B1 · Intermediate
Working Life and Careers
Extended Danish vocabulary for working life, from parental leave and flextime to promotions, layoffs and burnout.
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- Words & phrases
- 97
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- sick leave notification
- parental leave
- a pay stub
- bonus
- promotion
- to be promoted
- internship, work placement
- intern
- workload
- to be stressed
- flextime
- working from home
- commuter
- union representative
- unemployed
- unemployment benefit
- career path
- to advance, to get ahead
- recruitment
- to recruit
- job satisfaction
- work week
- permanent employment
- layoff, dismissal
- to be fired
- cutback
- a pay raise
- leave of absence
- burnout
- a salary level
- a working condition
- a part-time position
- a start date
- a written statement of employment terms
- a notice period
- to resign
- a departure from a job
- a career plan
- job rotation
- an accounts department
- a customer service department
- paid leave
- flexible hours
- a work-from-home day
- a demanding job
- a career change
- a career goal
- to climb the career ladder
- to exceed expectations
- to attend a conference
- a business deal
- a business lunch
- a work deadline
- an employee benefit
- a company car
- team building
- a company party
- a mentoring scheme
- an amateur
- an archeologist
- a contractor
- a contributor
- an ecologist
- expertise
- a housekeeper
- a housewife
- an inventor
- an investigator
- an apprentice
- to meet a deadline
- work-life balance
- to work overtime
- to take on responsibility
- to hand in your notice
- to work under pressure
- to meet a target
- demanding
- satisfactory, satisfying
- rewarding
- entry-level
- dead-end
- high-profile
- lucrative
- fired
- dismissed
- laid off
- a nine-to-five job
- a sick day
- manual labor
- a desk job
- an annual performance review
- a glass ceiling
- a dream job
- to clock in
- certification
- to supervise
- paid
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Careers and Working Conditions
- Lesson 2
Catching Up at the Office
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