Part 9 - Work Flashcards by shana berry

Fast-paced

things happen quickly there

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Openings

Available jobs

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Post

Job

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Career Prospect

Opportunities for promotion and career development

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Competitive Salary

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

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Benefits Package

All the extra benefits that a company offers

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Subsidised

Partly paid by the company

subsidised meals

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Cover letter

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

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Hands-on experience

Practical, direct (not theoretical)

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Customer-facing experience

Dealing directly with customers

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Managerial experience

Experience of managing other poeple

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Yours faithfully

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

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Genuine

cenuin

Özgün, gerçek, hakiki

genuine passion for customer service

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Keen to

Hevesli

I am keen to….

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Recruiting

Hiring (new staff)

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Shortlisted

Selected from a larger group

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Trial Run

A practice of something new

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Line Manager

The person who is directly responsible for your work

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In-house

within the company

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Trainee

A person who is learning a new job

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Notice Period

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

Paid Leave

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

Reporting Structure

Company structure and who you report to

Opposite Number

has the same position/does the same job as me

Collaboration

working together to achieve shared goals

Counterpart

more formal equivalent of opposite number

Rapport | rae port

communication, relationship

take the initiative | inişiyativ

make decisions without being told what to do

pecking order

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

job-share

an agreement where two people each share the same job

hot-desking system

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

talk shop

talk about work (informal) we try not to talk shop

mundane | mındeyn

ordinary, not interesting

workload

amount of work I have to do

Knocking off

Finishing work (informal)

glamorous

very exciting

mind-numbing

extremely boring

stuck in a rut

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

dead-end

with no prospects of promotion

went in with

formed a business

run off the mill

ordinary not special or exciting Can a run off the mill job be satisfying?

work-life balance

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

demotivated

feeling less motivated

maternity leave

for women

paternity leave

for men

adoption leave

for adopted child

holiday entitlement

number of days you have the right to take as holiday

salary increment

increase

annual bonus

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

redundancies | ri dan dinsiis

işten çıkarmalar

skeleton staff

the minimum number of workers needed to keep operating