praise

placement

assessment

profit

on the spot

to be out of work

at your earliest convenience

bearer of bad news

shackle

to keep sb going

wander

to come to a halt

byway

alley

neat

drowsy

shabby

to see sb through

dawn/dusk

to mess with sb

pushing and shoving

workforce

pride myself on smt

to be made redundant

have an eye for something

to enroll

launch

welfare

hand in

brush up

hands-on