| 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. |
