hands-on experience

practical

to thrive on sth

to enjoy sth that other people would not like

a high-powered job

important, with a lot of responsibility

in-service training

courses that you take while you are working in a job

a skeleton staff

only enough workers or services to keep an operation or organization running

a brief stint

a period of time spent doing a particular job or activity

-to do a _________

-_______ in/at

stifling

a situation that stops you from developing your own ideas and character:

to major in sth

to study something as your main subject at college or university

intern

a start-up company

connected with starting a new business

drift off

to gradually fall asleep

to have a fallback

something that can be used or done if a supply, method etc fails

drag on

continue for a long time

to beat about the bush

the opposite of to stick to the point

call off

cancel

put off

postpone