the job market Flashcards

1
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a field

A

un domaine d’activité

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2
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the labour/work force

A

la main d’oeuvre

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3
Q

a self-employed person

A

un auto-entrepreneur

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4
Q

the working population

A

la population active

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5
Q

overcrowded

A

bouché

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6
Q

glutted

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saturé

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7
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an occupation

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une profession

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8
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a profession

A

une profession libérale

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9
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an (top) executive

A

un cadre (supérieur)

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10
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to hold a post

A

occuper un poste

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11
Q

the classified ads

A

les annonces classées

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12
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a vacancy

A

un poste vacant

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13
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an application form

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un formulaire de candidature

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14
Q

credentials

A

des références

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15
Q

ageism

A

la discrimination par l’âge

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16
Q

to take on

A

employer, embaucher

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17
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a probationary period

A

une période d’essay

18
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vocational training

A

la formation professionnelle

19
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a training period/an internship

20
Q

a trainee/an intern

A

un stagiaire

21
Q

to take somebody on probation/for a trial period

A

prendre qqun à l’essai

22
Q

an appointement

A

une nomination

23
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an assignment

A

une affectation

24
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tenure

A

la titularisation

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promotion by selection
la promotion au mérite
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career prospects
les perspectives de carrière
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to be reassigned/transferred
être muté
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to further one’s carrer
gérer sa carrière
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short-time working
un chômeur à temps partiel
30
overmanning
sureffectif
31
downsizing/streamlining
le "dégraissage" des effectifs
32
a tenuous job
un emploi précaire
33
a redundancy
un licenciement économique
34
voluntary redundancy/resignation
la démission
35
a dismissal, discharge
un licenciement
36
to lay off, make somebody redundant
licencier qqun
37
redundancy compensation
une indemnité de licenciement
38
a golden handshake
une prime de départ
39
dole
les allocations de chômage
40
to be on the dole (colloquial)
toucher le chômage