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
temporarycontinuing 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
permanentcontinuing 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
handleto take the necessary action, especially in order to solve a problem.
It is the end of this time. : )