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 |
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