Employment

EMPLOYMENT - WORK Vocabulary
Assessment	Evaluation of one's abilities
Apply	Submit an application for a job or position
Background	Education - qualifications - experience
Bonus	Additional payment to an employee as an incentive or reward
Curriculum Vitae	Summary of one's education and experience to date; résumé
Dismiss	Discharge from employment; (to fire, to sack, to let go)
Employee	Person who works for a firm or company
Employer	Person or firm who employs people
Fire	To dismiss
Fringe benefits	Advantages offered in addition to salary (life insurance, retirement scheme,    company car, etc.).  Also called "perks": abbreviation for perquisites.
Interview	Oral examination of an applicant for employment
Make redundant	Dismiss for economic reasons
Maternity leave	Period of absence for a female employee when having a baby
Notice	Advance warning of intention to leave one's job -    to give or hand in one's resignation
Personnel	People who work for a firm or company (employees)
Personnel officer	Manager responsible for recruitment, training and welfare of    personnel (employees)
Promotion	Advancement in rank or position in the company
Prospects	Opportunities for success or promotion in a career
Recruit	Look for and hire personnel
Resign	Leave a job voluntarily
Retire	Leave employment because of age
Sick leave	Absence because of illness - to be on sick leave
Staff	People who work for a firm or department;  employees
Strength	Strong characteristic or particular ability
Strike	To go on strike : to stop working in protest against something
Take on	Employ or hire
Trainee	Person being trained for a job e.g. a trainee salesman
Training course	A course of study to prepare for a job e.g. a computer course
Unemployment    benefits	Payments made by the state to an unemployed person
Vacancy	A position to be filled
Weakness	A lack of ability or a shortcoming in character