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le secteur public

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the public sector

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le secteur privé

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the private sector

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une branche, un domaine d’activité

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a field/ a branch / a sector

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un emploi

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a job

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les offres d’emploi

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job offers

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un employeur

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an employer

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la main-d’œuvre

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labour, the work force

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une pénurie (de main d’œuvre)

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a (labour) shortage

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un excédent (de main d’œuvre)

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a (labour) surplus

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un employé

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an employee

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un titulaire (d’un emploi)

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a jobholder

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un salarié

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a wage-earner

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un auto-entrepreneur

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a self-employed person

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la population active

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the working popilation

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créer des emplois

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(to) create/generate jobs

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créer des débouchés

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(to) create job opportunities

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proposer des emplois

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(to) offer jobs

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arriver sur le marché de l’emploi

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(to) join the labour force

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monter son entreprise

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start a business

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(secteur) bouché

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overcrowded

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(secteur) saturé

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glutted

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concurrentiel

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competitive

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une profession

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an occupation

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les professions libérales

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the professions

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un poste

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a post, a position

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une carrière

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a career

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un cadre

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an executive

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un cadre supérieur

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a top executive

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un travailleur indépendant

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a freelance

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exercer un métier

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(to) have a job

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travailler (pour une entreprise)

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(to) be employed (in a company)

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travailler (comme)

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(to) work (as)

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occuper un poste (en qualité de [secrétaire])

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(to) hold a post/position (as a [secretary])

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être responsable de

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(to) be in charge of

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gagner sa vie

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(to) earn a living

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être au travail

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(to) be at work

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le marché du travail

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the job market

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l’emploi

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employment

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avoir un emploi

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being in work

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le recrutement

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recruitment

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une recherche d’emploi

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a job hunt

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un demandeur d’emploi

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a job seeker/hunter

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les annonces classées

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the classified ads (or : the classifieds)

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le profil d’un poste

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job definition/description

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un intitulé de poste

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a job title

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un poste vacant

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a vacancy / vacant post

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une opportunité (d’emploi)

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an opportunity

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une candidature

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an application

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un postulant, un candidat

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an applicant

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une lettre de candidature/de motivation

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a letter of application

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un formulaire de candidature

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an application form

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un CV

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US : a résumé / Brit. : a CV

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une lettre de recommandation

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a letter of recommendation

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des références

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credentials

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les compétences, les qualifications

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skills

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un travailleur (non) qualifié

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a(-n un-)skilled worker

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l’expérience professionnelle

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work experience

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un centre d’aide à l’emploi (ANPE)

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a job centre (US : an employment service)

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les agences pour l’emploi

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placement services

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un bureau de placement

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a placement office

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une agence de placement

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an emploument agency

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un recruteur

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a recruiter

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le service de ressources humains

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human resources department

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un cabinet de recrutement

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a head-hunting firm

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un chasseur de tête

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a head hunter

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un entretien (d’embauche)

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a (job) interview

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un rendez-vous

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an apointment

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un test

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a test

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rechercher un emploi

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(to) look/hunt for a job

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changer d’emploi

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(to) change jobs

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postuler

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(to) apply for a job

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remplir un formulaire

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(to) fill in a form

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faire passer un entretien (à qqn)

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(to) interview (someone)

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passer un test

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(to) sit a test

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sélectionner

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(to) select

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choisir

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(to) choose

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proposer un emploi

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(to) offer a job

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embaucher

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(to) take on/ (to) hire

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recruter

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(to) recruit

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pourvoir un poste

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(to) fill a post

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nommer quelqu’un à un poste

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(to) appoint sb to a post

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nommer qqn comme …

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(to) employ sb as a …

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signer un contrat

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(to) sign a contract

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refuser (un candidat) à l’embauche

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(to) turn down (an applicant)

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une période d’essai

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a probation (period)

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un stage de formation

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a training period / training session / internship

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un programme de formation

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a training programme (US : training program)

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un stagiaire

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a trainee / an intern

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la formation continue

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continuing formation

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(se) former

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(to) train

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(se) recycler

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(to) retrain

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prendre qqn à l’essai

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(to) take sb on probation / take sb for a trial period

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être en stage

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(to) be on a training period

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se spécialiser (en)

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(to) specialize (in)

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l’avancement / la promotion

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promotion

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une nomination (en tant que)

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an appointment (as)

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une affectation (administrative)

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an assignment

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la titularisation

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tenure

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l’ancienneté

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seniority

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l’avancement à l’ancienneté

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promotion by seniority

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le mérite

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merit

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l’avancement au mérite

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promotion by selection

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les perspectives de carrière

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career propects

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être nommé

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(to) be assigned/appointed

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être muté

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(to) be reassigned/transferred

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être titularisé

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(to) get tenure

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être promu

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(to) be promoted

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monter dans la hiérarchie

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(to) climb the ladder

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gérer sa carrière

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(to) further one’s career

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le chômage

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joblessness, unemployment

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la perte d’emploi

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losing one’s job

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le chômage partiel

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short-time working

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les sureffectifs

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overmanning

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la restructuration

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restructuring

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la compression de personnel

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staff reductions

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le “dégraissage” (des effectifs)

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streamlining / (staff) downsizing

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les réductions d’effectif

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job cuts

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un emploi précaire

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a tenuous job

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le licenciement économlque

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redundancy

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une lettre de licenciement

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a redundancy letter

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le départ volontaire

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voluntary reduntancy

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des mises en chômage technique

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lay-offs

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une perte/suppression d’emploi

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a job loss

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un licenciement / un renvoi

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a dismissal / dischange

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un préavis de licenciement

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a notice of dissmissal

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la pré-retraite

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early retirement

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la démission

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resignation

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réduire les effectifs

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(to) reduce the staff

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supprimer des emplois

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(to) cut down jobs

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licencier (qqn)

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(to) lay (sb) off / make (sb) redundant

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renvoyer

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(to) dismiss / discharge

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être viré

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(to) be sacked

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mettre à la porte

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(to) fire

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mettre qqn à la retraite d’office

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(to) pension sb off

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prendre sa retraite

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(to) retire

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démissioner

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(to) resign

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quitter un emploi

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(to) quit a job

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être sans emploi

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(to) be out of work

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les chômeurs

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the unemployed, the jobless

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le taux de chômage

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the unemployment rate

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une indemnité de licenciement

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redundancy compensation

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une prime de licenciement

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severance pay (severance = séparation)

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une prime de départ

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a golden handshake

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l’assurance chômage

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unemployment insurance

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une caise d’assurance-chômage

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an unemployment fund

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les indemnités chômage

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unemployment benefits

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les allocations chômage

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dole money / US : welfare

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indemniser, dédommager (de qqch)

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(to) compensate (for sth)

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réclamer des indemnités

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(to) ask for compensation

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toucher des allocations chômage

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(to) collect unemployment benefits

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toucher le chômage

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(to) be on the dole

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pointer à une agence pour l’emploi

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(to) check in/sign on at the unemployment agency

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les conditions de travail

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working conditions

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un lieu de travail

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a work place

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une usine

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a factory

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un atelier

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a shop

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une entreprise

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a company / a firm

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le siège et la succursale

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the headquarters and the branch

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un magasin / une boutique

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a shop / US : a store

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un bureau

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an office

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les locaux

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the premises

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un jour ouvrable

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a working day (US : a workday)

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la semaine de travail

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the working week (US : workweek))

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une semaine de 39 heures / de 35 heures

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a 39-hour/35-hour working week

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les heures de bureau

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office hours

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les horaires flexibles

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flexitime

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le travail à temps partiel

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part-time work

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un travailleur à temps partiel

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a part-time worker / a part-timer

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le travail par roulement

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shiftwork

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l’équipe de jour / de nuit

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the day/night shift

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les heures supplémentaires

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overtime

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le partage du travail

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work sharing

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travailler à temps plein

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(to) work full-time

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travailler par roulement

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(to) work shifts

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un travailleur à temps plein

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a full-timer

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travailler dans l’équipe de nuit

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(to) work the night shift

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faire des heures supplémentaires

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(to) work overtime

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partager le travail

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(to) do job sharing

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à temps plein

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full-time

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à temps partiel

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part-time

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à mi-temps

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half-time

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le travail à mi-temps

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half-time work