| No. | Term | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | academia | work in higher education |
| 2. | administration | work running an organization |
| 3. | advancement track | route toward promotion |
| 4. | appointment | job assigned to someone |
| 5. | ascent | rise in rank or status |
| 6. | assignment | work role given to someone |
| 7. | banking | work in financial services |
| 8. | berth | job or position available |
| 9. | blue-collar work | manual or industrial work |
| 10. | branch | subdivision of an industry |
| 11. | bread and butter | main source of income |
| 12. | business | commercial field of activity |
| 13. | calling | strongly felt vocation |
| 14. | chosen field | field one selects |
| 15. | chosen line | line of work chosen |
| 16. | chosen profession | profession one selects |
| 17. | civil service | government administrative work |
| 18. | commission | official appointment to a role |
| 19. | consulting | work advising organizations |
| 20. | contracting | working on contract jobs |
| 21. | craft | skilled work with hands |
| 22. | craftsmanship | skilled trade work |
| 23. | day job | regular paid work |
| 24. | desk job | office-based employment |
| 25. | discipline | field of study or practice |
| 26. | employment | state of having paid work |
| 27. | endeavor | serious effort or undertaking |
| 28. | engagement | period of employment |
| 29. | engineering | work designing technical systems |
| 30. | enterprise | undertaking, especially in business |
| 31. | entrepreneurship | work starting businesses |
| 32. | field | area of work or study |
| 33. | finance | work managing money |
| 34. | freelancing | working independently for clients |
| 35. | full-time work | employment with standard hours |
| 36. | function | a person’s role or purpose at work |
| 37. | gig work | short-term paid work |
| 38. | industry | particular business activity |
| 39. | job | paid position of employment |
| 40. | journalism | work reporting news |
| 41. | journey | a long-term personal work path |
| 42. | law | work as a lawyer |
| 43. | life calling | work one feels destined for |
| 44. | life course | course of one’s life |
| 45. | life path | overall course of one’s life |
| 46. | life trajectory | direction of one’s life |
| 47. | life’s work | work of a lifetime |
| 48. | line of work | type of work someone does |
| 49. | livelihood | means of earning a living |
| 50. | management | work directing people and resources |
| 51. | marketing | work promoting products |
| 52. | means of living | way one earns money |
| 53. | medicine | work as a doctor |
| 54. | military service | work in the armed forces |
| 55. | mission | purposeful work assignment |
| 56. | occupation | job or line of work |
| 57. | office | position of authority or duty |
| 58. | opening | available job position |
| 59. | part-time work | employment with fewer hours |
| 60. | placement | job assignment or posting |
| 61. | police service | work as a police officer |
| 62. | position | job role in an organization |
| 63. | post | position of employment |
| 64. | posting | assigned job location or role |
| 65. | profession | paid occupation requiring training |
| 66. | professional life | one’s work as a professional |
| 67. | professional track | planned route of advancement |
| 68. | public service | work serving the public |
| 69. | research | work investigating and studying |
| 70. | rise | progress to higher position |
| 71. | role | function or job in a group |
| 72. | sales | work selling products |
| 73. | second job | additional paid employment |
| 74. | sector | part of the economy |
| 75. | self-employment | working for oneself |
| 76. | service | work in a public organization |
| 77. | side gig | secondary paid work |
| 78. | skilled trade | trade requiring training |
| 79. | slot | available job position |
| 80. | source of income | way money is earned |
| 81. | specialism | specialized field of work |
| 82. | specialty | particular area of expertise |
| 83. | station | post or assigned place |
| 84. | stint | fixed period of work |
| 85. | teaching | work as an educator |
| 86. | tenure | time spent in a job |
| 87. | term | fixed period in office |
| 88. | tour | period of duty or work |
| 89. | track | route or course followed |
| 90. | trade | skilled manual occupation |
| 91. | trajectory | path of development over time |
| 92. | true calling | deeply felt vocation |
| 93. | undertaking | task or project taken on |
| 94. | upward mobility | movement to higher status jobs |
| 95. | vocation | work one feels called to do |
| 96. | white-collar work | office or professional work |
| 97. | work | one’s employment or labor |
| 98. | working life | years spent in employment |
| 99. | workplace role | role within a workplace |
| 100. | workstream | line of work within a project |
