a CV or an interview.

How to study

Group the words by situation: finding a job (application, interview, candidate), doing it (deadline, meeting, report), and leaving it (resign, retire, redundant). Use each new word in a sentence about your own job, because that is the sentence you will need.

The list (86 words)

  • accountant B1 Are you an accountant?
  • agenda B1 They have an agenda.
  • application B1 Fill in the application.
  • apply A2 Other charges may apply.
  • appointment A2 I forgot my appointment.
  • assistant B1 Here is my assistant.
  • bonus A2 I received my bonus.
  • boss A2 My boss told me to finish the report today.
  • branch B1 This branch employs 20 associates.
  • budget A2 Our budget was cut.
  • business A1 Take my business card.
  • candidate B2 Are you a candidate?
  • career B1 You deserve career success.
  • client B2 My client is innocent.
  • colleague B2 This is my colleague.
  • commute B2 I commute by train.
  • company A2 We have a company.
  • conference B2 How was the conference?
  • contract B2 They read the contract.
  • customer A2 The customer is king.
  • deadline B1 When is the deadline?
  • deal B1 Deal with him yourself.
  • department B1 The fire department arrived.
  • director A2 Are you the director?
  • duty B1 We did our duty.
  • earn A2 I earn $300 a day.
  • employ B2 They employ temporary workers.
  • employee B2 Is this your employee?
  • employer B2 My employer is very rich.
  • employment B1 No outside employment was allowed.
  • engineer A1 Hải is an engineer.
  • entrepreneur B2 Are you an entrepreneur?
  • experience B1 I have some experience.
  • firm A2 His firm opened in 2005.
  • full-time B1
  • headquarters B2 Did you call headquarters?
  • hire B1 Hire a new team.
  • income B1 Income tax is progressive.
  • industry B1 That industry rapidly disappeared.
  • interview B1 Cut off this interview.
  • invoice C1 She committed invoice fraud.
  • job A1 The job never ends.
  • lawyer A2 We called our lawyer.
  • leadership B1 The company lacks leadership.
  • manager A2 I know your manager.
  • marketing B2 She works in marketing.
  • meeting A1 When are we meeting?
  • negotiate B1 They refuse to negotiate.
  • negotiation B1 The negotiation is off.
  • nurse B1 He became a nurse.
  • occupation A2 What is your current occupation?
  • office A1 Go to the office.
  • overtime B2 Overtime is rare here.
  • part-time B1
  • pension B2 I could lose my pension.
  • presentation B1 They finished the presentation.
  • profession B1 The profession is complex.
  • profit B2 Profit comes before people.
  • project A2 The project began terribly.
  • promotion B1 We deserve a promotion.
  • qualification B2 We agreed to the plan without qualification.
  • receptionist A2 My sister is a receptionist.
  • recruit B2 Hey, the new recruit this time seems really cute.
  • redundant B2 That sentence is redundant.
  • report B1 We wrote the report.
  • resign B2 I offered to resign.
  • responsibility B1 That is your responsibility.
  • retire A2 You should just retire.
  • salary B2 They reduced his salary.
  • secretary A2 Our secretary rarely laughed.
  • shift A2 Things started to shift.
  • skill A1 I admire your skill.
  • staff A2 Is your staff ready?
  • strike A2 He went on strike.
  • supplier B2 We choose this supplier.
  • task A2 The task is simple.
  • teacher A1 You are the teacher.
  • team A1 The better team won.
  • teamwork B1 Do you believe in teamwork?
  • trainee B2 Are you a trainee?
  • unemployed B1 You found yourselves unemployed.
  • unemployment B1 Does unemployment worry you?
  • volunteer B1 I decided to volunteer.
  • wage B2 The wage for this job is very low.
  • work A1 We did our work.
  • workplace B1 Exit the toxic workplace.

Some example sentences come from the Tatoeba Project (tatoeba.org), CC BY 2.0 FR. The rest were written for MindDory. Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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