ENGLISH BUSINESS VOCABULARY
EMPLOYMENT - JOBS
The meaning of words relating to employment or jobs
| 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 (also: 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 giving birth 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, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service. |
| 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 in a company or firm. |
| Weakness | A lack of ability or a shortcoming in character. |