| A | B |
| experience | any work you have done in the past, especially for pay |
| full-time job | a job that is usually eight hours a day, five days a week |
| part-time job | a job that is usually less than eight hours a day and sometimes less than five days a week |
| responsibility | a job or duty that you must do because someone is depending on you |
| skills | your ability to do things; work you know how to do, especially work that you do well |
| volunteer job | any work that you do just to be helpful, without any pay |
| manufacturing | making goods by machine |
| services | businesses that help people but do not make anything |
| employees | people who work for pay |
| entry-level jobs | jobs for people with no work experience |
| industries | businesses, trades, and companies that make things |
| retail sales | the sale of goods directly to the user |
| blue-collar job | a job where workers need to wear dark work clothes, such as a job in a factory |
| employer | a person or company that hires workers |
| lay off | to let workers go, usually because there is not enough work |
| supervised | watched over and directed by others |
| white-collar job | a job where workers need to wear businesslike clothes, such as as office job |