Objectives based English School since 1998
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Objectives based English School since 1998
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Word |
Meaning |
| assessment | Evaluation of one's abilities |
| 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; resume |
| 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'. |
| hire | Employ or take on personnel in a company. |
| interview | Oral examination of a candidate 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 a company. |
| prospects | Opportunities for success or promotion in a career. |
| recruit | Look for and hire personnel. |
| resign | Leave a job voluntariily. |
| 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. |