Talking About Jobs (Careers)

This lesson focuses on essential vocabulary and common expressions used when talking about jobs, careers, roles and responsibilities. You'll learn job titles, verbs and collocations that appear often in job descriptions, interviews and workplace conversations — useful for TOEIC listening and reading tasks.

• Recognize common job titles and industry terms
• Use verbs and prepositions that collocate with jobs (e.g., work as, work in, apply for)
• Talk about responsibilities, salary and career progress accurately

Remember common verb + noun and preposition patterns when speaking about jobs:

• 'work as' + job title → I work as an analyst.
• 'work in' + industry → She works in finance.
• 'apply for' + position → He applied for the senior role.
• 'get/promote/receive' + promotion → They got promoted last year.

Learn verbs with their typical prepositions — this helps comprehension in TOEIC contexts.

Watch out for universal errors when talking about jobs:

• Using the wrong preposition (e.g., 'work at finance' instead of 'work in finance')
• Confusing job title and workplace (e.g., saying 'I am at accountant' instead of 'I am an accountant')
• Incorrect article use before job titles (e.g., 'the engineer' when speaking generally)
• Wrong verb forms for subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'She work' instead of 'She works')

Check prepositions, articles and verb agreement when you speak or write about jobs.