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