Part 9 - Work Flashcards
Fast-paced
things happen quickly there
Openings
Available jobs
Post
Job
Career Prospect
Opportunities for promotion and career development
Competitive Salary
As good as, or better than, other salaries for similar jobs
Benefits Package
All the extra benefits that a company offers
Subsidised
Partly paid by the company
subsidised meals
Cover letter
A letter sent with a job application (also called Covering Letter)
Hands-on experience
Practical, direct (not theoretical)
Customer-facing experience
Dealing directly with customers
Managerial experience
Experience of managing other poeple
Yours faithfully
how to finish a letter when you do not know the name of the person you are writing to
Genuine
cenuin
Özgün, gerçek, hakiki
genuine passion for customer service
Keen to
Hevesli
I am keen to….
Recruiting
Hiring (new staff)
Shortlisted
Selected from a larger group
Trial Run
A practice of something new
Line Manager
The person who is directly responsible for your work
In-house
within the company
Trainee
A person who is learning a new job
Notice Period
time you need to work in your job after you have officially told the company you are leaving
Paid Leave
Time off you are paid for, such as holiday or parental leave
Reporting Structure
Company structure and who you report to
Opposite Number
has the same position/does the same job as me
Collaboration
working together to achieve shared goals
Counterpart
more formal equivalent of opposite number
Rapport
rae port
communication, relationship
take the initiative
inişiyativ
make decisions without being told what to do
pecking order
a system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others
job-share
an agreement where two people each share the same job
hot-desking system
a policy of sharing desks in an office, so people sit at whichever desk is free on a particular day
talk shop
talk about work (informal)
we try not to talk shop
mundane
mındeyn
ordinary, not interesting
workload
amount of work I have to do
Knocking off
Finishing work (informal)
glamorous
very exciting
mind-numbing
extremely boring
stuck in a rut
stuck/trapped in a job they can’t escape from
dead-end
with no prospects of promotion
went in with
formed a business
run off the mill
ordinary
not special or exciting
Can a run off the mill job be satisfying?
work-life balance
the amount of time spent working compared to the amount of time spent doing things you enjoy
demotivated
feeling less motivated
maternity leave
for women
paternity leave
for men
adoption leave
for adopted child
holiday entitlement
number of days you have the right to take as holiday
salary increment
increase
annual bonus
extra money paid once a year, usually based on good performance
redundancies
ri dan dinsiis
işten çıkarmalar
skeleton staff
the minimum number of workers needed to keep operating
