Assessment
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Evaluation of one’s abilities |
Apply
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Submit an application for a job or position |
Background
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Education — qualifications — experience |
Bonus
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Additional payment to an employee as an incentive or reward |
Curriculum Vitae
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Summary of one’s education and experience to date; résumé |
Dismiss
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Discharge from employment; (to fire, to sack, to let go) |
Employee
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Person who works for a firm or company |
Employer
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Person or firm who employs people |
Fire
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To dismiss from a job. |
Fringe benefits
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Advantages offered in addition to salary (life insurance, retirement scheme, company car, etc.). Also called «perks», abbreviation for perquisites. |
Interview
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Oral examination of an applicant for employment |
Make redundant
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Dismiss for economic reasons |
Maternity leave
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Period of absence for a female employee when having a baby |
Notice
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Advance warning of intention to leave one’s job — to give or hand in one’s resignation |
Personnel
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People who work for a firm or company (employees) |
Personnel officer
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Manager responsible for recruitment, training and welfare of personnel (employees) |
Promotion
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Advancement in rank or position in the company |
Prospects
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Opportunities for success or promotion in a career |
Recruit
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Look for and hire personnel |
Resign
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Leave a job voluntarily |
Retire
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Leave employment because of age |
Sick leave
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Absence because of illness — to be on sick leave |
Staff
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People who work for a firm or department; employees |
Strength
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Strong characteristic or particular ability |
Strike
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To go on strike : to stop working in protest against something |
Take on
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Employ or hire |
Trainee
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Person being trained for a job e.g. a trainee salesman |
Training course
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A course of study to prepare for a job e.g. a computer course |
Unemployment benefits
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Payments made by the state to an unemployed person |
Vacancy
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A position to be filled |
Weakness
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A lack of ability or a shortcoming in character |