Chap 90

Question 1

Une période d’essai

Answer 1

A probationary period

Question 2

Savoir-faire

Answer 2

Know-How / expertise

Question 3

chercher un travail

Answer 3

To seek a job / to hunt FOR a job

Question 4

une ANPE

Answer 4

a job centre

Question 5

postuler à un emploi –> un candidat

Answer 5

to apply for a job –> an applicant

Question 6

un stage en entreprise

Answer 6

an internship/ a work placement

Question 7

cabinet de recrutement

Answer 7

head-hunting firm

Question 8

des références

Answer 8

credentials

Question 9

des diplômes

Answer 9

qualifications

Question 10

indépendant

Answer 10

self-employed

Question 11

passer à temps partiel/temps plein

Answer 11

to go part-time/ full-time

Question 12

intérimaire –> un intérimaire, travailler en int.

Answer 12

temporary –> a temp, to temp

Question 13

travailleur // ouvrier

Answer 13

worker // workman

Question 14

un manoeuvre

Answer 14

a labourer

Question 15

la main d’oeuvre

Answer 15

the workforce, the labourforce, the manpower

Question 16

un métier/ une profession

Answer 16

an occupation/ a trade

Question 17

une vocation

Answer 17

a calling

Question 18

renvoyer qqun

Answer 18

to fire/ to sack sby

Question 19

licencier

Answer 19

to dismiss, to lay off, to make sby redundant

Question 20

un licenciement

Answer 20

a dismissal, a lay-off, a redundancy

Question 21

être au chômage

Answer 21

to be out of work, jobless, unemployed

Question 22

un bénéficiaire (aide sociale)

Answer 22

a claimant

Question 23

un membre du personnel

Answer 23

a staffer

Question 24

occuper un poste

Answer 24

to hold a post/a position

Question 25

un apprenti --> l'apprentissage

Answer 25

an apprentice --> apprenticeship

Question 26

se former

Answer 26

to train

Question 27

faire un stage

Answer 27

to go on a training period

Question 28

se recycler/reconvertir --> une reconversion

Answer 28

to retrain/to go on a refresher course -->a retraining

Question 29

une mutation

Answer 29

a transfer

Question 30

une démission

Answer 30

a resignation

Question 31

un cadre débutant/supérieur

Answer 31

an junior/senior executive

Question 32

responsable de

Answer 32

responsible for/ in charge of

Question 33

le dynamisme

Answer 33

drive

Question 34

un ambitieux

Answer 34

a go-getter

Question 35

un bourreau de travail

Answer 35

a workaholic

Question 36

un avancement à l'ancienneté/au mérite

Answer 36

a promotion by seniority/selection

Question 37

nommer qqun --> une nomination

Answer 37

to appoint sby --> an appointement

Question 38

un retraité

Answer 38

a retiree/ a pensioner

Question 39

les petites annonces

Answer 39

the classified ads

Question 40

décrocher un emploi

Answer 40

to land a job

Question 41

refuser une offre

Answer 41

to turn down an offer

Question 42

satisfaire aux exigences

Answer 42

to meet the requirements

Question 43

le marché du travail

Answer 43

the job/labour market

Question 44

le travail manuel/de bureau/ de secretariat

Answer 44

manual/clerical/secretarial work

Question 45

un emploi subalterne

Answer 45

a menial job

Question 46

une promotion ultra-rapide

Answer 46

a fast-track scheme

Question 47

gravir les échelons de l'entreprise

Answer 47

to move up/ to climb the corporate ladder

Question 48

un jeune loup

Answer 48

a high flyer

Question 49

postes à responsabilités

Answer 49

senior positions, top jobs

Question 50

se faire mettre à la porte

Answer 50

to get the sack

Question 51

lourdes suppressions d'emplois

Answer 51

drastic job cuts / heavy job losses

Question 52

licenciements de masse

Answer 52

massive lay-offs

Question 53

les chiffres du chômage

Answer 53

unemployment figures

Question 54

le taux de chômage

Answer 54

the unemployment/the jobless rate

Question 55

le chômage partiel

Answer 55

short-time working

Question 56

assumer la responsabilité de

Answer 56

to take on responsibility for

Question 57

indemnités de chômage

Answer 57

unemployment/welfare benefits | jobseeker's allowance

Question 58

recevoir les indemnités de chômage

Answer 58

to be on the dole (UK) to be on welfare (US) to collect unemployment benefits

Question 59

le vieillissement de la population

Answer 59

ageing populations

Question 60

reculer l'âge de la retraire

Answer 60

to postpone retirement age