Progress 3A - Unit 6 - Lesson A: work and career vocabulary

If you ____, you tell your boss you don’t want to work at his/her company anymore.

• get fired

• resign

• are laid off

• retire

If you ____, you have successfully completed a university course.

• get a degree

• take a training course

• learn a new skill

• do an internship

When you ____, you start working formally somewhere and receiving a salary for it.

• get a promotion

• do a job placement

• look for a job

• get a job

When you ____, you start working at a better post, usually making more money.

• look for a job

• get a promotion

• get a job

• do a job placement

If you are ____ , you need to send out your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and go to interviews.

• doing a job placement

• doing an internship

• getting a promotion

• looking for a job

If you ____ , you do a temporary job to get some experience and learn new skills.

• do a job placement

• do an internship

• get a promotion

• get a degree

If you ____ , you are told by your employers to leave because there is no more work for you to do or because they can’t pay you anymore.

• are laid off

• retire

• get fired

• resign

If you take ____ , you do it to learn the skills you need for a

particular job.

• a degree

• a training course

• an internship

• a job placement

You ____ after a certain age, when you've worked for a specific number of years and contributed to a pension fund.

• retire

• resign

• get fired

• get a promotion

If you ____ , you work at a firm for a fixed period of time to get some professional experience, while you are still at university.

• do a job placement

• learn a new skill

• do an internship

• get a degree