Employment Word Search

The words of getting and keeping a job on one sheet with its answer key, from Resume to Paycheck.

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ARSJHMRESUMESID

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BKGNSIHPAYCHECK

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RBXDPAYDAYEUTEE

EINTERVIEWNNVTM

LTGTREFERENCEWH

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ResumeRESUME
ApplicationAPPLICATION
ReferenceREFERENCE
VacancyVACANCY
InterviewINTERVIEW
WageWAGE
PaycheckPAYCHECK
PaydayPAYDAY
ScheduleSCHEDULE
SupervisorSUPERVISOR
TrainingTRAINING
UniformUNIFORM
PunctualPUNCTUAL
ReliableRELIABLE
TeamworkTEAMWORK
AttitudeATTITUDE

16 of 20 words from the Employment Words list.

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Answer key: Employment Word Search

ARSJHMRESUMESID

LZWAPPLICATIONX

NIATTITUDEEUWNN

BKGNSIHPAYCHECK

MXEKUNIFORMPPAW

RBXDPAYDAYEUTEE

EINTERVIEWNNVTM

LTGTREFERENCEWH

IEJHVUMDTZWTNRW

AADMITIPHUIUBED

BMURSIOEVACANCY

LWWAORESASLLUQO

EOCBRSJSCHEDULE

SRUEIWGSPMYSSEH

IKETRAININGRUWL

RESUME, APPLICATION, REFERENCE, VACANCY, INTERVIEW, WAGE, PAYCHECK, PAYDAY, SCHEDULE, SUPERVISOR, TRAINING, UNIFORM, PUNCTUAL, RELIABLE, TEAMWORK, ATTITUDE

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All 137 words

Job Search 23

Agency A business that matches workers with employers.
Application The form you fill out to ask for a job.
Apply To ask for a job in writing.
Classified A small newspaper notice sorted under a heading such as Jobs.
Contact A person you know who might help you find work.
Cover letter A letter that introduces you, sent along with a resume.
Employer The person or business you work for.
Employment Paid work for an employer.
Hiring Taking on new workers. A sign in a window may say "Now" this.
Job hunting Looking for work: another name for the job search.
Lead A tip about a job that may be open.
Listing One job in a list of open jobs.
Position Another word for a job at a workplace.
Qualified Having the skills or training a job asks for.
Recruiter A person whose work is finding people to fill jobs.
Reference A person who will tell an employer what kind of worker you are.
Referral Being sent to an employer by someone who knows you.
Resume A page that lists your skills, schooling and past jobs.
Search To look hard for something, such as work.
Seeker A job one is a person who is looking for work.
Submit To hand in or send a form.
Unemployed Without a job.
Vacancy A job that nobody is filling yet.

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The Interview 23

Answer What you give when you are asked something.
Appearance How you look to other people.
Arrive To get to a place.
Calm Quiet and steady, not upset.
Confident Sure of yourself.
Early Before the set time.
Greeting "Good morning": the first words you say when you meet someone.
Hired Given the job.
Interview A talk in which an employer asks questions to decide whether to hire you.
Introduce To say your name when you meet someone new.
Listen To pay attention to what someone is saying.
Manners Polite ways of acting, such as saying please.
Neat Clean and tidy.
Nervous Worried and jumpy, as many people feel before a big meeting.
Outfit The set of clothes you choose to wear.
Polite Showing good manners.
Posture How you hold your body when you sit or stand.
Prepared Ready ahead of time.
Question What the employer asks. Bring one of your own, too.
Rehearse To practice what you will say.
Smile A friendly look on your face.
Thank you Two words to say, or to write in a note, after the meeting.
Weakness Something you are still learning to do well.

Pay and Hours 27

Benefits Extras an employer gives on top of pay.
Bonus Extra pay on top of the usual amount.
Deduction An amount taken out of your pay.
Deposit To put money into a bank account. A direct one sends your pay there.
Earn To get money by working.
Full time Working the number of hours an employer counts as a whole week.
Gross pay What you earned before anything is taken out.
Hours The time you are set to work each week.
Income Money that comes in, from work or anywhere else.
Minimum The lowest. This kind of wage is the least an employer can legally pay.
Net pay What is left to take home after taxes and other amounts come out.
Overtime Time worked beyond the normal hours, and the pay for it.
Part time Working fewer hours a week than the full week.
Pay period The stretch of days that one paycheck covers.
Pay stub The slip that shows what you earned and what was taken out.
Paycheck The payment an employer gives a worker for work done.
Payday The day your pay arrives.
Payroll The list of a business's workers and what each is to be paid.
Raise An increase in pay.
Salary A fixed amount of pay, usually set by the month or the year.
Schedule The plan that shows which days and hours you work.
Shift A set block of working hours, such as nights.
Time clock A machine that records when a worker starts and stops.
Timesheet A record of the hours a worker spent on the job.
Tip Money a customer gives a worker for good service.
Wage Pay for work, usually counted by the hour.
Withholding Tax an employer takes from your pay and sends to the government.

On the Job 30

Absence A time when you are not at work.
Attendance Being at work on every day you are due.
Badge A card or pin that shows who you are.
Boss The person in charge of you at work.
Break A short rest during the working day.
Coworker A person who works alongside you.
Customer A person who buys from a business.
Dress code A set of rules about what to wear.
Duties The tasks that are part of your job.
Evaluation A review of how well you are doing your job.
Handbook A book of rules and facts an employer gives to workers.
Layoff The loss of a job because the business is cutting workers.
Name tag A badge on your shirt that tells customers who you are.
Notice Word given ahead of time that you are leaving a job.
Orientation A first session that shows a new worker the place and its rules.
Policy A rule a business sets for everyone who works there.
Probation A trial period for a new worker.
Resign To give up a job by your own choice.
Retire To stop working for good, usually later in life.
Routine The usual order of tasks in a day.
Sick day A day off because you are ill.
Staff All the people who work at a place.
Supervisor The person who directs your work.
Tardy Late.
Task One piece of work to be done.
Trainee A new worker who is still learning the job.
Training Lessons in how to do the job.
Uniform Matching clothes that every worker at a business wears.
Vacation Days off for rest, planned ahead.
Warning A notice that a rule was broken and must not be broken again.

Job Skills 34

Accurate Correct in every detail.
Adaptable Able to change when the plan changes.
Attitude The way you think and feel about work, which shows in how you act.
Careful Taking care not to make mistakes.
Communicate To share ideas by speaking, writing and listening.
Cooperate To work well together with others.
Courteous Polite and thoughtful.
Diligent Hard-working and careful.
Directions Steps that tell you how to do a task.
Effort The hard work you put into a task.
Focus To keep your mind on one task.
Follow To do as the directions say.
Friendly Kind and pleasant to others.
Habit Something you do so often that you no longer think about it.
Helpful Ready to lend a hand.
Honesty Telling the truth and taking only what is yours.
Learn To gain knowledge or a new ability.
Motivated Eager to work and to do well.
Patient Able to wait, or to stay calm when things go slowly.
Positive Hopeful and looking for what can go right.
Pride The good feeling of work done well.
Prompt Quick and without delay.
Punctual On time.
Quality How good a piece of work is.
Reliable Able to be counted on.
Respect Treating other people as though they matter.
Self-starter A person who begins work without being told.
Service Helping customers get what they need.
Skill Something you can do well because you practiced.
Solve To find the answer to a problem.
Teamwork The effort of a group working toward a shared goal.
Thorough Leaving nothing out and nothing half done.
Trustworthy Deserving to be trusted.
Willing Ready to do what is asked.

How this list was compiled: Own work: the word list and every clue were written for this page. The meanings of the pay and hiring terms were checked on 2026-10-09 against English Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/, in the articles Résumé, Cover letter, Job interview, Application for employment, Job hunting, Wage, Salary, Overtime, Paycheck, Minimum wage, Time clock, Timesheet, Payroll, Tax withholding, Employee benefits, Employee handbook, Dress code, Probation, Layoff, Gratuity, Punctuality, Teamwork and Soft skills. Spellings and everyday meanings were checked on 2026-10-09 in English Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/. Licence: own work

How it works

This employment word search opens on 16 words a first job brings: Resume, Application, Interview, Reference, Wage, Schedule, Paycheck, Supervisor and Punctual among them. Five more lists follow the path from the search to the first weeks at work.

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Job search and interview words

Under Start from a list, Job Search makes a job search word search of 23 words, from Vacancy, Recruiter and Classified to Cover letter and Referral. The Interview has 23 more, such as Greeting, Posture, Rehearse and Thank you.

Pay, the workplace and job skills

Pay and Hours follows a first paycheck: Gross pay, Deduction, Withholding, Net pay, Overtime. On the Job has Orientation, Dress code, Handbook and Probation. For a job skills word search pick Job Skills: 34 words such as Reliable, Courteous, Thorough and Self-starter.

Cover letter, Pay stub, Dress code and 10 more two-word entries hide closed up: COVERLETTER.
Tick Show clues, not words for a vocabulary quiz: "A job that nobody is filling yet" hides Vacancy.

Questions and answers

What are some words about employment?

The words of getting and keeping a job, not job titles: Vacancy, Rehearse, Overtime, Probation, Reliable. Occupations are on the careers word search.

What is the difference between a wage and a salary?

A wage is pay for a set amount of work, usually counted by the hour. A salary is a fixed amount, usually set by the month or the year. Both words are in Pay and Hours.

What is the difference between gross pay and net pay?

Gross pay is what you earned before anything is taken out. Net pay is what remains after taxes and other deductions. A pay stub lists the gross pay and the deductions.

What are job skills?

Skills that apply to every kind of work and not to one trade, which Wikipedia files under soft skills: teamwork, problem solving and leadership among them. The Job Skills list adds everyday habits such as Punctual, Reliable, Careful and Willing.

All 137 words

Job Search 23

The Interview 23

Pay and Hours 27

On the Job 30

Job Skills 34

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Job search and interview words

Pay, the workplace and job skills

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