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Part 9 - Work Flashcards

1
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Fast-paced

A

things happen quickly there

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2
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Openings

A

Available jobs

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3
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Post

A

Job

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4
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Career Prospect

A

Opportunities for promotion and career development

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5
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Competitive Salary

A

As good as, or better than, other salaries for similar jobs

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6
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Benefits Package

A

All the extra benefits that a company offers

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7
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Subsidised

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Partly paid by the company

subsidised meals

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8
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Cover letter

A

A letter sent with a job application (also called Covering Letter)

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9
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Hands-on experience

A

Practical, direct (not theoretical)

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10
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Customer-facing experience

A

Dealing directly with customers

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11
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Managerial experience

A

Experience of managing other poeple

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12
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Yours faithfully

A

how to finish a letter when you do not know the name of the person you are writing to

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13
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Genuine

cenuin

A

Özgün, gerçek, hakiki

genuine passion for customer service

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14
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Keen to

A

Hevesli

I am keen to….

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15
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Recruiting

A

Hiring (new staff)

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16
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Shortlisted

A

Selected from a larger group

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17
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Trial Run

A

A practice of something new

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18
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Line Manager

A

The person who is directly responsible for your work

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19
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In-house

A

within the company

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20
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Trainee

A

A person who is learning a new job

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21
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Notice Period

A

time you need to work in your job after you have officially told the company you are leaving

22
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Paid Leave

A

Time off you are paid for, such as holiday or parental leave

23
Q

Reporting Structure

A

Company structure and who you report to

24
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Opposite Number

A

has the same position/does the same job as me

25
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Collaboration

A

working together to achieve shared goals

26
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Counterpart

A

more formal equivalent of opposite number

27
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Rapport

rae port

A

communication, relationship

28
Q

take the initiative

inişiyativ

A

make decisions without being told what to do

29
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pecking order

A

a system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others

30
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job-share

A

an agreement where two people each share the same job

31
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hot-desking system

A

a policy of sharing desks in an office, so people sit at whichever desk is free on a particular day

32
Q

talk shop

A

talk about work (informal)

we try not to talk shop

33
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mundane

mındeyn

A

ordinary, not interesting

34
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workload

A

amount of work I have to do

35
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Knocking off

A

Finishing work (informal)

36
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glamorous

A

very exciting

37
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mind-numbing

A

extremely boring

38
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stuck in a rut

A

stuck/trapped in a job they can’t escape from

39
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dead-end

A

with no prospects of promotion

40
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went in with

A

formed a business

41
Q

run off the mill

A

ordinary
not special or exciting

Can a run off the mill job be satisfying?

42
Q

work-life balance

A

the amount of time spent working compared to the amount of time spent doing things you enjoy

43
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demotivated

A

feeling less motivated

44
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maternity leave

A

for women

45
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paternity leave

A

for men

46
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adoption leave

A

for adopted child

47
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holiday entitlement

A

number of days you have the right to take as holiday

48
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salary increment

A

increase

49
Q

annual bonus

A

extra money paid once a year, usually based on good performance

50
Q

redundancies

ri dan dinsiis

A

işten çıkarmalar

51
Q

skeleton staff

A

the minimum number of workers needed to keep operating

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