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. |