A job is the regular work which a person does to earn money.

Work is the activities which a person uses physical or mental effort or do in his or her job, and is paid money for.

magazine article: Archaeology. Archaeology, like many academic words, comes from Greek and means, more or less, ‘the study of old things’. Read article

magazine article: Be your own investigative journalist. We are often told that the age of the “information economy” has arrived. But there is a problem with information as an organising principle in society. It only counts if people pay attention to it. Read article

magazine article: Co-operatives. The idea of the co-operative is one of the greatest British inventions. To be more exact, it all began with a small shop in Toad Lane, Rochdale in Lancashire. Read article

magazine article: Iguana farming. When you think of animal farming, cows, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, chickens and ducks probably come to mind. Read article

magazine article: Mary Seacole. The most famous nurse of all time must be Florence Nightingale, the ‘lady with the lamp’, who became famous for her work during the Crimean War in the middle of the nineteenth century. But have you heard of Mary Seacole? Read article

magazine article: Peacekeeping. Wherever there is conflict in the world and enemies have agreed to let a third party or neutral force come in to try and maintain the peace, it is usually the familiar blue helmets of the United Nations that we see on the scene. Read article

magazine article: Rescue at sea - the RNLI. Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea! (William Whiting). Read article

magazine article: R. Buckminster Fuller - My hero. Buckminster Fuller is a hero of mine, and I hope, after reading this, he’ll become one of yours too. Read article

word games: the following word games are available for this theme: business letter layout | business trends | finance | hidden jobs | jobs | jobs (learning ladder) | law | marketing | nursing puzzle (1) | nursing puzzle (2)

story: Beginner's Luck. When James Milner lands a job in his uncle's bank he rides his luck for a while and even a huge earns himself a huge bottle of vintage champagne for one transaction. But how long can his luck last? Read story

story: Calloway's Code. When Calloway sent a message in code from the war front in order to get it past the censors, the whole office of the New York Enterprise newsaper got to work to decipher it and reveal the biggest scoop of the year. Read story

story: The Kitemaker. When the people of Jaizhar decided to hold a kite flying competition, Mehfooz and the kitemaker made the most wonderful kite anyone had ever seen. They were sure to win ... or were they? Read story

story: Promotion. Don Jenkins works for an international telecommunications company. He wants to be promoted and is hopeful when he is suddenly chosen to go to an important conference in Paris. But he soon finds that things aren’t what they seem, and he gradually becomes involved in a web of intrigue. What is really happening to the company? You’ll find out in this story. Read story

story: A Small Family Business. “One last job”, thought Jack Robino. “One last job, then I’ll finally retire.” Jack knew that it was time to give up working and go and collect his pension like other people of his age. But would his last job work out? Read story

story: So you wanna be a roadie? What a life! Being a roadie must involve meeting rock stars and picking up all the girls. Or does it? A young man finds out all about it from someone who knows. Read story

story: A Visitor to The Star. Anna Winter pulled on her Gucci sunglasses and sprayed herself with the extra-strength mosquito repellent she had bought in the airport. Anna thought her job was very difficult, and she told everybody about this. How could she be a front-line, award-winning, adventurous journalist if she had to stay in bad hotels and eat bad food? Read story

poem: Travelling Post Office. This ballad by ‘Banjo’ Paterson shows what an enormous task it was delivering mail in a country as vast as Australia before modern technologies existed. Read poem

cartoon: "I'm sorry, darling, I'm a teacher and you're a train conductor. It will never work out." "Why do you say that?" "Because we're just so different! I ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "I want to be a puppeteer when I grow up." "Oh really? Why's that?" "So that I can ...". See cartoon

cartoon: "I'm going to be an astronaut when I grow up" "Goodness ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "Why do you want to work in a bank?" "Because ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "What's the problem? Why won't the car start?" "The battery's flat." "Really? What ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "How could Roman workers see in the dark?" "What do you mean? Why do you ask?". See cartoon

cartoon: "What is your occupation, Mr Dean?" "I'm an English teacher, Your Honour." "That's just as well ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "Hello. I'm Jack Jones and I'm your captain on this flight." "Hi ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "What are you doing?" "The editor told me to ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "Do you enjoy working as a postman?" "Not really. It's very hard being given ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "My career is in ruins!" Well don't look so miserable, you are ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "Could I please see the person who organises loans?" "I'm afraid that the loan arranger isn't here just now." "Can I speak to ... ?" See cartoon

cartoon: "Tetanus! TB! Measles!" "Why is he doing that?". See cartoon

cartoon: "That farmer can do magic!" "Really?" "Yes, he told me ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "I knew we shouldn't have traded with that vegetable supply company." "No? Why not?" See cartoon

cartoon: "Who are you? What are you doing here?" "Why, I'm a ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "I don't like working for the Internal Revenue Service" See cartoon

cartoon: "Why are you dressed like that? Last time I saw you you were playing next to me in Hamlet!" "Yes, but then I got a job in a demolition company, and ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "Just make sure you build this road completely straight." "Why, master?" "We don't want our soldiers ..." See cartoon

trivia: the following trivia topics are available for this theme: agriculture | alternative medicine | archaeology | banking | cooperatives | nursing | peacekeeping | postal services | public services

links: the following sets of links are available for this theme: banking | cooperatives | nursing | peacekeeping | public services | reporters