Workplace culture
An _______ office is one which does not have walls dividing it into separate rooms.
open-plan
A person who is advised, trained, or counselled by a mentor.
mentee
A company may declare ________ when it runs out of money.
bankruptcy
Use "be due to" in a sentence:
The CEO _______make an announcement about the company's plans at three o'clock this afternoon.
is due to
Work which needs little skill and is boring
menial tasks
a period of training during which a new employee learns about the company they are working for and the job they will be doing
induction training
In a __________, the economy slows down because there is less business activity.
recession
Use Future Continuous:
The banking sector ________(retain) employees by offering job security rather than high salaries over the next few years.
The _______ of a company refers to the general opinion that people have of an organisation or product. This is not limited to advertising.
image
When there is ________ between people, it means that there is understanding and friendly agreement in a conversation.
rapport
They couldn't pay their ________, so they lost their home.
mortgage
Use Future Perfect:
John________ (finish) the proposal by the end of the week.
will have finished
Company ________ means staff are organised on various levels, depending on responsibility, e.g. junior and senior managers.
hierarchy
a type of corporate training that involves the use of a company's own expertise and resources
in-house/internal
It means to help a person or a company that is in financial difficulty.
bail someone out
Modals in the passive: Change the form from active to passive
HR should train all staff how to use the blended learning platform.
All staff should be trained how to use the blended learning platform.
Company __________ are the principles and practices that a business feels are important, e.g. equal pay for men and women, or the way employees are treated.
values
When a company needs to check the standards reached in training sessions, it can use __________ to do this
benchmarking
a sudden reduction in the general availability of loans
credit crunch
Future Continuous or Future Perfect?
By the middle of the next decade, investment banks __________ (improve) the working conditions of their employees a great deal and should see better rates of employee retention.
will have improved