Bachelor’s degree – I will receive my bachelor’s degree in two years. Bookworm

To be made redundant - to be told to leave a job because you are no longer needed
A job field – a type of work that you do
On the scrapheap - no longer wanted or needed, although still capable of being useful
hard to say – there is no easy answer
stuck behind a desk - having a job which is mostly done at a desk.
A white collar worker - a person who performs professional, managerial, or administrative work, often in an office
Breakneck speed - very fast, often dangerously fast
Keep pace (with) – to develop or progress at the same speed as something else
Automation - a system that uses machines to do work instead of people
Open up - create a new opportunity or possibility
Artificial intelligence - the use of programming to enable machines and computers think and behave in the same way as humans
A pandemic – when a disease infects many people in more than one country
a-nine-to-five-job – regular office job. In which you usually work from nine o’clock until five o’clock
rewarding - providing satisfaction
jobs scope - the number of different tasks required in and the frequency with which those tasks are repeated
to call on - to officially ask a person or organization to do something
regimentation – organizing according to a strict pattern
follow in his/her footsteps – to do same things as someone else has done before
to clock in – to begin work, especially when you have to register the time you start
a round - a series of visits to different people or places that are made as part of someone’s job.
A key worker - an employee who provides a vital service that people would find it hard to live without
Enhanced DBS – a piece of paperwork that shows if you have committed any crimes or received any police warnings