vocab 1
What is a two-word noun phrase which means, 'a meeting to see if someone is a good candidate for a position at a company?'
a job interview
A person applying for a job is a job a____.
job applicant (or) candidate
Tom is in a job interview. He is unemployed at the moment. Say the sentence he tells his interviewer about his last job at Dyson using the words below:
I/work/for Dyson/6 years
I worked for Dyson for 6 years
I worked for Dyson 6 years ago
Maria is a freelancer. She likes it, but she can sometimes lack clients and business can get slow. She decides to try to get a full-time job as an employee because a job like that could offer more s______.(noun)
stability
Performance will be m___ yearly in different ways.
measured
You own your own business. Your clients are other businesses. What's an acronym you can use to explain that your clients are businesses?
B2B (business to business)
I need to hire someone to fill an open job. I'd like to fill a job v____.
job vacancy
Jen is in a job interview. She still has a job. She works for Apple. Say the sentence that Jen tells her interviewer about her current job using the words below:
I/ work for Apple/ 5 years
I've been at Apple for 5 years.
I've worked for Apple for 5 years.
I've been working for Apple for 5 years.
Tina is a PA (personal assistant). She reports __ (preposition) the operations manager.
reports to
Maria, a manager, is moving to a department with 2, 000 employees. She realizes that it may be a challenge to take a p_____ approach to this new position.
personal approach
If you decide to give someone a job at your company, you h___ them.
hire
I'm going to _____ (assister à) a job interview
attend a job interview
Jerry and Sally are trying to decide who to hire for a position at their company after seeing lots of applicants for job interviews. They can't agree. Jerry finally makes a suggestion to put off the decision until next week. What's the sentence he says to Sally using the verbs 'to suggest' and 'to put off'?
I suggest putting off our decision until next week
(or)
I suggest that we put off our decision until next week.
Maria feels a____(adj) with the company's mission and values.
(she believes in the company's mission and values)
aligned with
As there are only a few employees, we each deal __(preposition) a range of HR topics.
deal with
Maria feels her skills and experience are a __ __ (two words) for the company.
(synonyms: to be right for: to match: to go well with)
a good fit for the company
Let's g__ ___ _ ____ (4 words). (An expression to say that we need to go back to talking about the main subject: We've gone off topic!)
Let's get back on track!
Jeremy and Diana are trying to decide how to advertise a new product. Diana has an idea: Hire a celebrity, like a footballer, to promote the product on a TV commercial. What's the sentence Diana says to Jeremy, using the verbs 'to propose' and 'to hire'?
I propose hiring a footballer (to promote the product)
I propose that we hire a footballer (to promote the product)
Dan works for a small advertising firm. He wants to work for a larger advertising firm because he has a lot of ideas that he wants to replicate on a l_____ s____.
You've got a strong CV here. Could you give us an o_____ of what you have been doing recently in your career?
give us an overview
You own your own business. Your clients are NOT other businesses. They are just individual people. What's an acronym you could use to describe your business?
B2C (business to customer)
This word is an adjective: Synonyms include 'great', and 'amazing'. The word starts with the letter 'o.'
outstanding
Nicole wants Tina to tell her more about a report Tina has written because Nicole doesn't really understand the report.
What question might she ask Tina, using the verb 'to explain'?
Could you explain your report in a little more detail?
Can you explain your report a little more?
Could you explain what you wrote in your report a little further?
(Could/can you explain + object)
One of the areas I was responsible __ (preposition) was learning and development.
I was responsible for
I'm good at a lot of things in the HR field. I believe I e___ __ the HR field.
(verb + preposition)
excel in