Business vocabulary in use - Jobs, people and organisations - Work and jobs - Recruitment and selection

Sep 28, 2026

Uploaded by Eliana

Business vocabulary in use covers practical workplace English for jobs, people, and organisations. It teaches common work-and-job collocations (e.g., work on, run, manage), working patterns and schedules such as nine-to-five, shift work, flexitime, overtime, and telecommuting. It also introduces recruitment and selection terminology, including job applications, CV and covering letter, applicant and candidate, selection procedures, interviews, psychometric tests, and references, supported by definitions and usage-focused phrases.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

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Pages78

Reading Time3 h 17 min

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Jobs, people and organisations

1 Work and jobs

2 Ways of working

3 Recruitment and selection

4 Skills and qualifications

5 Pay and benefits

Business vocabulary in use Jobs, people and organisations 1 Work and jobs A What do you do? I work for I work on I run I manage I work under I’m in charge of I deal with I’m responsible for I work with B Word combinations with ‘work’ in workout of work to go to work to get to work off work to have a job without a job to leave for work to arrive at work away from work due to illness C Types of jobs and types of work full time job par time job temporary job 2 Ways of working A Old and new ways office worker a job in which an employee works the maximum number of legal hours a job in which an employee works less than the maximum number of legal hours a job that finishes after a fixed period (↔ permanent job) nine-to-five a typical working day; From 9 a. m. to 5 p. m working hours (= working time) is the period of time that an individual spends at paid occupational labor shift the time period during which you are at work (day / night shift) flexitime lets you choose when you start and finish work, within certain limits overtime to work more hours than usual for more money commuter telecommuting to clock on (off) someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city working from home (= teleworking) register one’s arrival at (departure from) work B Nice work if you can get it satisfying, stimulating, the work is interesting and gives you positive feelings fascinating, exciting dull, boring, uninteresting, the works is not interesting unstimulating repetitive, routine the work involves doing the same things again and again tiring, tough, hard, the work is difficult and makes you tired demanding C Nature of work my work involves human contact I like / dislike / prefer / enjoy 3 Recruitment and selection A Recruitment recruitment agencies agency recruitment headhunters employment agencies B Applying for a job a jobs website an application to apply for a job application form to make an application situations vacant pages an organization that helps companies to find people for particular jobs •a business that serves other businesses the process of finding people for particular jobs (= hiring) outside specialists (recruiters) used to find people for very important jobs and to persuade them to leave the organizations they already work for an organization which matches employers to employees the act of asking for something to ask for a job a form one fills in when requesting for something such as a job to request something pages in newspapers with job ads CV covering letter C Selection procedures applicant candidates reference group discussion interview selection process psychometric tests to turn something down referees background to shortlist to appoint experience a summary of your academic and work history-the story of your life-a resume a letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment one that seems likely to gain a certain position the giving of the name of another person who can offer information or recommendation an exchange of views on some topic in a goup an interview is a conversation between two or more people where questions are asked by an interviewer to obtain information from an interviewee the methods a company use to recruit people tests designed to measure various aspects of a person's skills, abilities and personality to refuse people you can refer to, previous employers a person's social heritage: previous experience or training to choose, to select to establish (= aanstellen) the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities 4 Skills and qualifications A Educations and training to have qualifications ina degree into graduate from to train for particular job to train in a particula

FAQs

What are some common verbs used with “work” in workplace English?

The material lists verbs and expressions such as “work for,” “work on,” “run,” “manage,” “work under,” “be in charge of,” “deal with,” and “be responsible for.”

Which types of jobs and working patterns are covered?

It covers full-time, part-time, and temporary jobs, plus nine-to-five schedules, shift work, flexitime, overtime, and telecommuting/working from home.

What selection procedures and application documents are introduced?

The text includes recruitment terms and processes such as job websites, application forms, CV and covering letters, interviews and group discussion, psychometric tests, shortlists, and references/referees.

Sep 28, 2026

Uploaded by Eliana