Chacha
a person who tries to persuade someone to leave their job by offering that person another job with more pay and a higher position
headhunter / recruiter
to leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill health:
retire
the person with the most important position in a company
CEO, Chief Executive Officer
an attempt to make someone do something for you by giving the person money, presents, or something else that they want :
bribery
to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving:
resign
doing particular pieces of work for different organizations, rather than working all the time for a single organization:
Most of the journalists I know are _____________
freelance
a general, continuous increase in prices:
inflation
the highest, strongest, or best point, value, or level of skill:
Prices reach a __________ during August.
peak
to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of people working for it, or to become smaller in this way:
downsize
made to look like the original of something, usually for dishonest or illegal purposes:
_____________ jewellery/passports/coins
Counterfeit
the crime of secretly taking money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for:
embezzlement / embezzle
a test that is designed to show someone's personality, mental ability, opinions, etc., often used by companies when they are deciding whether or not to employ someone:
psychometric test
a person who knows you and who is willing to describe and, usually, praise you, in order to support you when you are trying to get a job, etc.:
referee
If a company __________, it pays to have part of its work done by another company:
outsource
to organize a company, business, or system in a new way to make it operate more effectively:
restructure
to have no profit or loss at the end of a business activity:
break even
a period when the economy of a country is not successful and conditions for business are bad:
The country is sliding into the depths of (a) __________
recession
not using a lot of money, energy, etc.:
With rents so high, it wasn’t ________ to continue to live in the city.
economical
the crime of moving money that has been obtained illegally through banks and other businesses to make it seem as if the money has been obtained legally
money laundering
a situation in which the value of goods a country imports (= buys from other countries) is greater than the value of goods it exports (= sells to other countries), or the size of this difference
trade surplus
to fall very quickly and suddenly:
plummet / dive
the total value of goods and services produced by a country in one year
GDP
to rise extremely quickly or make extremely quick progress towards success:
skyrocket / leaps / advance / soar / surge / advance
a situation in which the value of goods a country imports (= buys from other countries) is greater than the value of goods it exports (= sells to other countries), or the size of this difference
trade deficit
a situation in which something stays the same and does not grow and develop:
stagnation