job market vocabulary Flashcards
1
Q
BS
A
social assistance
2
Q
On the dole, on welfare
A
BS
3
Q
Chomage
A
UI (unemployment insurance)
4
Q
Taux de chomage
A
unemployment rate
5
Q
Crise du logement
A
Housing crisis
6
Q
Pénurie de logements
A
Housing shortage
7
Q
Pénurie de main d’oeuvre
A
staff shortage, we are short-staff
8
Q
Avoir le gros bout du bâton
A
To have/give the upper hand
9
Q
Salaire
A
Salary, revenue, earnings, wage, income
10
Q
Augmentation de salaire
A
a raise
11
Q
coupure de salaire
A
salary cut
12
Q
impots
A
taxes
13
Q
candidature (emploi)
A
application
14
Q
être engagé
A
to be hired
15
Q
être congédié
A
to be fired, to be kicked out, to get bouted
16
Q
être mis à pied (renvoit temporaire)
A
to be cut, to be laid off
17
Q
Démissionner
A
to resign
18
Q
prendre sa retraitre
A
to retire
19
Q
se rendre au travail
A
to commute to work
20
Q
Communers
A
people going to work
21
Q
Arriver au trvail
A
to come in, to clock in, to punch in
