the job market Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

saturé

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7
Q

an occupation

A

une profession

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8
Q

a profession

A

une profession libérale

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9
Q

an (top) executive

A

un cadre (supérieur)

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10
Q

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
Q

a vacancy

A

un poste vacant

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13
Q

an application form

A

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
Q

a probationary period

A

une période d’essay

18
Q

vocational training

A

la formation professionnelle

19
Q

a training period/an internship

A

un stage

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
Q

an assignment

A

une affectation

24
Q

tenure

A

la titularisation

25
Q

promotion by selection

A

la promotion au mérite

26
Q

career prospects

A

les perspectives de carrière

27
Q

to be reassigned/transferred

A

être muté

28
Q

to further one’s carrer

A

gérer sa carrière

29
Q

short-time working

A

un chômeur à temps partiel

30
Q

overmanning

A

sureffectif

31
Q

downsizing/streamlining

A

le “dégraissage” des effectifs

32
Q

a tenuous job

A

un emploi précaire

33
Q

a redundancy

A

un licenciement économique

34
Q

voluntary redundancy/resignation

A

la démission

35
Q

a dismissal, discharge

A

un licenciement

36
Q

to lay off, make somebody redundant

A

licencier qqun

37
Q

redundancy compensation

A

une indemnité de licenciement

38
Q

a golden handshake

A

une prime de départ

39
Q

dole

A

les allocations de chômage

40
Q

to be on the dole (colloquial)

A

toucher le chômage