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Employment — work Vocabulary

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