- application
- A letter or form with
details of your qualifications, skills, experience,
etc. sent to a firm or company when requesting to be
considered for a job or position.
- apprentice
- An apprentice works for a skilled employer in order to learn a trade
or skill (for example
a carpenter or a plumber, etc.)
- apprenticeship
- A fixed period of time
during which an apprentice is trained.
- assessment
- Evaluation of one's
knowledge or abilities.
- background
- A person's education, qualifications and/or work experience.
- bonus
- Additional payment to an employee as an incentive or reward.
- curriculum vitae
- Summary of one's education and experience to date; resume.
- dismiss
- Discharge from employment (to fire, to sack, to let go).
- employee
- Person who works for a firm or company for wages or a salary.
- employer
- Person or firm who
employs or hires people to do work for wages or a
salary.
- fire
- Dismiss from a job (to sack, to let go).
- flexitime
- A system that allows
employees to choose the time they start and finish
their work.
- fringe benefits
- Advantages offered in addition to salary (life insurance, retirement scheme, company car, etc.).
Also called 'perks', abbreviation for 'perquisites'.
- full-time
- Work a full number of hours considered normal or standard.
- hire
- Employ or take on personnel in a company.
- interview
- Oral examination of a candidate for employment.
- intern
- A student or recent graduate who works for a period of time
in order to gain practical experience.
- internship
- Period of time during
which someone works in order to gain experience in a particular type of work.
- maternity leave
- Period of absence from
work of a female employee before and after the birth
of a baby.
- notice: to give or hand in one's notice
- Advance warning of intention to leave one's job -
to give or hand in one's resignation.
- overtime
- Work more than the number of hours required by contract.
- part-time
- Work fewer hours or days than is considered standard.
- payslip
- A piece of paper given
to an employee showing the amount of money earned
and the deductions for insurance, tax etc.
- personnel
- People who work for a firm or company (employees).
- personnel officer
- Manager responsible for recruitment, training and welfare of personnel (employees).
- promotion
- Advancement in rank or position in a company.
- prospects
- Opportunities for success or promotion in a career.
- recruit
- Look for and hire new
people (personnel) to work for a company.
- redundant: make somebody redundant
- Dismiss someone from a
job for economic reasons.
- redundancy pay
- Amount of money received to compensate for being asked to leave (made redundant)
because your job is no longer needed.
- resign
- Leave one's job voluntarily.
- retire
- Leave employment because of age.
- salary
- Amount of money paid to an employee each year.
- sick leave
- Absence because of illness - to be on sick leave.
- shift work
- A type of work schedule in which
different groups work in relay at set periods of
time during the day or night (for example in
hospitals, airports, etc.).
- skeleton staff
- The minimum number of people needed to operate a business.
- staff
- People who work for a firm or department; employees.
- strength
- Strong characteristic or particular ability.
- strike: go on strike
- To stop working in protest against something.
- take on
-
Employ or hire somebody to do a job or fill a position.
- trainee
- A person who is practicing the skills of a particular job or profession, for example a trainee journalist or a trainee teacher.
- training course
- A course of study to prepare for a job,
for example a computer course.
- unemployment benefits
- Payments made by the state to an unemployed person
who meets the required conditions.
- vacancy
- A position to be filled
or a job that is available for a new employee.
- weakness
- A lack of ability or a shortcoming in character.
- workforce
- All the people who work for a company or organisation.
- to be called for an interview: to be invited to attend an interview
- to be your own boss: to have your own business
- a dead-end job: a job with no promotional opportunities
- to do a job-share: to share the weekly hours of work with another person
- a good team player: somebody who can work well with other people
- full-time: the number of hours that people usually work in a complete week
- a heavy workload: to have a lot of work to do
- a high-powered job: an important or powerful job
- holiday entitlement: the number of days holiday allowed
- job satisfaction: the feeling of enjoying a job
- manual work: work that requires physical activity
- maternity leave: time off work given to a woman about to have a baby
- to meet a deadline: to finish a job by an agreed time
- a nine-to-five job: a normal job that consists of an 8 hour day (approximately)
- one of the perks of the job: an extra benefit you get from a job
- part-time: working less than full-time
- to run your own business: see ‘to be your own boss’
- to be self-employed: see ‘to be your own boss’
- sick leave: time allowed off work when sick
- to be stuck behind a desk: to be unhappy in an office job
- to be/get stuck in a rut: to be in a boring job that is hard to leave
- to take early retirement: to retire early (retire: to reach an age when you are allowed to stop working for a living)
- temporary work: work done for a limited time only
- voluntary work: to work without pay
- to be well paid: to earn a good salary
- working conditions: the hours, salary and other entitlements that comes with the job
- to work with your hands: to do manual work
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