Work and jobs



Work and jobs

“What do you do?”, this sentence is used to find someone’s job. Once you ask, a person who is asked can talk like below :

I work for Attics Lab which develop blockchain technology, consult companies in this field, analysis ICOs, and do marketing. I work on software development. I love my job. One of my responsibilities is to make sure every software keeps perfect. I’m also in charge of finishes all projects on time. I deal with a number of people are heads of other departments.

Have you ever know that you can use work in various way? Let’s get it

work /w3:k $ w3:rk/ ★★★ S1 W1 v.

Do a job for money [intransitive] to do a job that you are paid for

Here are word combinations with work

work for

You work for a person, company, or organization that empolys you.

I work for Attics Lab

work in

You work in a city or area

He works in Seoul.

You work in a type of place such as a bank, shop, or factory.

She works in a startup company.

You work in industry/education/publishing etc.

The studies were undertaken by people working in edcation

work at

You work at a particular palce or organization

I work at blocmonster in Sindorim

work as

You work as a waiter, cashier, accountant, etc.

I work as a software developer.

work part-time/full-time

meaning of work full-time is for the whole of the normal working week; meaning of work part-time is for less time than that.

You can say someone has a full-time job/a part-time job

I work full-time

I have a full-time job

work on

You work on a project or task.

I work on software development.

work under

You work under somebody(=have someone is in charge of you).

Nobody works under me.

work with

You work with someone

I work with nice people.

leave [home] for work

You leave [home] for work at (time)

I leave for work at around 8.30 every morning.

go to work

You go to work by transportation.

I go to work by bus, subway and on foot.

get to work/arrive at work

You get to work/arrive at work at (time)

I get to work/arrive at work at about 10.30 am.

at work

You are at work untill/till (time)

I’m usually at work untill 9 pm.

off work

take the time off work

Sometimes, I get ill, but I can stand with, so I’m not often off work.

in work

if someone has a job or works, he/she is in work

Luckily, he is in work while almost others are not.

out of work

without a job.

if you don’t have a job, you are out of work.

I ‘ve been out of work for 3 weeks.

Then, what is diffrence between job and work?

job
- job is countable word
work
- work is uncountable word

Types of jobs and types of work

a permanent job
a temporary job
permanent work
temporary work

permanent /pɜːmənənt $ pɜːr-mənənt/ ★★★ S2 W2 adj. OPP temporary

continuing to exist for a long time or for all the time in the future.

I got a permanent job.

temporary /tempərəri, -pəri $ -pəreri/ ★★★ S3 W3 adj. OPP permanent

continuing for only a limited period of time.

She works temporary due to Januery 31th.

intended to be used for only a limited period of time.

The bridge was erected as a temporary measure.

Additional expressions able to use:

There are quite many meaning of each word below, so just check what it means in a sentence.

run /rʌn/ ★★★ S1 W1 v.

I run the design department.

organize/be in charge of : to organize or be in charge of an activity, business, organization, or country

manage

I manage a team of developers.

to direct or control a business or department and the people, equipment, and money involved in it

responsibility /rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪləti $ rɪˌspɑːn-/ ★★★ S2 W1

One of my main responsibility is to make sure all projects I manage are finished on time.

[uncountable] a duty to be in carge of someone or something, so that you make decisions and can be blamed if something bad happens

charge /tʃɑːdʒ $ tʃɑːrdʒ/  ★★★ S1 W1 n.

I’m also **in charge of ** develop software.

in charge (of something)

[uncountable] the positino of having control or responsibility for a group of people or an activity

responsible /rɪˈspɒnsəbəl $ rɪˈspɑːn-/ ★★★ S2 W2 adj.

I’m responsible for developing software as planned.

if someone is responsible for an accident, mistake, crime etc, it is their fault or they can be blamed

deal /diːl/ ★★★ S1 W1 v.

I deal with heads of diffrent departments.

deal with somebody/something SYN handle

to take the necessary action, especially in order to solve a problem.

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